Stock Overclock

NotAGolf · 2 Feb 2006 at 10:34

I'm thinking about overclocking my rig (see sig), but i cant afford any extra fans/coolers at the mo. Is it possible to overclock my cpu without any extra cooling (and not break it!)? I only have the one stock exhaust fan and and an asaka 120mm at the front. Both mobo and cpu are running about 30 degrees ish. Thanks

fragster · 2 Feb 2006 at 10:38

your sig appears to break the rules mate. Can't see it.

NotAGolf · 2 Feb 2006 at 10:38

Yea sorry bout that, just changed it

lee87 · 2 Feb 2006 at 10:42

Your only allowed 4 lines of text in your sig.

You should be able to overclock with that, 30c is quite a good temp so you should get a good overclock from it. Just keep checking the temps when doing it, if it reaches around 60c then its too high.

fragster · 2 Feb 2006 at 10:47

as said above, you should get a decent overclock with that setup. I have the same motherboard, it's great and very easy to tinker with.

Good luck

NotAGolf · 2 Feb 2006 at 11:14

I've mainly seen guides about oc'ing the cpu, anyone know of any other good starter guides for ocing the ram and gfx card? And one last thing, any good (and free) 'stability' testers? the only one i've heard of is memtest but i've never used it. Thanks people

Legless · 2 Feb 2006 at 12:29

mpledge52 said:
I've mainly seen guides about oc'ing the cpu, anyone know of any other good starter guides for ocing the ram and gfx card? And one last thing, any good (and free) 'stability' testers? the only one i've heard of is memtest but i've never used it. Thanks people

A lot of people also use prime95 or s&m to test their cpu overclocks, and ATI Tool is good for checking your gfx card overclock (aswell as 3dmark)...