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jlear3   09-15-2009 at 07:37:45 AM

My i7's cooler comes in soon, but oc'ed it b4 the freezer, on stock im at 3.4 w/ temps maxing just under 70C
alls i really did was blck freq to 170 and cpu voltage to 1.275 any info for better performance? i know i need cooler its in mail

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meewog   09-15-2009 at 09:03:16 AM

I doubt you need a cooler if you dont want to oveclock more than 3.4GHz, if 70C is at 100% then IMHO its good. Have you tried lowering the voltage to see if you can run it stable? If so you can reduce the temparature by 3-5C more.

How come its says you have a V8 in the sig?

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jlear3   09-15-2009 at 10:31:50 AM

sigs old v8 is a POS all the hardware fell apart im gonna redo it when i see what i can do with this cooler its not too bad and im def. wanna go past 3.4 just to see what i can do

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xaira   09-15-2009 at 02:17:52 PM

spire thermax 2 is cheap

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jlear3   09-16-2009 at 12:17:43 AM

got a rosewill fort120 in the mail, 49.99 shipped but heard good things about it

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jlear3   09-16-2009 at 01:53:35 AM

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[UPDATE]
Woot, just upgraded to a 975 Extreme! woot! hah jk just oc'd my 920 and 4890's hit the 20k mark

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