I built myself a new system (the one in my sig) just under a month ago or so. As you may know, the stock speed is 1830mhz (or 1833...). Anyway, I went into the BIOS and upped the FSB a bit in various intervals (I think it's like 180 now or so, not sure off the top of my head, cause I won't be at the comp till this weekend). It's now running at 2090mhz by me just increasing the fsb... I've got an MSI K7N2-L motherboard with the latest BIOS update (which I think reads the CPU temp in a different way than normal, so the temps seem a bit low) and after playing Medal of Honor for about an hour or more the temperature maxed out at like 39C... it idles at like 33-34C on average as well, according to MBM5.
Anyway, I tried carrying it over 2.1ghz and when I run 3Dmark01 it'll crash and reboot part way through, so apparently that's too much for it without upping something other than the fsb.
I'm entirely new to overclocking and would like to push it alittle further if possible, but not so much that I'll need to go out and buy more cooling equipment (yet at least). I've got a Thermaltake Volcano 9 on there, with 3 intake fans and 2 exhaust on the case. Could someone give me tips on what I can do to push it some more without risking the CPU's health? Also, if you have any good links on getting into overclocking, that'd be most helpful.
Anyway, I tried carrying it over 2.1ghz and when I run 3Dmark01 it'll crash and reboot part way through, so apparently that's too much for it without upping something other than the fsb.
I'm entirely new to overclocking and would like to push it alittle further if possible, but not so much that I'll need to go out and buy more cooling equipment (yet at least). I've got a Thermaltake Volcano 9 on there, with 3 intake fans and 2 exhaust on the case. Could someone give me tips on what I can do to push it some more without risking the CPU's health? Also, if you have any good links on getting into overclocking, that'd be most helpful.