help on overclocking?

phil6702

phil6702

phil6702

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hello all, I have come for some advice. This is the specs of my pc,

ASRock K8NF4G-SATA2 Motherboard
1.5gb ram 1x1024mb stick (DDR PC3200) 1x 512mb (DDR PC2100)
80gb hd IDE.
DVD drive.
AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3400+ @2.4ghz stock cooler.
X1600pro PCI-E 512mb
600w powersupply can't rember make but i had to get it for grapics card.
Windows vista Ultimate

I basicly can't afford to upgrade to my next pc (going to be C2D) I want to overclock it some more because i think i could get it at 2.6/2.7. I just need to know what do i need i mean whats a good heatsink. I have 2 good case fans. Its just the cpu getting hot thats holding me back. I would like to get as high as i can stable because this pc has got to last me another 6 months untill i can build a new one. I basicly have £100 for a new hd (need) was going to get a SATA so it sould be faster. i see theres no point upgrading the ram as i only have 2 slots and used both. Can you please suggest some ideas of what to buy to upgrade and overclock higher. Because with the stock heatsink it hits 44c playing bf2 for around 2 hours.

Thanks Phil
 
I would imagine this would do the trick as far as a heatsink gose..Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2).. As for advice on overclocking I would read the stickys on this forum as there very good.
 
44 deg at load isn't too bad but I used to have the Freezer 64 on my 3200+ and it made about 10deg difference I think. Also, it's cheap and will enable you to get some sort of overclock going. Not sure about the OCing ability of Semprons though.
Look into that before you read up about the rest of it. I bought the cooler and read up about overclocking before realising i probably wasn't gonna get much more out of my barton core so ended up not bothering
:)
 
Yeah thats what i have found. It won't overclock any more anyway won't boot at 2.5ghz :(

I am saving up for a C2D

Can't decide which one to get though.

Phil
 
Even the cheapest C2D will be a big step up from your chip. But i'd leave the decision of which one till you are ready to buy, things change pretty quick :cool:
 
I should be able to buy in about a week.

I see you have the 6600 is that a good overclocker. Whats the diffrence like with having 4mb L2 compared to 2mb
 
That soon, cool :cool:
the 6600 is a great OCer. Capable of a higher overclock than the lower ones but looking back I would have saved some cash and gone for a E6300 or 6400 because I'm not trying to get mine to 4Ghz. All the Core2's are superb and give big gains when OC'd
Most of the 6300 and 6400's will still overclock to 2.8Ghz and beyond. The extra cache doesn't make much difference in most situations.

What's your budget for the system? I'd recommend looking round the general hardware section for people's recent spec request to see what else you should get with it
:)
 
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