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OC i7 930?
I've never looked at overclocking before so I'm wondering what I could do with my current machine:
COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE
Intel® Core™i7 Processor i7-930 (2.80GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
12GB SAMSUNG DDR3 TRI-DDR3 1333MHz
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE, 7200RPM
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE, 7200RPM
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
800W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
TITAN FENRIR EXTREME DIRECT TOUCH COPPER CPU COOLER
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
I've had a look at the cpu temps:
At idle it's stable at 34 deg C. If I run adobe Premiere CS5 and export a video clip in 1080p HD, the cpu stabalises at 62 deg C at 3ghz. with all cores running at about 80% capacity.
I was thinking along the lines of overclocking to 3.5ghz or even 4ghz, but not sure of how to do it, or what to look for regarding limits.
Cheers
John