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Hi,
Just placed order for the bits to build a cheap E2180 based PC. This is my first build, and if all goes well, this will be my first overclock too! I will be pairing the chip with a gigabyte p31 mobo, arctic cooler freezer pro7 and 2gb of corsair XMS2 PC-6400 RAM - similar to a feature in custom PC magazine...
Reading other posts, i dont think it will be too difficult to get this chip to 3 GHz, but how stable will this be in the long term?? My main worry is that i may (probs will) need to up the voltages. If the temps of the chip remain cool, am i right to assume that pumping more volts through it will not damage it? Another worry is that the VRMs on the gigabyte board do not have any cooling, so again will increasing the volatge cause any long term damage?
Looking on the forums, ppl seem to have huge overclocks, particularly on the quad core chips - do you guys keep these settings all the time, or do you roll back the overclock when not benching or gaming?
Any help would be appreciated, cheers
Just placed order for the bits to build a cheap E2180 based PC. This is my first build, and if all goes well, this will be my first overclock too! I will be pairing the chip with a gigabyte p31 mobo, arctic cooler freezer pro7 and 2gb of corsair XMS2 PC-6400 RAM - similar to a feature in custom PC magazine...
Reading other posts, i dont think it will be too difficult to get this chip to 3 GHz, but how stable will this be in the long term?? My main worry is that i may (probs will) need to up the voltages. If the temps of the chip remain cool, am i right to assume that pumping more volts through it will not damage it? Another worry is that the VRMs on the gigabyte board do not have any cooling, so again will increasing the volatge cause any long term damage?
Looking on the forums, ppl seem to have huge overclocks, particularly on the quad core chips - do you guys keep these settings all the time, or do you roll back the overclock when not benching or gaming?
Any help would be appreciated, cheers
