http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/budget...rd,2436-15.html

Being new to over clocking, I am concerned that I am going to fry something. I don't have the money to continuously replace components and I would like the ones I have to last a while.Is there some threshold that I should not come close to when working with the system below?I have been told that I won't fry anything, the computer just won't operate properly. Clearly that can't be entirely true if they are frying boards.I know all chips/motherboards/memory is different even if it is the same model but is there any rule of thumb?

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Jeff,With your hardware, if you keep your CPU temp below 80C which would be pushing things to the limit, you will be fine. In reality, you should be be able to get a very healthy overclock and keep your temps at or below 70C. Those articles are talking about realively new P55 chipset socket LGA1156 motherboards. Your P6T V2 has is based on the Intel X58 chipset with an LGA1366 socket which has been around for sometime and is a proven overclocker. You will be just fine.Regards,BobPS...What happened to the Wings?? Everyone is gone. :(

Being new to over clocking, I am concerned that I am going to fry something. I don't have the money to continuously replace components and I would like the ones I have to last a while.Is there some threshold that I should not come close to when working with the system below?I have been told that I won't fry anything, the computer just won't operate properly. Clearly that can't be entirely true if they are frying boards.I know all chips/motherboards/memory is different even if it is the same model but is there any rule of thumb?

Read though the Anandtech article closely

Thanks for the info. Is there a CPU voltage that I should stay below or is heat the issue - voltage too high=temp too high?BTW, how do you like your cooler? I think we have the same one. I really wanted a True but I am using an older case that was too narrow. The Zalman seemed to be the next best choice at Microcenter. I don't actually have the rig in my sig in my possession yet. It was built by a shop in Birmingham and the are working on the overclock right now, running Prime95... I'll see what they come up with. I'm expecting I'll have to tweak something. Maybe not.The Wings? Well, they are loosing right now...They better pick it up. I spend a lot of money on tickets each year - money that could be spent on FS.

Jeff,With your hardware, if you keep your CPU temp below 80C which would be pushing things to the limit, you will be fine. In reality, you should be be able to get a very healthy overclock and keep your temps at or below 70C. Those articles are talking about realively new P55 chipset socket LGA1156 motherboards. Your P6T V2 has is based on the Intel X58 chipset with an LGA1366 socket which has been around for sometime and is a proven overclocker. You will be just fine.Regards,BobPS...What happened to the Wings?? Everyone is gone. :(

This is nothing to do with the design of the 1156 socket - Its the manufacturer (Foxconn) that has screwed up. Other socket 1156's made by Tyco have shown no issues whatsoever. Even with the Foxconn sockets its only showing up at extreme overclocks around the 5ghz mark on phase cooling. 99% of us will never have to worry about this.Please read these articles properly before the scaremongering starts!

This is nothing to do with the design of the 1156 socket - Its the manufacturer (Foxconn) that has screwed up. Other socket 1156's made by Tyco have shown no issues whatsoever. Even with the Foxconn sockets its only showing up at extreme overclocks around the 5ghz mark on phase cooling. 99% of us will never have to worry about this.Please read these articles properly before the scaremongering starts!

Although I agree most will never reach overclocking limits this high to worry about it, regardless of any socket issues the LGA-1156/X55 chipset was never intended to be an

Been overcocking since the days of the Celerons. Ive never had a problem.If you don't watch your temps,you're gonna get burned! No pun intended...

I will have to agree this is a board issue and not the chipset. You notice they reference the VRM's causing the issue and no passive cooler appears to be on the board. A good VRM/Mosfet cooler/coolers should help prevent the burn out. If you will overclock budget platforms you still have to buy the right hardware for the overclock you want.

I will have to agree this is a board issue and not the chipset. You notice they reference the VRM's causing the issue and no passive cooler appears to be on the board. A good VRM/Mosfet cooler/coolers should help prevent the burn out. If you will overclock budget platforms you still have to buy the right hardware for the overclock you want.

I'm no hardware expert, so please excuse me if I'm wrong, but as I understand it from the article at AnandTech ( http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3661) the problem is that some cpu pins doesn't get contact with the socket.

I'm no hardware expert, so please excuse me if I'm wrong, but as I understand it from the article at AnandTech ( http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3661) the problem is that some cpu pins doesn't get contact with the socket.

The OP's article from Tom's cited the VRM's on the budget boards. And by no passive cooler on the ASRock and MSI, I purely meant effective passive coolers. Most budget board Mosfet coolers are awful if you plan on high air OC's. The Anadtech article is another issue all together.

The OP's article from Tom's cited the VRM's on the budget boards. And by no passive cooler on the ASRock and MSI, I purely meant effective passive coolers. Most budget board Mosfet coolers are awful if you plan on high air OC's. The Anadtech article is another issue all together.

Thanks for the info! So we have two different problems with OC:ing on LGA1156 motherboards. Better stay on the 1366 mobos and real Core i7 processors.

Read please: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i...p;cp=1#comments

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