AMD Athlon II X2 260 - M5A78L-M LX Plus - Overclocking?

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I go a Test Bench with a M5A78L-M LX Plus and a Dual Core AMD Athlon II X2 260.
Currently running at 3.2 GHZ, I wish to Overclock.
I try to set the Multiplier in BIOS Setings, but Overclock always fails.
Custom Designed CPU Cooler, 3 120mm 2000RPM Fans w/ Stock AMD Cooler.
Safe? How would I go about doing so?
 
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Darkbreeze
The heatsink. A really, really high end heatsink doesn't even need a fan, although it will cool much better WITH a fan or two in the proper configuration. Try pulling the fan off of a stock heatsink. The chip will be dead in minutes under any kind of load. We're talking about a stock heatsink the size of a small deck of cards, if not smaller, compared to a heatsink the size of a really thick paperback book and much larger fans than the stock 92mm fan.


Adding those other fans to the stock fan is probably not increasing it's cooling at all, in fact it might even be making it worse, aside from them cooling the motherboard by blowing down on it, which in itself isn't a bad idea but what you really want to do to gain the same effect is...
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What does this mean? How do you use three 120mm fans with a stock AMD cooler? At worst this makes no sense, at best it's confusing. Please clarify. Do you have a stock AMD cooler or do you have something else? If you have a stock cooler, overclocking is out of the question. If you have a decent aftermarket cooler, overclocking might be a reality depending on the cooler and the case cooling configuration.
 
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Mounted on top of what? The case? The CPU cooler heatsink? I don't get what you've got going on there. I'm not trying to be obtuse, it's just not clear what your configuration is. You mentioned a test bed, so its this an open air unit? Do you have any pics you can post? Regardless, if you're using the stock cooler on the stock CPU heatsink, don't overclock. Period. At least, not if you value the hardware at all and would like or need to see it last a while. The stock cooler and heatsink can not keep up with the heat and stress of overclocking. Not even with an open air test bed.
 
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The heatsink. A really, really high end heatsink doesn't even need a fan, although it will cool much better WITH a fan or two in the proper configuration. Try pulling the fan off of a stock heatsink. The chip will be dead in minutes under any kind of load. We're talking about a stock heatsink the size of a small deck of cards, if not smaller, compared to a heatsink the size of a really thick paperback book and much larger fans than the stock 92mm fan.


Adding those other fans to the stock fan is probably not increasing it's cooling at all, in fact it might even be making it worse, aside from them cooling the motherboard by blowing down on it, which in itself isn't a bad idea but what you really want to do to gain the same effect is take them off the cpu cooler and fabricate a mounting bracket to position a fan to blow on the motherboard VRMs. Then get a real CPU cooler.


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