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CPU bottleneck?

Ok, well had a quick go at clocking it anyway.

It did not go well :)

Running at 400FSB, I could not run Prime95 without crashing with cpu voltage at 1.35 and DRAM at 1.86

Tried 1.45v and had to stop before a crash cause my CPU was about to melt at 82C.

Also, for some reason, after the first BSOD, CPU-Z was reading my CPU at 2.6GHz with a multiplier of 6?
 
Another quick update:

Put the CPU voltage back to 1.35v and upped the DRAM to 1.9

Seems to be stable under Prime95 for the moment, although I haven't give it a proper test.

One of the reasons is that even at 1.35, my CPU temp hit 79C, so it looks like a new cooler before anything else.

Any recommendations? Ideally I would like one where you don't have to remove the motherboard to fit a backing plate, but I know that is not possible for the best ones out there.

Thanks.
 
shahpor, what are you doing? :D

I asked you to download some simple apps and report back how the temps are when running prime with a stock system? :confused:
 
Sorry, can't run Prime95 at the moment (about to do WOW raid :))

What I can tell you is under low load (5%-20%), the temp is between 45-50C depend on which core you look at.

Will run Prime as soon as I can, but I am not expecting good results.

So it looks like a new cooler before anything else can happen. Although to be honest, that was to be expected. :)
 
Hey guys.

I ran my standard system on Prime95 Small FFts for about half an hour.

My hottest core (Core 0) ended up about the 67C mark. My coldest (Core 1) 62C.

Guess I should start browsing coolers :)
 
get the domino c.l.t watercooler it will cool your q8200 with ease, i have one on my q9550 oc'd to 3.4 at mo and it doesnt get over 50 degrees, ya can could even go for the 50 quid corsair watercooler that will be just the same. always better to have a full size tower like coolermaster rc-1000 or similar for watercooling and overclocking properties.
 
Yeah, was looking at those when I was browsing the overclocking section here.

They do look pretty good.

From what I can see, there isn't much in it between the Corsair and CoolIT?

As for cases, I do like the look of the Coolermaster CM-690 :)
 
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