Overclocking i3 2120

[overclockchoc]

Hi Ive had my PC for a while now But a few days ago i Installed the XigmaTek Dark Knight - Night Hawk Edition SD128.
Im using the ASUS P8H61-MX mother board
4GB RAM and intel graphics card.
I use CPUID Hardware monitor to check temperature etc and its always around the 30 mark. Take a look
http://gyazo.com/96d9ce3e7efe8d56fdd724427dd86713
All that im wondering is , Would it be possible to overclock my CPU from 3.3ghz to around 4ghz or around that mark, Without frying everything.

Thanks For Replieng in advance

 

[socialfox]

Hi there I believe you can't really overclock with that setup because you have a H61 board which does not allow overclocking and your CPU is not of the K series.

Edit: Next time if you want to overclock settle for a Z77 chipset and a K series processor which allow excellent overclocking capabilities. You could always re-use the cooler for another build.

 

[overclockchoc]

Pk thanks for the reply. Just a quick question. Is the Temperature of the CPU ok ?
and also would the cpu be ok for gaming because im planning on installing 16gb RAM and a decent graphics card from around £100

 

[socialfox]

For gaming you don't need no more than 8 gb of ram. Try getting 1600mhz for the ram and get 2x4gb sticks to get dual channel. Anyways is that at load or idle? Anyways there seems to be a bit of a problem with the CPU temperature and the core temperatures. Use realtemp to check the temperatures and post it up here again:
http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/

 

[overclockchoc]

Hi heres a screenshot from realtemp
http://gyazo.com/9e656b2440838bbe0f3f693013479506

Im new to this stuff so could you tell me what you mean by Load Or Idle ?
And also is there any notifications that appear that you have replied to me oinstead of me just waiting on tis sceen for a reply ?

 

[socialfox]

Ok those realtemp temperatures indicate that your CPU is doing fine. Anyways load means when your doing something that uses a real good portion of the CPU such can be gaming or converting a movie. Idle means you are doing nothing such can be leaving the computer on the desktop with nothing really running in the background.

 

[overclockchoc]

When Idle My temperature is from 21 to 23 Thank you so much

 

[socialfox]

So is there anything else you need? Anyways try running prime 95 and let me now the temperatures with that, prime 95 will stress out your CPU a lot so you will get much higher temperatures than idle.

http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/

 

[overclockchoc]

I will stress test my cpu now , should i keep real temp open to monitor the temp incase it gets too high so i can stop the test? if so how high will i let it reach ?

 

[socialfox]

I would say turn the test off when it reaches 70 degrees. I doubt with that cooler you will need to turn it off, give it an hour for the test.

 

[overclockchoc]

I Did the test and the highest temperature it reached was 46 degress, Is this good ?

 

[socialfox]

Those are some FANtastic temperatures :lol: . Seriously though those are really good temperatures for that CPU.

 

[overclockchoc]

Haha Yeahyeah

 

[overclockchoc]

Im getting second monitor around christmas for free as a family member is gettin a bigger tv. They are both same size would i need to buy a certain model of graphics card ?

 

[amuffin]

You should be able to run 2 monitors off of the HD 3000, just make sure you have the right video connections.

 

[socialfox]

+1^ just like amuffin said you can run two monitors.

 

[overclockchoc]

im planning on gaming With my pc and i have budget of under £100

 

[socialfox]

Well for gaming I always recommend discrete video cards. What kind of resolutions are we playing at? Also you want to turn on all the eye candy to the max or is medium-high okay?

 

[overclockchoc]

medium to high. Hopefully higher than console graphics, Depending on how much i enjoy gaming on a pc im not planning on gaming on it as much as i do on console

 

[socialfox]

Is a HD 7950 out of your budget? I know for a fact it does well in dual monitor gaming.

 

[overclockchoc]

yeah defanitly its over £200
As i said im not planning on heavy gaming
i just want an average pc

 

[socialfox]

Well how about the HD 7850?

 

[overclockchoc]

is there no decent card for around the 100 mark ? because i still have to purchase 16gigs of Ram :$

 

[socialfox]

Well if we are not going to do any rendering, photoshop or any of those fancy stuff you don't technically need 16gb of ram, 8gb will be more than enough. Anyways give me a while to find you a card, this is 100 pounds?

 

[overclockchoc]

yes it is .. And YES! i play cod and upload videos so i always need to render videos
Thanks for helping me out a lot. how can i give you poits or some sort