CalcProgrammer1
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(Moving this from another thread to keep that thread on topic)
I just got a Sempron 2600+ (1.6GHz stock) Socket 754 CPU and Foxconn motherboard (see my sig). I'm trying to get the most I can from it, and that means giving it a bit of an overclock. My motherboard has an option to simply set the CPU speed (default 200) in the BIOS or with the included SuperStep utility. In the following pictures (from 0, 7, and 10 minutes), I show the three utilities on the screen: SuperStep utility, PC Wizard 2008, and the stress test utility. Oddly, PC Wizard and SuperStep report vastly different temp's for CPU and system (note the "?" in the first pic).
Note that I'm using stock cooler, a plain heatsink with fan and stock thermal paste. I also have a rear case fan directed outside of the case right by the CPU. The PSU has 2 fans. The Ext. CPU Freq. is at 225 (MHz apparently).
A: Is this a safe OC as is now?
B: Can I OC a bit more, say, maybe to 2.0GHz?
I just got a Sempron 2600+ (1.6GHz stock) Socket 754 CPU and Foxconn motherboard (see my sig). I'm trying to get the most I can from it, and that means giving it a bit of an overclock. My motherboard has an option to simply set the CPU speed (default 200) in the BIOS or with the included SuperStep utility. In the following pictures (from 0, 7, and 10 minutes), I show the three utilities on the screen: SuperStep utility, PC Wizard 2008, and the stress test utility. Oddly, PC Wizard and SuperStep report vastly different temp's for CPU and system (note the "?" in the first pic).
Note that I'm using stock cooler, a plain heatsink with fan and stock thermal paste. I also have a rear case fan directed outside of the case right by the CPU. The PSU has 2 fans. The Ext. CPU Freq. is at 225 (MHz apparently).
A: Is this a safe OC as is now?
B: Can I OC a bit more, say, maybe to 2.0GHz?