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Intel Celeron Dual Core E3400 overclock help!
My CPU does bottleneck my system I want to overclock it (the CPU not the system). I know that it is not designed for overclocking but I want to get it at least from 2.6 GHz to 2.8 GHz. I was only using for overclocking the ASUS Turbo Key that increases the FSB for just a few MHz, as a result I get 2.75 GHz and believe or not about 5 FPS more in games. First of all, can increasing FSB damage motherboard? Can it damage CPU if it is under 80°C? Can it damage any other component like RAM or HDD? I know that increasing FSB increases the frequency of RAM. If at full load with Prime95 at stock settings the temp is 60°C, how much of a overclock can I get? BTW I have the stock cooler, the CPU was heating up to 80°C until I changed the FAN Mode in BIOS to Performance Mode and not Silent Mode. And I noticed that my CPU voltage at full load is lower that it is written on the Intel page "0.8500V-1.3625V" and my voltage at full load is 1.256V, so I was thinking if I can get 2.75 GHz with that voltage, probably I can get 2.8 GHz or even more if I change the voltage to 1.3625V. And BTW the system is fully stable with 2.75 GHz and 1.256V, never had a crash and while playing games with the Turbo Mode enabled temps don't go over 56°C.
Is better to overclock with BIOS or with software like the ASUS Turbo V, because in BIOS I can enable the option to make the voltage changeable from Windows. And ASUS Turbo V resets the settings after the computer is restarted/crashed, I just want to get a stable overclock by overclocking in Windows and then after I get the best overclock just type the values in BIOS so I don't have to restart my PC every time because I don't have SSD and it takes about 30 seconds to start up (because I reinstalled windows a few days ago), but however It's easier to do it with software and then apply the setting to the BIOS.
Sorry for bad English.
Thanks!