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k guys need help! i have an A7N8X deluxe, 2500 barton, pny 512 3500 (compusa has on there site) volcano 11 heatsink with tornado on it. its all in lanboy with 350 watt power supply. Im trying to overclock it some, and im new so learning. Right now im @2205- 200 x 11 and i set that in the bios. when i try to go any higher multiplier it wont load windows boot to screen asking safe mode, normal, etc. I was wonder if there is anything else i can do to speed my cpu up. Oh also my cpu is at 41 C. Any ideas
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2200 is a general limit without upgrading to the Thermalright fare.
At 2300MHz, and 1.75v with folding, it gives my objectively superior (Benchmarks! ) Thermalright SK-7 a good run for it's money at ~46*C. You'll be touching the 52/56*C levels, which are unstable for folding, and could be unstable for your computer.
//edit: I am a dumbass, I just read the "Tornado" part of the original post...
If that thing is screaming like a vacuum cleaner, you can probably do 2.3GHz with the V11... but you can get 2.3GHz out of a Barton using a Thermalright SLK series cooler at under 50 dB, and 50-60 CFM of air going through it. Thermalright just makes a better heatsink.
That being said, what is your VCore set at? I can't get more than 2.2 out of my Barton at less than 1.775 VCore, and your PSU might not be supporting you properly with only 350W...
You can probably do 11.5x200 with a 1.775-1.825 VCore.
Bud, Thrax PREACHES the CompUSA power supply. But for the price, you can probably get an Antec TruePower 430.
Day after Thanksgiving I picked up a 500w CUSA-brand for a measley $40.
As it stands, with the system in my sig I get 12.02v, 5.13v, and 3.4v.
It beats the crap out of my True 430 from antec, which on a far inferior system (Ti4200, 1 HDD, 1 CD Rom, kt266 board, less fans, smaller CPU fan) gets 11.85v, 4.95v, and 3.23v.
I'm as stubborn as an ox on this one. GO GO COMPUSA PSUs!
//EDIT:
OH! And CompUSA PSUs are HEAVY! Traditionally a good sign of fantastic PSUs.
PFFFT @ YOU.
But Thrax can't be opinionated, he's always right...
Maybe "As Stable as an Antec True 430" would be a better description for him.
I think we should have a PSU Stability Tournament at the S-M LAN... Thrax vs. TEH WURLD!
When there are more people with them that love them, I'll consider it. But for right now, I'm sticking with Antec, Enermax, and PC Power & Cooling, and I recommend that you do the same, especially since my 350w Antec has been used on a 2.4GHz 2500+ system, and my 400w Antec had no problems running a dual 2500 system with 4 hard drives.
As for overclocking:
Thrax is partially right. You won't get much higher with the Volcano 11; However, that LanBoy case is total CRAP. You should really replace both the hsf and the case.
You dispell my statements and claims as to the ability of my PSU based on my own real-world testing, yet you go on to make the same kind of claims in regards to your Antec PSU?
Tsk.
Where's the "Load test until it dies!" Geeky? That's the only real way to test, right? You said so yourself.
Anyhow, if I had another Antec PS to test, I would. But I don't, and I can't RMA any of mine if they die, so...
All I can do is what you did... recommend them based on the fact that they've worked well for me.
My only point is that there are a lot more people talking about how good Antec is than there are talking about how good CompUSA's PSes are. That may not mean a thing (After all, AMD was not known for high performance CPUs when the Athlon first came out...) but since I don't have any better info to go on, I can't recommend that people try the CompUSA stuff.
I do have an Antec TrueControl 550, a 550w Enermax, a (dead) 550w generic PS, tho... and I suppose I could RMA the generic one, and look into getting CompUSA to let me borrow one of their 500w PSes as a review sample... then I could do a more fair comparison...
Frankly, I used to have the same one.
WTF? Not antec? Not vantec? Not PC P&C? Forget it...
But my first Antec died after a power surge, good thing it was the only bit that died... And I needed a new one.. Fast.
So I zoomed with my dad over to CompUSA, got one of theirs thinking I would use it for ~10 days until I got a new one from a better known company...
Let us just say that those 10 days turned into a year.
I only ask is that we don't have CompUSA up here in Canada... and a quality PSU is hard to come by for cheap systems up here.
Gotta start thinking like a business owner now
Good exterior, insides of a chieftec with support for better airflow (Not that easy to do. The chieftecs are pretty damn good I would say).
But since a PS could potentially take out everything else in a system if it died, I really, really, REALLY am not comfortable with recommending a brand that I haven't used myself.
Like I said, I'll see if I can get ahold of one of the CompUSA PSes without having to pay $80 for one... if they're willing to let me review one (doubt it), or if they go on sale again, I may try it...
But until I do, I can't recommend them to anyone... Power supplies are probably the only component that I am even more anal-retentive about than cooling; Just USING a generic PS (whether the computer is working fine or not) is enough to make me nervous enough to want to change the PS in question.
So, like I said... I'll try to get ahold of one so I can take a look at it, and see what I think, but for right now, I simply can't tell someone else that they should use one.
Personally, I like full towers for the reason you'll see in the pic- more airflow from more and/or larger (properly placed) fans = fewer dead spots, which means that the system overall will (potentially) run cooler, as will the CPU itself.
Anyhow, the minimum you should look for in terms of location, size, and number of fans is:
2 rear 80mm exhaust fans mounted by the atx i/o plate
2 front 80mm intake fans, with at least one mounted in front of the hard drives for cooling them; 1 fan per 3 drives maximum.
Pic:
The red areas approximate the space occupied by "dead" air... that is, air that's not being actively moved through the case. It sits there and warms up.
Your lanboy is closest to the SLK-1600, btw.
Note that the SX-835 is red-tinted because that's the way Antec took the pic. So, in that case (no pun intended) the dead air is represented by blue shading.
Take a look at the pics of it on newegg. Look closely at the fan grills, especially the intake fan grills on the inside of the case.
Notice how much of the fan grills are solid? The more stuff you have in a fan's airflow path, the more noise the fan will make, and the less air it will flow. Those fan grills will cut airflow by 50% or more, easily. You'll need to remove them with a dremel and/or a holesaw to get decent airflow.
The front bezel on that case is also extremely restrictive, which is bad.
I'll see if I can find something in the same price range or cheaper, that's about the same size, that might be better.
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.asp?description=11-150-017&depa=1
(fan grills need to be removed from front and rear fan mounts)
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.asp?description=11-132-002&depa=1
(fan grills need to be removed from the front and rear fan mounts here, too)
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.asp?description=11-132-020&depa=1
Black
(fan grills need to be removed from the front and rear fan mounts here, too)
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.asp?description=11-156-133&depa=1
Black
(fan grills need to be removed from the front and rear fan mounts here, too)
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.asp?description=11-156-139&depa=1
Silver
(fan grills need to be removed from the front and rear fan mounts here, too)
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.asp?description=11-125-606&depa=1
Black
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.asp?description=11-125-262&depa=1
Black
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.asp?description=11-156-135&depa=1
Black
(fan grills need to be removed from the front and rear fan mounts here, too)
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.asp?description=11-126-113&depa=1
Black
(fan grills need to be removed from the front and rear fan mounts here, too)
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.asp?description=11-144-026&depa=1
Comes in various colors
(fan grills need to be removed from the front and rear fan mounts here, too)
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.asp?description=11-124-050&depa=1
Silver; also comes in White and Black versions
(fan grills need to be removed from the front and rear fan mounts here, too)
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.asp?description=11-125-608&depa=1
Silver & Black 2-tone