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j0hn1215 Rated PG
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Blue|Fusion Rated XXX
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Don't go based off of the BIOS temp. It's more accurate to access your motherboard's monitoring chip with a program directly and not go off your BIOS temps.
If the BIOS says it's running at 52C, it's probably closer to 45-47C (atleast that's how mine is).
I'm actually in the process of overclocking and undervolting my rig a little bit this evening. I've upped the FSB to 225MHz, the processor is now at 3.6GHz @ 1.285V and the RAM at 4-3-3-8 (from 4-4-4-12) timing @ 900MHz (from 800MHz) @ 2.0V (rated for 2.1V).
The decrease in voltage on the CPU gave me about a 2C drop in temperature at idle and under load. To make sure the stability is still there, I'm running 2 instances of Prime95 (one on each CPU core) overnight. It's been about 3 hours and no warnings/errors so far.
If you feel up for it, you should try it out yourself to take a few more degrees off, but be sure to test it for stability! _________________ 5 home-built PCs, ASUS A6Jc Laptop, and a PowerEdge 2650 - all running Gentoo. Now if only I can get a car and plane to run it. Take a look at my Gallery! |
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Doctor Feelgood Arrrrghh!
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Blue|Fusion Rated XXX
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Take into account the Pentium D's suck temperature-wise anyway. My 840 idles at 44C with a 33C ambient temp. When working both cores at 100% the temp can climb up to 65C or more. It may shave away life off of the chip, but it should still last a good long while - longer than the purposes I need it for. _________________ 5 home-built PCs, ASUS A6Jc Laptop, and a PowerEdge 2650 - all running Gentoo. Now if only I can get a car and plane to run it. Take a look at my Gallery! |
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I was just looking at old receipts and see I paid $326 for my first D840 processor! Jebus, I didn't know I ever spent that much on one CPU.
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