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?

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.

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.

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?

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.