September 26, 200619 yr Thanks, so basically the only real danger is overheating? If it doesnt overheat its not getting damaged?
September 26, 200619 yr Well, ofcourse overclocking does do "damage" or better to say cuts a components life shorter than manufacturers apointed lifespan, the rate and ammount however is determined by the overclock. Rest assured though that the components nowadays can take alot and have thermal protection. Just use your head and dont go overboard, don't try to make a 4GHz cpu out of a 2GHz so to speak ;) Your CPU should with that Zalman perform like mine and as most overclocked 3800's. They reach 2.7 to 2.8 on stock voltage, so frying the chip would not be that great of an issue.Just an example of what the chip can do. This isnt the FS PC, memory isnt tuned yet and its still on the stock multiplier so speeds do go higher than this.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/157201.jpg
September 26, 200619 yr Thats great news that these chips can go that high without messing with voltage, because I really didnt want to open that door. :) I dont know if it makes any difference that I have a "windsor" core, or maybe thats just because you have a 939?
September 26, 200619 yr Well there would be a little difference since you'd have to see how stable your DDR2 is, but in general you should too be able to get a decent to nice OC.
September 27, 200619 yr Well the zalman fan come a day early :). I have the fsb set at 240, but once I get to 250 the system reboots. What could be causing this?
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