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Originally Posted by JP198780
before the cpu or anything can burn up, u will get a BSOD, then shutdown
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thats not really accurate, I have seen many CPU's that were actually burnt / toast right after the BSOD
and I have seen many CPU's that were trashed that wernt crashing, but werent stable either. Thats why the Prime 95 torture test
its VERY possible to get an overclock setting that will not crash / BSOD but its wont pass prime 95
Many fellas think if they can game for 2 or 3 hours without crashing then they have achieved a stable and dependable overclock setting, NOT TRUE
those are the fellas that burn up the most!
they just dont have settings quite hot enough to BSOD
heat is a major factor,
to get a good overclocker you need a perfect marriage of many components, much like a super bowl football team.
You need an overcloclocking friendly motherboard, you need a cpu that likes to overclock (like the intel C2D's >>>>> the AMD's dont really overclock well any more, they just dont have the headroom left after their labeled speed)
You need memory that supports tight timings, you need good cooling >>>> watercooling is the best, however for the cost vs gain air cooling is a better option
watercooling is expensive for a good set-up (see Danger den) like $250.00 to $300.00 and you will be able to lower cpu temps about 10C maybe a tweak more but 10C of heat reduction is a decent improvement!