johnace01 Posted October 15, 2012 Posted October 15, 2012 Okay, so as the topic says I am having some issues with my Core 2 Duo e8400, old by today's standards I know, I purchased a few years back when they were new and what not. Anyways I am not new to overclocking so I do know what I am doing and do understand the terminology and what not so I am open to most help. Basically I oc'd my CPU to about 3.9ghz since day one and recently decided to take it higher, now at 4.3ghz and once I take it to 4.4ghz some things just crash and I don't mean games I mean simple things like Windows Desktop Gadgets, ASUS PC Probe (sometimes). So tell me, how can I get around this, is it anything to do with the voltage (which I have never done before and wouldn't be willing to do until I get water cooling). On another note which coolers would you recommend it has been a while since I have been in the hardware game so I am not very up to date. Anyways I believe the Corsair H70 is a good cooler, I am not after serious equipment such as a proper water cooling rig that I do myself and what not, just something simple such as the Corsair H70 or the Coolermaster V8, remembering that it needs to fit an LGA775 socket. Thanks in advance, John! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted October 15, 2012 Posted October 15, 2012 it can cause a problem if your system isn't stable with the overlcock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishop245 Posted October 15, 2012 Posted October 15, 2012 it can cause a problem if your system isn't stable with the overlcock Agreed if it aint stable all sorts of software can crash, bsod, or become corrupt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted October 16, 2012 Posted October 16, 2012 What have you used to confirm stability? Those clocks on an E8400 are fairly high and require a good chip, a decent amount of voltage, RAM that can handle the FSB, and a good cooler to maintain stability. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted October 16, 2012 Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) 4.3GHz in pretty high for E8400 mate!. Wait a minute... You have done it in stock cooler? Don't push the processor that much with stock cooler, unless you want to kill it. Edited October 16, 2012 by d6bmg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnace01 Posted October 16, 2012 Posted October 16, 2012 4.3GHz in pretty high for E8400 mate!. Wait a minute... You have done it in stock cooler? Don't push the processor that much with stock cooler, unless you want to kill it. Yeah it is on stock cooler, hence i was asking about water cooling, it has never been over 85c though. To test it i have literally let farcry, crysis, 3d mark run,. I have heared about these cpu test things but am not really sure what they do? I mean are they like what furmark is to a gpu? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted October 16, 2012 Posted October 16, 2012 For stress/stability testing prime95, Intel Burntest is two options that I use most frequently. You can't really stress the CPU to its fullest by running game as benchmark. But above all, change the stock cooler. It never reached 85C cause you haven't stressed the CPU yet. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnace01 Posted October 16, 2012 Posted October 16, 2012 For stress/stability testing prime95, Intel Burntest is two options that I use most frequently. You can't really stress the CPU to its fullest by running game as benchmark. But above all, change the stock cooler. It never reached 85C cause you haven't stressed the CPU yet. Okay will definitely be doing later. Sounds like i am in for a shock when my computer catches fire haha! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted October 16, 2012 Posted October 16, 2012 Yeah it is on stock cooler, hence i was asking about water cooling, it has never been over 85c though. To test it i have literally let farcry, crysis, 3d mark run,. I have heared about these cpu test things but am not really sure what they do? I mean are they like what furmark is to a gpu? Set it back to stock before you kill it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroFight Posted October 16, 2012 Posted October 16, 2012 Set it back to stock before you kill it. +1 - agreed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 Okay will definitely be doing later. Sounds like i am in for a shock when my computer catches fire haha! CPU will get smoked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandreadstriker Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 I'd be lying if I said I don't want to see him pull a Waco Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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