butimdaz

hi all ,,,,
i suppose i am a newbie to new technology ,
but i just built a system .....
im just wondering about a few things ....................

should i overclock my e7500 or just leave it?
i have a twelve hundred gaming case by antec ......
do i need water coooling??
im thinking no to both./

its a 2.93 ghz and i have 2 g ram.........

airplaneman

You should fill out your system specs in the User CP.

Overclocking is all personal preference, if you are like some of us, you have this urge to push your computer to the limits and overclocking is the only way to satisfy that craving. Do you think you need that little extra speed boost, are do you want to learn more about computer hardware and how it all works? If yes, then I'd say go for it and start overclocking but if you are just the average computer user doing simple gaming and browsing etc, then you probably won't notice a difference with overclocking since your processor is already pretty fast.

If you are new to the computer scene, I'd suggest staying away with water cooling - it is expensive and can destroy your system in a second if you aren't careful or forget one small thing.

Hope I helped .

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Shrimpykins

If you are new to overclocking just do some slight overclocks to learn about it on your system you have now. Pretty much every stock heatsink for any chip on the market will be able to handle slight overclocks (100 mhz or so) and you can get a feel for how it's done. Researching this stuff before actually doing it is the key. You will learn more once you start doing it but if you dive in headfirst just remember it may be a shallow pool.

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butimdaz

thanks for your advice and help..
i will stay away from water...
the twelve hundred is cool enough.....
as for the over clocking......
3.08 ghz from 5%
was 2.93ghz
can anybody tell me how i should test after doing this ??
how can i tell if enough is enough??
i dont wanna break anything

Shrimpykins

There are plenty of stickies around here but here is the basics of overclocking.

The higher you clock (raise you CPU speed), the more voltage that will be required to keep the CPU operating in a stable condition. With increased voltage and frequency comes increased heat. Which is why you see so many extreme cooling situation here on OCN. Most everyone is trying to push their rig to the limit and the extreme cooling is needed.

The way overclocking works for a CPU is, you have a CPU multiplier and a FSB (front side bus). Your CPU speed is calculated by multiplication off of the FSB and multi (multiplier). You take the FSB, divide it by 4 and then multiply it by the multi and divide that by 100 (when speaking in terms of Mhz, not Ghz). So... Let's say your multi is 9 and your FSB is 1333. That's 1333/4 = ~333x9 = 3000/100 = 3.0Ghz

In order to overclock you need to raise the FSB unless you have a CPU with an unlocked multiplier. In which case you can overclock using the multiplier.

The key is trial and error. No one really knows if their overclock will be stable when they do it, which is why you stress test it.

I use Prime95, OCCT, CoreDamage, and IntelBurnTest to name a few. They will all stress the CPU and try to get it to make a mistake. If the CPU doesn't make a mistake for several hours while stress testing it's safe to say that the overclock is stable.

Basically the method is:

1. Increase FSB or Multi to achieve overclock.
2. Reboot and log in to Windows.
3. Stress test for several hours.
4. If overclock is not stable, increase voltage or decrease overclock.
5. If overclock is stable increase overclock until it is not stable when stress testing and then repeat step 4.

Make sure to use programs like RealTemp and CoreTemp to make sure you are not overheating when stress testing as well.

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E8400 Revision C0 @ 4.275GHz
E8600 Revision E0 @ 5.0Ghz w/ water cooling
Shrimps projects (works in progress, as well as ideas)
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