Just overclocked my rig

bakes0310 · 4 Feb 2006 at 22:25

A mate came round and had ago at overclocking my pc and managed to overclock my 3700 sandiego to a 2.5 and christ was the performance different. It gave 3dmark05 a 1000 extra points

Next time when he comes around hes gonna push it a bit more to about 2.6, can it be done. Its currently 50c underload so mim not sure if it should go any higher.

Etaqua · 4 Feb 2006 at 22:29

50c under load is nothing. 3700SDs can handle about another 10c before it is a problem.

If you get better cooling, you could probably push for 2.7GHz (or higher), since even a few degrees makes a huge difference.

Defcon5 · 4 Feb 2006 at 23:42

Whats the voltage at the min? and i presume your using the stock cooler?

Hunders · 4 Feb 2006 at 23:43

It certainly can be done. Im running my 3700 SD at 2.8GHz on standard cooler and volts. 44c under load.

Minstadave · 4 Feb 2006 at 23:45

Welcome to the world of overclocking

The 3700 SDs are great chips for overclocking, always good to get free performance

steve45 · 5 Feb 2006 at 01:37

after plenty of reading up on it i finally tryed my first overclock the other day with my 3700 SD, have it up to 2640mhz on stock volts, i have an AC freezer 64 pro, idle 28/9, load 36.
ran out of time last the other day, prime95 is a time consuming thing, gonna push it further tomorrow, see where i can take it.
this whole overclocking malarky is a lot more fun than i had imagined, its very satisfying

hoju99 · 5 Feb 2006 at 09:43

steve45 said:
this whole overclocking malarky is a lot more fun than i had imagined, its very satisfying

Yep getting my 3700SD (£159.74) to FX57 speeds (£599.19) on standard volts feels good

bakes0310 · 5 Feb 2006 at 11:25

Its at stock volts which i assume is a good thing. Im really happy with the cpu overclocked but for some reason my mate couldnt do my ram it kept crashing when i got onto windows.
But it dont bother me im just happy overclocking my cpu which my little helper told me has still got some more potential. So i was thinking of getting a really good cooler, but what would you recommend, ill also buy that arctic silver paste which i hear wonders about.

So if i got the best cooler along with the best paste what do you wreckon i can get too 2.7-2.8 thats like fx55 speeds

bakes0310 · 5 Feb 2006 at 12:26

After doing a little research i think ive found what would be a good cooler setup:

HS-023-TR ThermalRight SI-120 Heatsink
£26.95 £26.95
FG-024-AK Akasa AK-183-L2B Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin
£8.95 £8.95
AC-000-AC Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound £5.50 £5.50
Subtotal £41.40
Shipping £8.00
VAT £8.65
Total £58.05

Is that a good choice i definetly know i picked a good fan cause i already got 2 in my akasa 62 case cooloing my system. There being controlled by my akasa fan controller so ill do the same with the other fan as well.

King_Boru · 5 Feb 2006 at 12:27

60c is the safe maximum for AMD's. Set it to shut down in the BIOS once it hits that temperature.

bakes0310 · 5 Feb 2006 at 13:37

bakes0310 said:
After doing a little research i think ive found what would be a good cooler setup:

HS-023-TR ThermalRight SI-120 Heatsink
£26.95 £26.95
FG-024-AK Akasa AK-183-L2B Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin
£8.95 £8.95
AC-000-AC Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound £5.50 £5.50
Subtotal £41.40
Shipping £8.00
VAT £8.65
Total £58.05

Is that a good choice i definetly know i picked a good fan cause i already got 2 in my akasa 62 case cooloing my system. There being controlled by my akasa fan controller so ill do the same with the other fan as well.

anyone think that would be good cooling?

Minstadave · 5 Feb 2006 at 13:40

Go for the Thermaltake Big Typhoon 4 in 1 Heatpipe (Socket 939/754/775/478) CPU Cooler over the SI-120, its meant to be excellent and comes with a good fan so will save you a few bob

hoju99 · 5 Feb 2006 at 15:36

bakes0310 said:
After doing a little research i think ive found what would be a good cooler setup:

HS-023-TR ThermalRight SI-120 Heatsink
£26.95 £26.95
FG-024-AK Akasa AK-183-L2B Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin
£8.95 £8.95
AC-000-AC Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound £5.50 £5.50
Subtotal £41.40
Shipping £8.00
VAT £8.65
Total £58.05

Is that a good choice i definetly know i picked a good fan cause i already got 2 in my akasa 62 case cooloing my system. There being controlled by my akasa fan controller so ill do the same with the other fan as well.

Thats the same setup I have on my 3700

running at 2.8gig idles at around 34 idle / 45 full load with the fan turned right down on the akasa controller

bakes0310 · 16 Feb 2006 at 20:09

Minstadave said:
Go for the Thermaltake Big Typhoon 4 in 1 Heatpipe (Socket 939/754/775/478) CPU Cooler over the SI-120, its meant to be excellent and comes with a good fan so will save you a few bob

I like the look of that i think ill get that instead with some paste.
With that thing could i get up to 2.8-3.0Ghz. Ive just checked my temps my pc has been on for about 4 hours and its 39-41c so with the typhoon how much do you wreckon itll knock off the temp 5-10c :confused: