Overclocking N00b
Okay, heres my computer specs. In the guide, you said to post them, so i am.
Im just wondering how much increase i could possibly achieve with my current setup.
Power Supply:
Cooler Master RS-460-PMSR-A3
RAM:
Buffalo Select D2U800C-2G/BJ
PC2-6400U-555 2Rx8 DDR2 SDRAM
2GB 800MHz CL5 NonECC Unbuffered
CPU:
INTEL core 2 duo
(note: the person at my local electronics store said that i would be able to reach a 3.60GHz clock with my cooling tower safely)
E4600 @2.40 GHz
MOTHERBOARD
ASUS P5GC-MX/1333
Graphics Card:
Sapphire HD2600 PRO 512MB DDR2 PCI-E DUAL DVI-I/TVO
DVD Drive:
Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-212DBK
Hard Drives
Hitachi Deskstar HDS728080PLAT20
IDE 7200RPM 82.3GB
Maxtor 4D080H4 80GB
PCI Cards
Sound Blaster Live CT4780
(Currently un-operational)
FireWire Card IEEE 1394 FW323 90128 REV
Fans/Cooling:
OCZ Vindicator cooling tower
one Cooler Master 3 1/2 inch fan behind the cooling tower blowing out of the case
one OCZ 5 inch fan on my cooling tower blowing onto the cooling unit and towards the back of the case
Temp
(unused for 20mins) 28 Degrees Celsius (both cores)
Working\Loaded Core 1-35-40 Degrees Core 2-30-35 Degrees
Opening Snagit 9, playing song with WMP, Running Defrag on C, Running Firefox
anyways, im going to read the one guide that is in the OCing introductory thread. (the second link appears to not work)
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