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ben22   09-25-2009 at 08:45:25 PM

hey guys i was wondering if you have some suggestion on how to over clock my CPU?

My system: MB P5QL-CM - Q9550 Quad @ 2.8 - memory 6400 - HD 4870 X2 - vista 32bit 650W power supply, CPU fan ZALMAN CNPS9900LED .

So i was wondering if i could overclock to 3.0 no water cooling. one other thing is that if i used the auto 5% overclock it goes to 2.9 which i think is pretty good. if i used 10% the system won't boot. what i want to know is if there is a safer way to do it or should i stick to 5%?

and will my system last more than 2 years with this overclock (5% or 3.0)?
thanks to all of you who take the time to read and reply. you know who you are !!!

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There is better and safer way - its manual overclocking thru BIOS - but that requires getting some basic info, here is a good start - http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/foru [...] _11_0.html

Your cpu is a good overclocker and 3ghz, well, im sure it will do way more than that if youre willing to put in some effort.
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wsupduck   10-04-2009 at 10:53:57 PM

have you tried prime95 stress test or monitoring your temps

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MaDMagik   10-05-2009 at 02:24:35 PM
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There is better and safer way - its manual overclocking thru BIOS - but that requires getting some basic info, here is a good start - http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/foru [...] _11_0.html

Your cpu is a good overclocker and 3ghz, well, im sure it will do way more than that if youre willing to put in some effort.

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ben22   10-06-2009 at 12:29:05 AM

wsupduck wrote :

have you tried prime95 stress test or monitoring your temps



yeah. i have thanks for asking. in idle my CPU temp will stay at 36 Celsius and at fool load won't go over 60 Celsius.

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ben22   10-06-2009 at 12:39:33 AM

MaDMagik wrote :

There is better and safer way - its manual overclocking thru BIOS - but that requires getting some basic info, here is a good start - http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/foru [...] _11_0.html

Your cpu is a good overclocker and 3ghz, well, im sure it will do way more than that if youre willing to put in some effort.



hey, thanks for the info this is great information. Thanks

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