My first real OC experience
AlexDeGruven
Wut?Meechigan Icrontian
I've finally done it. I've finally taken the plunge and pushed my equipment beyond published spec, and I think I'm addicted.
Currently, I'm running a C2D E7200 (2.53GHz stock) at 3.16GHz with the stock vcore of 1.08v. So far, after a bit of time on Prime95 with small FFT, I'm sitting at 56C on both cores.
I haven't touched the memory clock or timings, yet, still running stock with those, but I'm not sure if I plan to mess with that at all at this point. I guess it depends on how addicting this is.
I'm currently cooling with an Antec 1200 (including side panel and center fan installed) and a Thermaltake SpinQ, which was reviewed quite favorably on this very site.
This coming weekend, I'm thinking I'll see how far I can push it before I have to touch the vcore.
Here's a shot of the current status:
Currently, I'm running a C2D E7200 (2.53GHz stock) at 3.16GHz with the stock vcore of 1.08v. So far, after a bit of time on Prime95 with small FFT, I'm sitting at 56C on both cores.
I haven't touched the memory clock or timings, yet, still running stock with those, but I'm not sure if I plan to mess with that at all at this point. I guess it depends on how addicting this is.
I'm currently cooling with an Antec 1200 (including side panel and center fan installed) and a Thermaltake SpinQ, which was reviewed quite favorably on this very site.
This coming weekend, I'm thinking I'll see how far I can push it before I have to touch the vcore.
Here's a shot of the current status:
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Couple things:
1) Use CoreTemp or Real Temp to check your CPU temperature. Everest is good, but not great.
2) Pretty easy to OC, no?
Any thoughts on how I can make it colder, or is it just a function of the budget CPU that I'm bumping up against?
The minimum spec for the 7200 looks to be .85v. I think over the next few days, I'm going to try to see how close I can get to that before I start losing stability.
Thrax: Any danger to undervolting, besides the obvious crashes?
Gonna drop another notch or few tomorrow night, since I have to stay up late.
Once I start losing stability under load at current OC, I'm gonna bump it back to stable, then run Prime95 for a while to see what they heat up to, then start pushing the clock up from there. I know the SpinQ is not the ultimate in cooling, but it's mighty fine for my setup and I'd like to push this little processor as fast as I can w/o having to spend massive cash on super-exotic cooling.
Too much fun.