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Originally Posted by Namrac got a 7849 with my CPU at 2.875 and my 6600GT at 575/1.15. That killed my previous score (7542) by more than 300!

That's the way.

That's what this is all about.

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Originally Posted by Namrac I also ran through the Prime95 Benchmarks, but I don't really know what all the scores mean, so...

Prime95 is used in the overclocking community for testing system stability. If you can run your system for 24 hours on blend then you are running a very stable system and overclock.

 

[Ropey]

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Originally Posted by Namrac Alright... I ran it for about 3 hours, but my temps worried me (56* C) So I shut it off.

Your Celeron "D" is a Prescott Processor. Download:

CPU-Z
http://www.cpuid.org/cpuz.php

and run it. What is the Processor Stepping? Three hours running prime95 and 56C is not a bad showing for a Prescott and I would think that you are using the D(0) stepping which is a cooler stepping than the C(0) stepping.

Prescott processors dissapate more than 50 Watts above a Northwood processor so one expects a higher thermal envelope. As a matter of a fact, Intel uses a technique called "Strained Silicon Process" which not only improves the transistor performance but also allows a higher thermal envelope. You have no worry running that processor at 56C full load.

As a matter of a fact, Pentium 4E (Prescott) processors run close to that level on idle (stock heatsink/fan) due to their four times larger cache.

R

 

[Ropey]

My error, sorry.

That's a fairly good overclock then. Does your bios allow for a CPU voltage raise and PCI/AGP lock? You are fine with a 56C load on that Northy.

R