Having just finsihed my upgrade of a new case (Antec 900), i am seeing temps lower than i have ever seen. I will be asking the same question as i am here about my 8800 GTX in the gfx forum but for the CPU specifically how far can i take it?
At stock its 3.2ghz and i have just pushed it up to 3.36ghz with max CPU temp reaching 45c. Baring in mind before in my old case i had 51c at idle and 62c under load.
So my simple question is can i just keep going until i hit 62c under load for example or are CPU's limited for some reason? I sort of know memory needs adjusting with four sets of numbers meaning something (yea im still a noob). So any help on that front would be nice.
Here's what i have ifi ts any help:
CPU - AMD Athlon 64 x2 6400+
CPU HSF - Zalman CNPS8700 (Zalman CNPS9500 sitting spare aswell)
GFX - EVGA 8800 GTX
Mem - Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz & GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency.
PSU - Corsair HX 620W
Mobo - Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe
Case - Antec 900
Many thanks for responding
At stock its 3.2ghz and i have just pushed it up to 3.36ghz with max CPU temp reaching 45c. Baring in mind before in my old case i had 51c at idle and 62c under load.
So my simple question is can i just keep going until i hit 62c under load for example or are CPU's limited for some reason? I sort of know memory needs adjusting with four sets of numbers meaning something (yea im still a noob). So any help on that front would be nice.
Here's what i have ifi ts any help:
CPU - AMD Athlon 64 x2 6400+
CPU HSF - Zalman CNPS8700 (Zalman CNPS9500 sitting spare aswell)
GFX - EVGA 8800 GTX
Mem - Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz & GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency.
PSU - Corsair HX 620W
Mobo - Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe
Case - Antec 900
Many thanks for responding