i3 530 Overclock On Stock Cooling??

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How far do you think you could push the i3 on stock cooling for 24/7, 3.5ghz? I have seen in the i3 thread that people have managed to get almost 4ghz without adjusting the vcore, if this is the case then there should be no extra heat as the vcore is the same as stock?
 
Azza said:
Should be able to get close to if not 4Ghz fine. :)
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Really? So you should have to alter the vcore that much if at all for anything around 4ghz or just under. I know each chip is different and all. What regarded as safe 24/7 temps for the i3 chip, anything below 75c when stressed?
 
Heat generated by processor goes up linearly with fsb and quatratically with voltage, so expect it to generate 73*(4/2.93)=100W at 4ghz at stock voltage instead of 73W at stock speeds and voltage.
 
the stock cooler for the 530 is poor its not even the size of the old core 2 duo coolers its like a chopped in half low profile version, i doubt it would be able to cope with anything much above stock volts
 
mattyj1085 said:
the stock cooler for the 530 is poor its not even the size of the old core 2 duo coolers its like a chopped in half low profile version, i doubt it would be able to cope with anything much above stock volts
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Sounds tempting.

I need an ultra low cooler for my ITX case when I change from 775 to 1156. Aroundabout the height of the Silverstone LP socket 775 cooler which is 36.smidgeon mm high.

Stock cooler for my 750 is more like 45mm high :/

There's no room for a bigger cooler because I've filled the space with drives and where I couldn't fit drives I put fans and where I couldn't put fans I routed wires.

That's ITX for you ;)
 
Do you have any photos of your mini-itx? I'm looking to set an i3 mini-itx up for the summer, but can't find a case I like so think I'm making one.
 
You haven't posted in that thread, and there's no photos associated with your name anywhere in the sff area according to search :confused:
 
Oh mine, somehow thought you meant peoples ITXs in general o.0

Mine is still only dry built, a bit of a mix up means the cpu isn't here yet, (hoping it comes Monday) and without the cpu I can't really make sure the rest is working. Probably bad luck to take pictures of an unfinished build so I'll wait til then :)
 
Ah ok. Photos of mini-itx systems are pretty easy to find, I was wondering if you'd done anything particularly cunning yourself. Good luck :)
 
I'm looking to do something similar (Stock volts but a semi-decent cooler) :D Other than FSB and multipliers, and RAM speeds, what are the other key things to change on an i3? Is it worth taking a look at OC'ing the gfx, or does upping the FSB do that too? Similarly what should stay at the given values? I would have searched but "i3" is too short to be searchable :rolleyes:
 
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