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Well, having my i7 975 processor for a few years now, and the warranty pretty much gone...and still trying to chase down FS9 and FSX stutters (see my big post http://forum.avsim.n...n-fs9-stutters/)...I've decided to explore some conservative overclocking.I have a slight understanding of the basics. However, with so many different processors and tutorials out there, I can't decide which is the best one to follow. Again, I'm not trying to get a 5.0 GHz machine or anything that is guaranteed to break the envelope.In my BIOS I've always seen a tab labeled "Extreme Tweaking" and right near the top there is a CPU automatic mode with two additional options, "i7-crazy-3.75G" and "i7-crazy 4.2G". The description says that selecting these options will automatically adjust the appropriate voltages, multiplier settings, etc.For someone totally new to overclocking, and running on an air-cooled system (at idle my system runs around 35-42 C, in FS9 with Firefox open and a few of my other usual processes, it peaks around 58 C; averages 42-52 C), is selecting one of these automatic options the easiest way to overclock and most conservative? What is the highest I should be comfortable taking the temperature to, 60-70ish?). I understand I'll need to monitor temperatures obviously and stress test (anyone have suggestions/tutorials for software, Prime95?), but are the automatic options the best way for set-it-and-forget-it?Thanks.
