Overclocking is this thing gonna FRY???

[jpinks]

Ok I am not the greatest at overclocking, I have fried a few systems . I am getting a new 5870 graphics card and was worrying that my cpu and memory might be a bit of a bottleneck at stock settings. I was running a mild overclock of 3 GHZ and 1200 on the ram. So last nite I sped things up to 3.4GHZ and 1600FSB. So far its running Prime95 for about 16 hours. Temps are concerning me as its running about 60c on cpu last time I called home to check. Is this too much for this system? Specs below

 

[aigomorla]

why not buy an aftermarket sink, that will keep up with overclocking.

Instead of frying a X3360 cpu.

 

[jpinks]

Its not on a stock cooler. I have a XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler on it and case is Thermaltake Armor with the 25 side fan.

 

[aigomorla]

Its not on a stock cooler. I have a XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler on it and case is Thermaltake Armor with the 25 side fan.

then why are you worried about frying it?

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If your using real temp, just keep your cores under 70C.

 

[jpinks]

LOL like I said I have fried a couple being over agressive, and the wife has warned me about frying any more pc's. Hers lasted about 3 days but it needed replaced anyway. I am finding lots of differing opinion searching the web about what temp on this cpu could cause damage. I have volts set at 1.2 (I know this is where heat comes from. See I am learning) but if I pull it down will stability become an issue? Checking temps from the asus suite ai panel, should I be using something better?

 

[Hyperlite]

LOL like I said I have fried a couple being over agressive, and the wife has warned me about frying any more pc's. Hers lasted about 3 days but it needed replaced anyway. I am finding lots of differing opinion searching the web about what temp on this cpu could cause damage. I have volts set at 1.2 (I know this is where heat comes from. See I am learning) but if I pull it down will stability become an issue? Checking it from the asus suite ai panel, should I be using something better?

whew. i've OC'd hundreds of processors and never fried one. I think you need to reform your overclocking methodology. You should be fine at that voltage...

 

[jpinks]

Will cutting the voltage give any disadvantages? I know stability can be affected by undervolting , just wanting to be safe. Pardon my paranoia. I only fried one cpu and that was hers as it was a P4 and a few years ago.

 

[soccerballtux]

60C perfectlyf ien

 

[DrMrLordX]

Reducing voltage may also reduce stability. There's no harm in trying, so give it a go. 1.2v vcore shouldn't hurt anything, either, so if you can't get the chip stable at 3.4 ghz with less voltage, don't fret.