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Dilyn · 04-16-2009, 06:58 PM

Well, I was really happy with my new build that I just got done with:
Specs in the My System tab over...
<---There

And I am quite proud of myself...

I wanted to OC my GPU and my CPU. Didn't wanna mess with the RAM only because I've read that OCing that doesn't really yield much performance gain.

I had my friend help me along the way. He reviews computer parts for a living, builds computers, OCs all sorts of stuff. I totally trust him with computers, 'cus he's got hardware that hasn't even been released to the PUBLIC yet.

Anyways...

I got EVGA Precision for my GPU (made by EVGA, so it has to be a perfect fit, right?!). I got it to go from:
600/1500/900
With 60% fan
With temps of 45C

To
700/1780/960
With 100% fan
With temps of 65C

No artifacts in ATI Tool, completely stable. Highest temp was 75C in Furmark's stability stress test.

I haven't been able to run an actual benchmark, just because PCMark Vantage and 3DMark 06 won't work?! PCMark doesn't display the results at the end (just says view online, and it shows NOTHING) and 3DMark won't give me a result 'cus the CPU test doesn't work.

But, I went from 150-250 FPS in Assassin's Creed to 300-400 FPS in Assassin's Creed.
It's awesome

Gonna buy a Thermalright Trad2 VGA cooler with two 92mm fans to cool it down, get my better OC. I had it had something like
700/1800/980
With 100% fan
No artifacts in ATI Tool, but in Furmark's stability stress test, I got temps going over 85C, and I don't really think that that's safe ;)

NOTE
My friend (mentioned earlier) recommends the Trad2 because he thinks that it's the best 9 series cooler out there... He loves it.

I then moved on to my CPU. It took about 5 minutes to get it from 2.66 to 3.2. Although, my friend DID do the dirty work of researching for me

My multi was set to 9.5 and I just set the FSB to 337, and if you do the math (9.5*337) you'll get a little over 3200. So that's 3.2Ghz. Which is pretty safe, considering that it can be clocked to 3.6 and STILL be safe (although with an increase in voltage).
I got temps of:
47C idle
55C 100% load
And I was quite impressed by this. Didn't think that my Freezer 7 Pro (Arctic Cooling) would do that well in cooling my CPU. Might have something to do with the thermal paste that I used though

What do you guys think? Think that I can go any higher without having to worry about overheating?

04-16-2009, 06:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dilyn Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts: 114 OS: Windows 7 RC 7100, Ubuntu 9.04 My System	First time overclocking... Went great! Well, I was really happy with my new build that I just got done with: Specs in the My System tab over... <---There And I am quite proud of myself... I wanted to OC my GPU and my CPU. Didn't wanna mess with the RAM only because I've read that OCing that doesn't really yield much performance gain. I had my friend help me along the way. He reviews computer parts for a living, builds computers, OCs all sorts of stuff. I totally trust him with computers, 'cus he's got hardware that hasn't even been released to the PUBLIC yet. Anyways... I got EVGA Precision for my GPU (made by EVGA, so it has to be a perfect fit, right?!). I got it to go from: 600/1500/900 With 60% fan With temps of 45C To 700/1780/960 With 100% fan With temps of 65C No artifacts in ATI Tool, completely stable. Highest temp was 75C in Furmark's stability stress test. I haven't been able to run an actual benchmark, just because PCMark Vantage and 3DMark 06 won't work?! PCMark doesn't display the results at the end (just says view online, and it shows NOTHING) and 3DMark won't give me a result 'cus the CPU test doesn't work. But, I went from 150-250 FPS in Assassin's Creed to 300-400 FPS in Assassin's Creed. It's awesome Gonna buy a Thermalright Trad2 VGA cooler with two 92mm fans to cool it down, get my better OC. I had it had something like 700/1800/980 With 100% fan No artifacts in ATI Tool, but in Furmark's stability stress test, I got temps going over 85C, and I don't really think that that's safe ;) NOTE My friend (mentioned earlier) recommends the Trad2 because he thinks that it's the best 9 series cooler out there... He loves it. I then moved on to my CPU. It took about 5 minutes to get it from 2.66 to 3.2. Although, my friend DID do the dirty work of researching for me My multi was set to 9.5 and I just set the FSB to 337, and if you do the math (9.5*337) you'll get a little over 3200. So that's 3.2Ghz. Which is pretty safe, considering that it can be clocked to 3.6 and STILL be safe (although with an increase in voltage). I got temps of: 47C idle 55C 100% load And I was quite impressed by this. Didn't think that my Freezer 7 Pro (Arctic Cooling) would do that well in cooling my CPU. Might have something to do with the thermal paste that I used though What do you guys think? Think that I can go any higher without having to worry about overheating?