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JDogg   06-05-2009 at 11:07:12 AM

Hey guys!, I'm wondering how much I can OC the i7 920 with STOCK cooling, I've never OC'd a CPU before, is it easy?, stock is 2.66 GHz, can I OC to about 3.0 without any troubles?.

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gkay09   06-05-2009 at 01:55:43 PM
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^ Yes you can overclock it upto 3.2GHz safely with stock cooling...But make sure you have very good airflow inside the case...

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JDogg   06-06-2009 at 03:34:24 AM
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gkay09 wrote :

^ Yes you can overclock it upto 3.2GHz safely with stock cooling...But make sure you have very good airflow inside the case...


That's great news!, I'm getting the Antec 902, with all the stock fans etc, will that suffice?. Also, is there any really good guides for newbies on overclocking?, I've seen a few but they look pretty intense, I've never been in the BIOS before haha.

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shiftstealth   06-06-2009 at 07:31:46 AM
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I'm in an antec 900 with the stock cooler and im at 3.52 and i go to like 71 core temp when im playing games for a few hours? thats not cpu temp, core temp.

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shiftstealth   06-06-2009 at 07:32:03 AM
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However on prime 95 ive seen it go to 86C after a few hours

  

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JDogg   06-06-2009 at 10:49:42 AM
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shiftstealth wrote :

I'm in an antec 900 with the stock cooler and im at 3.52 and i go to like 71 core temp when im playing games for a few hours? thats not cpu temp, core temp.


Is that good or bad? I have no idea what temp it should be.

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Helloworld_98   06-06-2009 at 11:59:10 AM
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^ the old C0's used to hit 90 fairly frequently so 70C is a good temp for an i7.

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JDogg   06-06-2009 at 12:46:33 PM
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Helloworld_98 wrote :

^ the old C0's used to hit 90 fairly frequently so 70C is a good temp for an i7.


Ah ok, cool cool.

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xyzionz   06-06-2009 at 03:20:56 PM
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yea mine runs at around 71~75ºc under intel burn test (linpack)
my room temp i think is around 33~34ºc
idle temps are 42~44ºc
1.2750v@ 3.7Ghz
C0 stepping

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JDogg   06-06-2009 at 04:00:38 PM
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xyzionz wrote :

yea mine runs at around 71~75ºc under intel burn test (linpack)
my room temp i think is around 33~34ºc
idle temps are 42~44ºc
1.2750v@ 3.7Ghz
C0 stepping


How do you find out if the stepping is C0 or D0?

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