RichM499
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Hello, i recently got this 3800+ from a buddy, and i decided to see how high i could go on a cheap coolermaster copper hsf (its a large fan, probably a 20 dollar cooler). Anyway i didnt have any extra thermal compound, so i just put it together and started it up, it started up at 2.0ghz and the FIRST thing i noticed was i couldnt get my corsair xms ram to run at 400mhz dual channel, it was running at 333mhz for some reason. Anyway i decided to push the CPU, and i got it up to 2200mhz with 220mhz cpu/fsb. When i monitored my temps using the asus probe 2 software, it was idling at 38-39c (which is good i believe,) but when im running PS2 emulation (very CPU intensive), it jumps 20c up to 59c, it peaks at 60c but only for a few seconds. I was a little concerned about it, but i decided since i already have another 3800 laying around in a box in my closet, i'd push it to 2400mhz and see how it does.
well this is the weird part, the temp didnt change at all for the last 200mhz bump..
its still 38-39c idle, and 59c-60c max..
is this bad for a 400mhz overclock on air cooling?...
thanks for any information.
well this is the weird part, the temp didnt change at all for the last 200mhz bump..
its still 38-39c idle, and 59c-60c max..
is this bad for a 400mhz overclock on air cooling?...
thanks for any information.