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E5200 overclocking - how much?
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Hey guys, looking for some basic info on overclocking my processor. I've already got custom cooler and now want to get things moving. By default it runs at 2.5GHz, I'd like to speed it up to 3.0 max, but not necessary. What I'm looking for is a stable system rather than experimenting. What should I look for? What are the recommendations? Anything else besides the custom cooler?
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Well you can change some things in the Bios. I think there is some smart features for over clocking, that won't let you screw your CPU. This is one very clockable processor, so you should have no problems.
I`ve heard that thay overclocked it up to 4.01GHz @ Stable system
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5961362&postcount=3
With your cooling, I believe you won't have any problems with running it at 3 GHz just to be on the safe side. Ofcourse, your results may vary. I'd suggest before you try this, change the thermal paste on your CPU first. 2.9-3 GHz seems doable to me.
p.s some nutjob brought this baby to 4.8 Ghz (probably just once)
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=530285
Thats almost 100% overclock!
anyways 15-20% with a custom cooler shouldn't be a problem. You'll just need to stress test the machine so you can be sure it won't overheat.
Thanks for the link Weirdo. It slowly starting to make sense. I'd be posting the progress here when I actually start feeling confident and make any changes. Thermal paste was something I didn't thought of. What would you recommend?
Ahmed, 15-20% is exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks for the stress test suggestion.
Arctic Silver is the thermal paste for you ;) but I don't think that's so important. Better buy a good heat sink with direct heat pipes :)
I totally agree on that spent some money on a serious cooling equipment before experimenting or you`ll overclock it once :D
Overclock it once and forever :D:D:D Now seriously, buy some good heat sink (if it's copper, better) and buy some big fan (look for some that is with less RPMs, otherwise it will be too noisy). Then, with all the tweaking features of your MB Bios, you can safely overclock the CPU :)
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I have the same CPU and want to overclock it too...it will be very helpful if you tell me your results and how you accomplished them
I`m pretty interested in your achievements too...post your results(if you didn`t fry your CPU already) :)