hello there, im new to the forums and overclockin in general, but i have built several pc's for myself. i recently built a Wolfdale based system with the E8500 and an Asus Maximus Formula (had trouble with the bios at first, but have 1004, now had to borrow my cousins e6600 to boot it). i have 2 times OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel DDR2.
my question is, is this worth it:
i managed this almost straight away and to my suprise it ran stable and didnt go above 40c under load, i also kept the voltage level set to auto in bios. (pic was taken after about 90 mins on COD4 multi)
however, after a little tweaking i got this:
i had to push the voltages to 1.4 and i have read that this, in the long run, is not good at all for the 45nm chips. i cant really afford to get a new chip if this breaks and my warrenty would be void with this overclock. im struggling here, i dont do well with dilemas, so what would u lot do?
my question is, is this worth it:
i managed this almost straight away and to my suprise it ran stable and didnt go above 40c under load, i also kept the voltage level set to auto in bios. (pic was taken after about 90 mins on COD4 multi)
however, after a little tweaking i got this:
i had to push the voltages to 1.4 and i have read that this, in the long run, is not good at all for the 45nm chips. i cant really afford to get a new chip if this breaks and my warrenty would be void with this overclock. im struggling here, i dont do well with dilemas, so what would u lot do?
