Hello,
I want to overclock my old rig to as high and stable as I can go with the hardware I've got, never done any type of overclocking though so I thought I'm better off asking here first, I do not want to break anything.
CPU: Q9550 (4x 2.83 ghz, fsb 8.5x333)
Mobo: Asus P5K-SE (1600 FSB)
RAM: 2x Kingston DDR2-800 2GB (kvr800d2n5/2g), 2x Super talent DDR2-800 2GB (t800ux4gc5)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo (cheap cooler I picked up, no idea how it performs yet)
GPU: Radeon HD 7750
Core temps are between 35-45c idle
How far can I overclock with air cooling? I was thinking of 3.8ghz as I read a lot of people got that stable on air cooling.
I've read a lot about overclocking but I'm too chicken to go at it alone, a lot of things I do not understand yet.. such as when to boost your voltage or when and how to overclock RAM.. I do understand how FSB and multiplier works though.
Would appreciate if someone could help me, thank you.
I want to overclock my old rig to as high and stable as I can go with the hardware I've got, never done any type of overclocking though so I thought I'm better off asking here first, I do not want to break anything.
CPU: Q9550 (4x 2.83 ghz, fsb 8.5x333)
Mobo: Asus P5K-SE (1600 FSB)
RAM: 2x Kingston DDR2-800 2GB (kvr800d2n5/2g), 2x Super talent DDR2-800 2GB (t800ux4gc5)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo (cheap cooler I picked up, no idea how it performs yet)
GPU: Radeon HD 7750
Core temps are between 35-45c idle
How far can I overclock with air cooling? I was thinking of 3.8ghz as I read a lot of people got that stable on air cooling.
I've read a lot about overclocking but I'm too chicken to go at it alone, a lot of things I do not understand yet.. such as when to boost your voltage or when and how to overclock RAM.. I do understand how FSB and multiplier works though.
Would appreciate if someone could help me, thank you.
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