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drako17
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3. January 2008 @ 01:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Im new to over clocking i just need to learn the basics. could anyone out there be able to teach me. i have a nvidia 680i LT motherboard and a PD 3.0. i have a stock cpu fan. i just want to know if i could overclock to 3.2 or 3.4 with it. if so could anyone help me in doing so? i have two computers so it be alot easier for me. thanks
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3. January 2008 @ 02:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Firstly, Pentium D's are horrible for overclocking.
You wouldn't get much more performance out of your system by overclocking by 200Mhz or so, either way.
Second, with a stock fan? Forget about it. Pentium D's overheat like a mother, You need to upgrade to something like a ThermalTech custom Heatsink or a larger fan. Whatever your CPU came with.

I suggest before you even think about attempting to overclock your processor, read some guides on the Internet and look around forums to see if any one else has overclocked their Pentium D's, what fans/sinks/multiplier settings they used, and the kind of performance they get, etc...

Trust me, this isn't something some random on a forum can tell you how to do, and if you only have one PC, than be careful about it. You can seriously fk up your comp if you have no idea what your doing.

There's plenty of good sites to familiarise yourself with the basics and some of the dangers you should be aware of too:
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1804
http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/forums.asp?c=27&s=2
http://www.overclockers.com/topiclist/in...GINNER%20GUIDES
drako17
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3. January 2008 @ 02:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thanks i wont bother with it. ill just wait until i get a core 2 duo.
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