Lower temps after overclock

Billy 2 Sips · 23 Jul 2006 at 21:51

I decided to have a go at overclocking my Pentium D 950. I've done some reading up on it but decided to try and use the Asus Ai Booster program that came with my Asus mobo instead of using the bios. Just seemed easier to use as I'm a beginner. I managed to overclock it 15% (500mhz), any higher and it became unstable.

The thing thats puzzling me though is I was expecting an increase in the temps but they actually got lower :confused:

Both my idle and loaded temps are less than when the cpu was running slower. I've had a search on google but can't seem to find an answer......can anyone tell me why this happening?

Cheers

Here are a few pics:

Idle - not overclocked

Idle - overclocked

Loaded - not overclocked

Loaded - overclocked

monkeypants · 23 Jul 2006 at 21:57

Are you on the stock cooler? If so I'd be temped to say it was throttling, but your speedo says otherwise.

It could just be the program/monitor chip being rubbish as they tend to be a bit rubbish really.

Billy 2 Sips · 23 Jul 2006 at 22:08

It's not the stock cooler no....I'm using a gigabyte cpu cooler. I've not done any of this before so wasn't sure if the monitor chips did give an accurate reading. I also checked it with the pc probe 2 program and it gave the same results also. Are they any better tools/programs for getting an accurate temp?

Raikiri · 23 Jul 2006 at 23:24

I was gonna say that the fan might be going faster...but it isnt :confused:

killer_uk · 23 Jul 2006 at 23:35

Voltage

Billy 2 Sips · 23 Jul 2006 at 23:35

How does that effect it mate.....can you explain it to me cos I don't understand lol. Is it the lower the voltage = less heat created?

Raikiri · 23 Jul 2006 at 23:37

killer_uk said:
Voltage

Oh yeah, the VDroop probably accounts for it, overclock in the BIOS and raise the voltage a little you should get 4ghz

Billy 2 Sips · 23 Jul 2006 at 23:39

Ok thanks I'll have a go

Raikiri · 23 Jul 2006 at 23:42

By a little I mean 0.05 to 0.1 as your cooling doesnt seem to be that brilliant

Billy 2 Sips · 23 Jul 2006 at 23:47

No it's not at all...but I've just ordered a ninja and a 120mm fan so hopefully it'll get better

Billy 2 Sips · 24 Jul 2006 at 01:53

Raikiri said:
By a little I mean 0.05 to 0.1 as your cooling doesnt seem to be that brilliant

Thanks for the advice I managed to get 4Ghz