Overclock Q9300 to 3.0GHz with stock cooler?

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Last response: April 20, 2008 5:32 AM in Overclocking

conquerz

April 16, 2008 5:11:53 AM

I've just got a Q9300 and want to know if I can overclock it to 3.0GHz with the stock cooler?

My spec:

Q9300 2.5GHz / 1333FSB / 6MB-cache
P5K Premium WiFi rev2.0
Inno3D nVidia 8800GT 512Mb
500Gb SATAII
650w Atrix dual 12v rails
XClio Wind Tunnel Extreme Cooling case (with two 250mm fans)

Is the case enough to keep is cool? I'm not planning to go over 3.0GHz.

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Maroc

April 18, 2008 10:49:03 PM

Well I'm assuming it will be able to achieve that quite easily even with the stock cooler. I mean it's only a 0.5GHz overclock and that should be a breeze on a 45nm processor.

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conquerz

April 18, 2008 11:19:49 PM

Maroc said:

Well I'm assuming it will be able to achieve that quite easily even with the stock cooler. I mean it's only a 0.5GHz overclock and that should be a breeze on a 45nm processor.

Ahh man.. thanks for replying to this. Been wanting to try this but wasn't sure if it would be safe since never overclocked before and don't want to add anything to my system yet cos I just got it!