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Is it ok for me to be afraid to overclock?
- Nov 10, 2012 2:51 pm GMT
I'm thinking about overclocking my CPU eventually in the future. I have just a stock cpu fan and my cpu is i3 2120 at 3.3 GHz stock and I want to boost it up to possible 3.9GHz. Will my cpu overheat if I keep the stock cpu fan and overclock it? And if it overheats can it be a huge problem for my computer?- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Nov 10, 2012 2:59 pm GMT
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Stock cooler + overclock = bad combination.
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- You aren't going to get much in the way of overclocking with a non K sandy bridge CPU. You might get a 100-200mhz or so, but that is pretty much it. You won't be getting anywhere near 3.9ghz
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- Nov 10, 2012 3:02 pm GMT
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[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]You aren't going to get much in the way of overclocking with a non K sandy bridge CPU. You might get a 100-200mhz or so, but that is pretty much it. You won't be getting anywhere near 3.9ghz[/QUOTE]Depends a lot on the mobo and RAM.
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- Nov 10, 2012 3:04 pm GMTM[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]You aren't going to get much in the way of overclocking with a non K sandy bridge CPU. You might get a 100-200mhz or so, but that is pretty much it. You won't be getting anywhere near 3.9ghz[/QUOTE] My motherboard software where I can overclock says I can go up there, but you can be right still.
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- Nov 10, 2012 3:08 pm GMT
be a man
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[QUOTE="Lox_Cropek"]
[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]You aren't going to get much in the way of overclocking with a non K sandy bridge CPU. You might get a 100-200mhz or so, but that is pretty much it. You won't be getting anywhere near 3.9ghz[/QUOTE]Depends a lot on the mobo and RAM.
[/QUOTE] Ive never heard of anyone getting one of those CPUs even near that high. You can even look at the proffesional reviews from various sites, even then they only get the 2120 to around 3.5ghz.
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- Nov 10, 2012 4:38 pm GMT
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- Nov 12, 2012 3:24 am GMT
1. Don't overclock on a stock headsink unless you have very low temps to start with.
2. That CPU won't get far.
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[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]
[QUOTE="Lox_Cropek"]
[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]You aren't going to get much in the way of overclocking with a non K sandy bridge CPU. You might get a 100-200mhz or so, but that is pretty much it. You won't be getting anywhere near 3.9ghz[/QUOTE]Depends a lot on the mobo and RAM.
[/QUOTE] Ive never heard of anyone getting one of those CPUs even near that high. You can even look at the proffesional reviews from various sites, even then they only get the 2120 to around 3.5ghz.
[/QUOTE] yeah anything without a k after its name has a locked multiplier. meaning you can only up the core clock at doing so is only a very small difference.
i think the highest ive ever heard of any cpu on air getting using core clock only has been .4ghz faster than stock
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- Nov 12, 2012 7:18 am GMTMy 950 is at 4.0 GHzionusX wrote:yeah anything without a k after its name has a locked multiplier. meaning you can only up the core clock at doing so is only a very small difference.ferret-gamer wrote:Ive never heard of anyone getting one of those CPUs even near that high. You can even look at the proffesional reviews from various sites, even then they only get the 2120 to around 3.5ghz.Lox_Cropek wrote:Depends a lot on the mobo and RAM.
i think the highest ive ever heard of any cpu on air getting using core clock only has been .4ghz faster than stock
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[QUOTE="ionusX"]
[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]
[QUOTE="Lox_Cropek"]Depends a lot on the mobo and RAM.
[/QUOTE] Ive never heard of anyone getting one of those CPUs even near that high. You can even look at the proffesional reviews from various sites, even then they only get the 2120 to around 3.5ghz.
[/QUOTE] yeah anything without a k after its name has a locked multiplier. meaning you can only up the core clock at doing so is only a very small difference.
i think the highest ive ever heard of any cpu on air getting using core clock only has been .4ghz faster than stock
[/QUOTE]My 950 is at 4.0 GHz :D
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- Nov 12, 2012 8:27 am GMTis it burned to the board though?Lox_Cropek wrote:My 950 is at 4.0 GHzionusX wrote:yeah anything without a k after its name has a locked multiplier. meaning you can only up the core clock at doing so is only a very small difference.ferret-gamer wrote:Ive never heard of anyone getting one of those CPUs even near that high. You can even look at the proffesional reviews from various sites, even then they only get the 2120 to around 3.5ghz.
i think the highest ive ever heard of any cpu on air getting using core clock only has been .4ghz faster than stock
core i7 gen 1's had real issues with that
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[QUOTE="Lox_Cropek"]
[QUOTE="ionusX"]
[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"] Ive never heard of anyone getting one of those CPUs even near that high. You can even look at the proffesional reviews from various sites, even then they only get the 2120 to around 3.5ghz.
[/QUOTE] yeah anything without a k after its name has a locked multiplier. meaning you can only up the core clock at doing so is only a very small difference.
i think the highest ive ever heard of any cpu on air getting using core clock only has been .4ghz faster than stock
[/QUOTE]My 950 is at 4.0 GHz :D
[/QUOTE] is it burned to the board though?
core i7 gen 1's had real issues with that
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- Nov 12, 2012 8:51 am GMTSorry, this is one of those times when my english fails me. I didn't understand what you saidionusX wrote:is it burned to the board though?Lox_Cropek wrote:My 950 is at 4.0 GHzionusX wrote:yeah anything without a k after its name has a locked multiplier. meaning you can only up the core clock at doing so is only a very small difference.
i think the highest ive ever heard of any cpu on air getting using core clock only has been .4ghz faster than stock
core i7 gen 1's had real issues with that
Temps are around 70-75 °C. It's at 173 x 23 right now.
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[QUOTE="ionusX"]
[QUOTE="Lox_Cropek"]
[QUOTE="ionusX"] yeah anything without a k after its name has a locked multiplier. meaning you can only up the core clock at doing so is only a very small difference.
i think the highest ive ever heard of any cpu on air getting using core clock only has been .4ghz faster than stock
[/QUOTE]My 950 is at 4.0 GHz :D
[/QUOTE] is it burned to the board though?
core i7 gen 1's had real issues with that
[/QUOTE]Sorry, this is one of those times when my english fails me. I didn't understand what you said :P
Temps are around 70-75 °C. It's at 173 x 23 right now.
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to be burned on socket
means that the cpu has literally afixed itself to the board
due to some unstable pins on the cpu.
hence when the released core i7 neahelm rev 2.0
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- Nov 12, 2012 1:43 pm GMT
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[QUOTE="ionusX"]
to be burned on socket
means that the cpu has literally afixed itself to the board
due to some unstable pins on the cpu.
hence when the released core i7 neahelm rev 2.0
[/QUOTE]Thanks. No, it's not.
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