Recent content by tifosi79

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    i7 930 @ 4.0ghz stable but max temp. is 85c.

    One thing I did which I hadn't done before was to disable HT. This alone allowed me to lower the coreV and qpi a few notches. Now the CPU max temp on Lynx is 72c and on Prime95 is 68c. I do feel like Im cheating by disabling HT. All I do is gaming and internet so I don't know if Im missing...
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    i7 930 @ 4.0ghz stable but max temp. is 85c.

    After reading a bunch of guides online I overclocked the cpu up to 4.0ghz. I ran 26 passes of LinX and got no errors with an idle temp of 41c and a max temp of 85c. If I go any lower on the vcore I get an error usually after 9 or so passes of LinX. Since this is the first time I've ever done any...