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How far should I go with a 3000+ Winchester?

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czech09

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As title says on stock cooling, Asus A8N-E NF4 board. Thanks for the input some people on here said and continuously say they get 2.7ghz stable with the stock hsf (I call that bs). Anyways I was thinking like 2.2-2.3 not looking to buy another hsf for now so just looking to oc a bit. Thanks in advance. Also I can't seem to find Prime95 anywhere can someone post a link where I could dl it?

-Lubomir
 
It just depends how far it will go without getting too hot. With the stock HSF, you will most likely want to take it as far as you can without increasing the vCore, but this could be anywhere from 2.0 to 2.5, depending on your specific chip.
p95 download: http://mersenne.org/gimps/p95v238.exe (that links directly to the download, http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm is the web site)
when you install it, tell it you are just benching. then, go to options -> torture test and select "blend" (the default option)
 
push it a little at a time, burn it in for a day, then push it a little more

benchmark at ur most stable speed, then continue to burn in, and take it up a notch...

you probably can increase vcore a little bit, not much but a little bit

invest in a good hsf, makes all the difference in the world, because once you get that taste for speed, u'll just want to continue going till you hit the ceiling.
 
Your stock HSF will take you to 2.5ghz if your cpu can handle it. I'm not sure about 2.6ghz cause my cpu would not Prime95 at that speed though it will boot to Windows. I am not an extreme overclocker and didn't want to put more than 1.5v tops into the CPU so I left off at my current speeds. Unless you're trying to hit 2.7-3ghz overclocks then I wouldn't worry about getting a new HSF. The only other reason to change out the stock HSF is if you want silent computing. It's not that noisy to me but some people want their computers as silent as possible.
 
Mine runs great at 2.5Ghz with the stock HSF. I can even run it Prime95, 24 hour stable at 2.6Ghz with the stock HSF, but run at 2.5Ghz because my mobo is 3d unstable at 2.6Ghz because of AGP lock issues. Many people run 2.6Ghz with the stock HSF on Winchester core A64's without any heat issues.
 
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