Let me start this by saying that I've never overclocked before... and am doing so instead of buying a new machine. So, I am by no means an avid OC'er.
I have a P4 2.4C (Costa Rica, I believe) on a P4P800SE motherboard and 1 GB of Corsair Value RAM. I have a Thermaltake POLO 735 heatsink and fan.
I've overclocked the FSB to 272 with my memory running at 5:4. The thing seems to blister through Sisoft Sandra (can't remember the exact scores, but I will post if anyone is interested.) I haven't modified voltage.
They way that I've tested is to run Prime 95 and Sandra Burn-in for 12 hours. (I've done this because I can't seem to get Prime95 to hit 100% utilization, I suppose because of hyperthreading.) I haven't gotten any Prime95 errors after 12 hours of this combo testing.
And here's the kicker... my highest reported temps while testing were 41 degrees according to MBM.
So here are my questions... I am happy with the performance, but am I over looking anything? Those 41 degree temps seem reasonable to me, can anyone way in on that? Is this thing just gonna blow up in a couple of weeks?
I have a P4 2.4C (Costa Rica, I believe) on a P4P800SE motherboard and 1 GB of Corsair Value RAM. I have a Thermaltake POLO 735 heatsink and fan.
I've overclocked the FSB to 272 with my memory running at 5:4. The thing seems to blister through Sisoft Sandra (can't remember the exact scores, but I will post if anyone is interested.) I haven't modified voltage.
They way that I've tested is to run Prime 95 and Sandra Burn-in for 12 hours. (I've done this because I can't seem to get Prime95 to hit 100% utilization, I suppose because of hyperthreading.) I haven't gotten any Prime95 errors after 12 hours of this combo testing.
And here's the kicker... my highest reported temps while testing were 41 degrees according to MBM.
So here are my questions... I am happy with the performance, but am I over looking anything? Those 41 degree temps seem reasonable to me, can anyone way in on that? Is this thing just gonna blow up in a couple of weeks?