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Swany420   08-06-2006 at 04:13:41 AM

i am lookin at the new c2d's but i dont want to buy a higher priced one if i could just overclock it manualy ................. but i heard overclocking dual cores is a very bad idea because of the overheating and frying your cpu along wit ur mb

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darkstar782   08-06-2006 at 04:48:55 AM
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I think this is down to all the people these days that scream about wanting low power usage and cool CPUs that can be run with the minimum of cooling.

This means that people like me that dont give a damn about power consumption, heat levels, or noise, can just overvolt and overclock :)

They could have just sold the e6300 clocked at 3.2ghz for example, and the other models rising from there, but then all their detractors would scream about the thing using too much power and performance per watt etc.

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Swany420   08-06-2006 at 04:58:09 AM
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im just afraid of burnin the thing up but i dont need to worry about that if i have a good heatsink and fan

any suggestions on some heatsinks or fans?

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clue69less   08-06-2006 at 05:12:09 AM
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Wonder chip Core 2 Duo is the overclocker's wet dream.



That would make a fine Intel t-shirt slogan.

With appropriately inappropriate graphics, of course...

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clue69less   08-06-2006 at 05:18:02 AM
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im just afraid of burnin the thing up but i dont need to worry about that if i have a good heatsink and fan

any suggestions on some heatsinks or fans?



Go ahead and read the links Jack gave you first. You can do a decent OC on stock cooling. If you got an OEM CPU with no HSF, there are excellent inexpensive units such as this Arctic FP7 or you can get something more expensive if you wish - just search Newegg or Frozen CPU, etc. But that Arctic will get you way down the Core 2 Duo OC dance path. No need to worry about frying things as long as you follow a patient logical plan. Think of it as a journey into a Zen-like state.

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clue69less   08-06-2006 at 05:20:13 AM
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They could have just sold the e6300 clocked at 3.2ghz for example, and the other models rising from there, but then all their detractors would scream about the thing using too much power and performance per watt etc.



If they sold it at 3.2, you'd have no fun wringing out the last bit. It's much more fun to score a big OC than a tweek.

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Grimmy   08-06-2006 at 05:24:43 AM
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I believe as long as the HSF is properly installed, you shouldn't be able to overheat a CPU to the point to where burn it or the MB.

Even when the fan on a the HS has failed, throttling or thermal shut down would help protect the CPU.

But then again, some people some how manage to screw things up.

Best to learn from those mistakes. :wink:

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ethernalite   08-06-2006 at 08:48:13 AM
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im just afraid of burnin the thing up but i dont need to worry about that if i have a good heatsink and fan

any suggestions on some heatsinks or fans?




You won't "burn the thing up", I promise. It's very hard to do that. Only obscene overvolts (as in, don't try to push 2V into your 65nm chip) will fry a chip in the short term. In the long term, just don't push voltage up past about 30% of stock V-core. Heat is mostly irrelevant: just keep temps below 70-80°C and you'll be fine.

The same things can be said for the motherboard: don't worry about breaking it, just don't be stupid. Keep V-cores within 25-30% of stock.

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chuckshissle   08-06-2006 at 09:57:13 AM
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Well, if you're very concern with heat then I'll share you my secret extreme cooling.


here:


http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7452/extremecoolingyl8.th.jpg

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Omid   08-06-2006 at 09:57:45 AM
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erm... yea!!

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DeMonOfElRu   08-06-2006 at 12:42:30 PM
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Ummmm, good for overclocking? That is a slight nod in the absolute affirmative --

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipse [...] spx?i=2802
http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=g [...] rticID=470
http://www.nordichardware.com/Articles/?skrivelse=482
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/0 [...] ning_test/

Wonder chip Core 2 Duo is the overclocker's wet dream.



hahaha .... I like your choice of words. :lol:

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1Tanker   08-06-2006 at 12:47:16 PM
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Well, if you're very concern with heat then I'll share you my secret extreme cooling.


here:


http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7452/extremecoolingyl8.th.jpg

Awww. the Eskimo's cooling system. Mount the mobo outside the igloo. :lol:

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DeMonOfElRu   08-06-2006 at 12:53:26 PM
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Well, if you're very concern with heat then I'll share you my secret extreme cooling.


here:


http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7452/extremecoolingyl8.th.jpg




Holy Jesus. If only that would actually work ..... then Zalman would go out of bussiness. :wink:

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1Tanker   08-06-2006 at 01:02:42 PM
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Well, if you're very concern with heat then I'll share you my secret extreme cooling.


here:


http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7452/extremecoolingyl8.th.jpg




Holy Jesus. If only that would actually work ..... then Zalman would go out of bussiness. :wink:Frozen to the Core :wink: .....Literally.

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Grimmy   08-06-2006 at 05:31:37 PM
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Well, if you're very concern with heat then I'll share you my secret extreme cooling.


here:


http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7452/extremecoolingyl8.th.jpg



8O . o O (looks like it would be hard to upgrade that video card now)

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clue69less   08-06-2006 at 07:28:31 PM
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8O . o O (looks like it would be hard to upgrade that video card now)



Just run 3DM06 a couple minutes and it'll melt the whole cube.

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