Lsdmeasap advised me to open a new thread for this subject, so here I go.
I'm a complete OC noob, but I don't like the idea either that my pc could be performing better than it currently does. Especially if the "upgrade" could be done for free...
I have a Core 2 Duo E8500 (2x3.16GHz) on a GA-EP35C-DS3R motherboard. Currently, it is clocked at its factory standard settings of 9.5x333=3.16GHz.
I'm thinking of raising the FSB to 400MHz whilst maintaining the multiplier of 9.5, thus creating a 9.5x400=3.8GHZ CPU. The 400MHz FSB would also be nice for my DDR2-800 RAM.
Here's the challenge: I'm looking for a "safe" OC, I do not necessarily need to get the maximum out of my CPU, and I'm definitely not looking for any stability issues. In that light, how "safe" is my idea of 9.5x400? And will I need to increase the Vcore setting as well? How much? And last, will my Arctic Freezer 7 Pro do the cooling without forcing it to run on maximum all the time?
My main system components in short:
Intel E8500 dual core 3.16GHz
Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R
Corsair PC6400 C5 2x2GB DDR2 SDRAM
Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 Ultimate 512MB GDDR3, PCI-e 16x (GPU 668MHz, GDDR3 1656MHz, RAMDAC 2x400HMz)
Thanks in advance for any help!!!
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I'm a complete OC noob, but I don't like the idea either that my pc could be performing better than it currently does. Especially if the "upgrade" could be done for free...
I have a Core 2 Duo E8500 (2x3.16GHz) on a GA-EP35C-DS3R motherboard. Currently, it is clocked at its factory standard settings of 9.5x333=3.16GHz.
I'm thinking of raising the FSB to 400MHz whilst maintaining the multiplier of 9.5, thus creating a 9.5x400=3.8GHZ CPU. The 400MHz FSB would also be nice for my DDR2-800 RAM.
Here's the challenge: I'm looking for a "safe" OC, I do not necessarily need to get the maximum out of my CPU, and I'm definitely not looking for any stability issues. In that light, how "safe" is my idea of 9.5x400? And will I need to increase the Vcore setting as well? How much? And last, will my Arctic Freezer 7 Pro do the cooling without forcing it to run on maximum all the time?
My main system components in short:
Intel E8500 dual core 3.16GHz
Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R
Corsair PC6400 C5 2x2GB DDR2 SDRAM
Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 Ultimate 512MB GDDR3, PCI-e 16x (GPU 668MHz, GDDR3 1656MHz, RAMDAC 2x400HMz)
Thanks in advance for any help!!!
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