i3 530 overclocking settings check .....4.06ghz o/c

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Are all my settings safe for long term use at the moment?

This is with stock cooler and everything seems stable at the moment!

Was going to go and get a akasa freedom tower later as my local shop has them for £9.99 on special.
 
Looks fine to me, what temps are you getting with realtemp/coretemp when CPU is under 100% load?
 
What you really need to do is check if the overclock is stable and if the temp is under control under 100% load (under 70C would be good). Prime95 and CoreTemp software would be good for checking that.

Most of us use bios for overclocking not overclocking softwere in windows, as we simply don't think they are reliable enough. Also, your memory is underclocked at the moment at 1480MHz instead of 1600MHz. This is due to the x22 multipier and only 185 base clock. You'd need 200 base clock in order to get your memory to 1600MHz. But if you push the base clock to 200, it would push the CPU to 4.4GHz, which will be beyond the stock CPU cooler to handle.

You should really look into overclocking using the bios, as it will allow you to lower the multiplier to x20, which mean with a base clock of 200 you will have 4.0GHz on the CPU, while still have the 1600MHz on the memory.
 
im downloading core temp now. will post back

and thanks

EDIT 1 ive tryed through the bios and i couldnt lower the multiplier even though it says its multiplier unlocked......
EDIT 2 i nipped to the local high street supplier and got a akasa freedom tower just for the time being as it was only £9
EDIT 3 Under 60 degrees at full load. with ambient room temp of about 21/22



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EDIT 4 should have said its a MSI H55M ED55

any tips on how i can lower this multiplier please?
 
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any one know how to change the multiplier on this board as although oc genie does it. i cannot find out how to do it manually
 
Sorry though id said what board i had DOH!!!

Its Msi H55M ED55 and yes latest bios as far as i know....
 
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