Help with Overclock

So should I now continue overclocking until I reach near 70 degrees on full load stress?

My CPU Fan doesn't seem to spin that fas compared to others I have had in the past, 1288RPM :CONFUSED:
 
Ok, I will do that this evening. What should I be looking out for in Prime95, is it just errors and of course the temps?

I must thankyou again for your patience and support. Thanks:)
 
I've been testing for 15 mins now yet the temps are steady at 74 73 69 66.
Doesn't look good from what I understand, should I keep her going?
I have all the fans on full and I even re-arranged the cables in the case for better air-flow.
Is there anything else you think I should do?
 
Ran Prime95 for : 5 hours, 54 mins - 0 Errors 0 Warnings

Average Temps: 73 73 69 66

I don't understand why it's running so hot. Anyway, what would your advise be now?

HAPPY NEW YEAR and all the best to you and your family for the New Year.
 
I've been reading up on many guides over the web in relation to thermal paste, some say just a rice grain as others like the guide you sent show a horizontal line. I'm not 100% but I still feel that there maybe to much applied.

I might try and use a grain of rice amount (just enough to cover the 4 cores) and trial an error it. I've also read that it can take upto 200 hours for the paste to work properly.

Turning my fans up full makes hardly any difference. wpould you recommend applying to fans to the heatsink and what fans do you recommend? Also, do you think the cpu fan is running slow at it's current speed of I think I stated 1288rpm before?
 
As im new to this what would be your advice on getting the correct v.core?

Would I continue lowering it running prime until I get to the correct v.core?

I may buy 2 of the fans you mentioned and mount them to the heatsink.

Thanks again
 
I have just ordered ;

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
Zalman ZM-F3 120mm Silent Case Fan

Do you think these will help in relation to my temps and would you advise in just placing a grain of rice size of compound or as described in the link you provided where a thin line of compund is placed through the centre of the CPU?

I've drilled some holes inside my case and with a little modding I have managed to place all the cables away from the inside so air can freely move, I'm hoping that will help matters as it took me hours ;(

I've also heard you can overclock the 8800GTS 640 by flashing the firmware is this advisable or are the results not that noticeable and maybe worth leaving alone?

Thanks all
 
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It looks like I've managed to achieve 5-7 degrees cooler :) I'm going to run P95 for a while and see how she goes and compare results. Then hopefully a little more room for more overclocking. :)

I always thought there was no need to overclock but now since I have found OCUK I find it great and I love the challenge.

Thanks all
 
I have run P95 for 2 hours with no problems, average temps are below;

3240.00 - 63 63 59 58

I never did change the v.core as I knew I was going to purchase the extra cooling to see if that worked, of which it has.

When I ran P95 prior to the extra cooling the average temps were;

3240.00 - 73 73 69 66

I near 10 degrees lower, do you think this is a good result and do you think I should be able to get a better overclock?

Shall I go back and continue overclocking and testing with P95 and shall I keep the v.core as it is?

Thanks for your advice on the purchase and I must say OCUK delivered on time, no problems at all. A service well worth coming back to, there are not many companies out there which allow you to order with no problems. Ordered, Received Confirmation of Order/Despatch and received Next Day.. EXCELLANT :)
 
I have run P95 for 3 hours 10 mins with no problems, average temps are below;

3420.00 68 68 65 63

3420MHz (380.00 x 9.0) 1.4v

What do you recommend now should I try and go further or do you think I should keep it as it is with the temps above?

Ive read that the 965 restricts overclocks, is this true? I haven't noticed any issues so far.

All help appreciated
 
I was wondering, should I now try and lower the voltage to see if it runs any cooler?

If so, how much should I reduce the voltage too?

Many thanks
 
Well, tried lowing the voltage a notch but it then failed P95. The system just reset and gave the usual error that the system had recovered from a serious error. So, it seems that I have reached my limit.

Can you now help with overclocking my memory to see what we can achieve, if I did overclock is it likely that I will notice and change compared to the standard settings?
 
I know its at 5-5-5-15 as I previously had issues when overclocking it as I can remember it would save the settings to anything else otherthan the 5-5-5-15.

DRAM FREQ - 389.0
RATIO 1:1

This information was from CPUz but the settings under SPD show different information but this may not matter but Im not sure as I am new to all this.

Thanks in advance
 
All changed to 4-4-4-12

Just to double check what should the voltage be for the RAM? I'm not sure what it is set upto now but all seems good at its current settings.

I'm happy with an overclock of 3.50 on my CPU, would you with your experience think that my overclocks are better than others or should I really be able to get more out of it by adding extras?

Would you recommend changing the RAM settings or leaving it at 4-4-4-12 and what differences will I notice with the new RAM settings?

Many thanks in advance
 
I am now having problems with my memory, it seems that it is only running at 778MHZ when the RAM is 800MHz

(RAM Timings) 4-4-4-12

(CPU) 3.501MHz - 389x9

My multiplier is set to 2.00 and the DDR Overvoltage is set to 2.00, I try and increase the Multiplier to 2.50 but my system doesn't like it and the mainboard resets my settings. I tried to also increase the DDR Overvoltage also and still my system didn't like it.

Is there anyway around this, please?

Thanks in advance
 
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