stainer711
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I have a amd athlon 64 3700+ processor that i would like to overclock. Right now it is set at 2.2 ghz by default. (Is that correct? When i perused the overclocking tutorial it illustrated that 3200+ run at this setting) My idle temperature is 36 degrees while load under CS:S is about 45. Should i perhaps buy a better heatsink than what came with the cpu to overclock with? (please give newegg links.) What are your experiences with overclocking? Is it worth it? Is it easy to damage your hardware while doing so? What should I be able to safely overclock to with my processor? Also, where do i check to see what multiplyer it is governed by?
So far all i know about overclocking is that you increase the fsb by amounts dictated by what multiplyers govern the processor and then increase voltage by .5-1 if things seem to be unstable, which i don't know how i'll be able to indicate.
Oh yea, and here's a link to my MOBO:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131530
Should i overclock with this?
Also, do you think it would work well with this heatsink i am looking at?:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118115
So far all i know about overclocking is that you increase the fsb by amounts dictated by what multiplyers govern the processor and then increase voltage by .5-1 if things seem to be unstable, which i don't know how i'll be able to indicate.
Oh yea, and here's a link to my MOBO:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131530
Should i overclock with this?
Also, do you think it would work well with this heatsink i am looking at?:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118115