Another noobie Clocker or Clockie

Jay794 · 31 Dec 2011 at 11:07

See sig for specs,

Currently running at 3.7Ghz (stock was 3.4Ghz) because I didn't want to push it past 4 for fear of flames and destroying a £300 processor and board lol.

I've read the beginners guide to OC'ing

But other than using the Windows OC programs that came with the motherboard I left everything at Auto in the Bios

Temps currently around 30-45 idle.

Using a stock cooler until the H100 arrives, how much can I push it safely without fire and smoke lol

Jay794 · 1 Jan 2012 at 14:28

Think I can take it to 4.2Ghz without the H100? Considering I haven't broke 50*c yet with all the stock fans

Jay794 · 2 Jan 2012 at 10:05

I tried Intel Burn and it scared the hell out of me, first it pushed CPU usage to 100% on all cores, then the temps jumped to 80c lol and that was only at 3.7Ghz

I'm running at 4Ghz without running Intel Burn (for fear of smoke and fire) I just played AVP on full spec for about an hour, back into Windows and the temps are around 60c, up from 32c idling.

I've been looking at the BIOS settings and I think until I get the H100 I can leave it at 4Ghz, is it ok to leave everything else on auto and just change the multiplier or should I change other stuff too?

I've been reading the guides an it says you should change the voltage and RAM speed, but I have no idea what to change it to, is there a way of calculating what is safe to run at?

Obviously, over-volting will fry something so I'm tempted to leave it alone for now.

Like I said I'm running at 4Ghz now, but I'm still finding stuff like iTunes crash regularly, I thought getting a faster motherboard and processor would solve this

Jay794 · 2 Jan 2012 at 11:03

I get that its an intensity test, but surely going from 30c to 80c so quickly and back again is just asking for the chip to be damaged?

Jay794 · 2 Jan 2012 at 14:16

Can they damage the CPU though? Obviously running at 100% for a long time will kill the cpu

Jay794 · 2 Jan 2012 at 14:27

So would I be ok to run Intel Burn for say 5 tests?

Jay794 · 3 Jan 2012 at 11:44

H100 is on its way

but have I really made the right choice?

I've been reading reviews about the NH-D14 vs Corsair H100 vs Antec Kúhler vs Thermalright Silver Arrow and for some reason, the Silver Arrow comes out on top, what are peoples thoughts? taking in to consideration size, noise and ability to cool?