overclocking n00b

jaffacakes · 20 Jan 2007 at 21:33

here's the deal, i'm new to the whole overclocking business, i know how to do it but i don't know what to use to test it.

i'm currently googling for this 'orthos' thing, is there anything else i need?

it's the usual setup of
C2D E6300,
Acf7
Gb DS3

jaffacakes · 20 Jan 2007 at 21:44

i'd also like to find out how to make this arctic freezer 7 go faster, please?

vairo · 20 Jan 2007 at 21:44

http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/Core2Duo-Overclocking-Guide-v1-ftopict197995.html

helped to me ,still havent finished with oc though!

vairo · 20 Jan 2007 at 21:49

depends what mobo u realy have , but in BIOS u should be able to set it to 3 different modes! But i doubt u wanna use performance mode couse i got same cooler and thats the only reason why i am still @ 2.7 Ghz OC only ,i run it at optimal mode which is 800rpm, max on performance is 2700 and it is way to noisey for me ,the ather thing is dunno why but i cant make my speedFan to work out with all speeds!Just dont wanna work :/

jaffacakes · 20 Jan 2007 at 21:54

i tried speedfan and it crashed my system a few times, i've got the Gigabyte DS3, i can't seem to find a 'cpu quiet fan' option to turn off, it's annoying cos this cooler just stops dead sometimes.

vairo · 20 Jan 2007 at 22:07

had same problems , i guess we just dont know how to use it propelry :/

jaffacakes · 20 Jan 2007 at 22:53

i searched these forums and found a large post, it suggested changing the fan control method to 'legacy' and another fan control option to 'pwm', however, my idle temps are now at 57c, which is higher than before, i'm getting like 800RPM max outta this cooler now.

vairo · 20 Jan 2007 at 22:57

the max is 2500-2700RPM for AC7 PRo

jaffacakes · 20 Jan 2007 at 23:00

done, disabled motherboard fan control, now sitting at 2897RPM, nice.

jaffacakes · 21 Jan 2007 at 00:24

is 58celcius idle normal?

Cob · 21 Jan 2007 at 00:26

Nope. That's what your load temp should be.

Spetznaz · 21 Jan 2007 at 00:26

jaffacakes said:
is 58celcius idle normal?

No. 40c is ok 30c is good 50+ is poor.

jaffacakes · 21 Jan 2007 at 15:18

she's at 40c now, just turned her on, i'll get rid of the stock thermal later and use the paste in the syringe thing i got see if that elps

jaffacakes · 21 Jan 2007 at 18:33

that's done the trick, AK-450 silver based dissepation gunk has brought her down to 33c idle (it's an e6300 currently overclocked to 2.1Ghz) so i'll go as far as 45 idle then stop overclocking her.