Overclock NewRetail 366 Celeron. Can I use stock HS/FAN?

[cparker]

I just got a new retail 366 celeron. Also have an Asus MEW 810 chipset Mobo that has a jumper for 66/100 mhz. Want to try 566 on the cpu but not sure if I should use the stock HS/Fan that has this adhesive pad on the bottom part. Should I try using it and see if it overclocks or should I use another setup, possibly using the sam hs/fan, but getting rid of the pad and using heatsink compound. Any advice would be appreciated as I'm kind of afraid to install it with the pad it it will be hard to remove in case it doesn't quite hack it at the higher speed.

 

[Killrose]

I would definately get rid of the heatsink pad, and put thermal grease on it. The stock heatsink should work just fine if you can get 550mhz out of it with stock voltage. If you have to push it to lets say 2.3 volts than you need something better. I had one that did 550mhz stock voltage and used the stock heatsink with never a problem. I actually ran it at 578mhz 2.05 volts. because it ran so cool and reliable. That was actually a decent CPU. Hope it works for you.

 

[A2KLAU]

I would definitely dump the heatsink and fan! Not enough cooling power to keep the celery cool! Go for something much much more powerful or the celery would melt down, or maybe just die on you. Remember that OCing something will produce alot of heat and therefoire you need to get rid of it as soon as it is being produced...

Good Luck,

Albert. (SKY)

P.S whjy a celery 366? There are much fastewr CPUs out there that that for you to mess around with!

 

[cparker]

OK, I'll try it with the thermal grease. The reason I have this particular cpu is because I had the mobo lying around and it won't support coppermine. The 366 was cheap so I thought why not give it a try. I already have an old celery 300A running at 450 and it's been a champ for two years. Thanks a lot guys.

 

[spamboy]

Try it but use thermal grease and watch that temp!