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Overclocking on a stock cooler won't get you far at all. What are your temps in prime95 with the stock cooler just wondering. (leave prime running for about 10 minutes, that should give you your max temps)
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raiderguy92

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NEVER overclock on a stock cooler i have a FX-6300 and i attempted to overclock too 4.5 GHZ on the stock cooler and i was running at 60 C on idle now i have a Corsair H55 and im running at idle 6 C with an overclock at 4.5 GHZ
 
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Temps on idle are from 20-30 C
 
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raiderguy92

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those are pretty good idle temps on a stock cooler on mine i got about 36 C but if i were you i wouldn't overclock much on that cooler

 
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the processor has a tdp of 125W on stock frequencies and this means a lot of heat. imagine that when overclocking, the tdp will go up to around 200w and this means even more heat.
the way i see things, as long as you have a better cooler, get a good thermal paste and install the zalman back in. take all the precaution measures when doing an oc, don;t be lazy :).
i have the same cooler on a i5 and although is loud if not used at min speed, is doing it's job great.
 
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I hate how loud it is that's why lol
 
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Temps in Prime are 68 with a .2GHz OC
 
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raiderguy92

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68 is pretty high i would remove that OC if i were you just install that old cpu cooler u got so you can OC with lower temps

 
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