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o_tipper_x   02-15-2012 at 04:51:53 AM

So I bought the new FX-8150 and a Gigabyte 990fx ud3 mobo. I know the overclocking won't be that difficult (but it will be my first time). My question is will I need to upgrade my cooler before I OC.

I bought my pc from Ibuypower, and I researched it and it looks like the cooler I got was the Asetek 550LC.

Any help on this would be great! Thanks

------------------------------ My Rig: CPU: FX-8150 Mobo: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Memory: 16gb Corsair Vengeance DDR-3 1600 GPU: Nvidia GTX 560 2Gb HardDrive: 80Gb Intel 320 SSD Dual 1Tb in raid 0 PSU: 850w ThermalTake
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vollman1   02-15-2012 at 07:07:00 AM

Start your OC slowly and just monitor your temps to make sure they are in a safe range. If they are getting high, look at other cooling options then.

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o_tipper_x   02-15-2012 at 03:03:39 PM

What is the "safe range" I have been looking but I haven't found the temp ranges.

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------------------------------ My Rig: CPU: FX-8150 Mobo: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Memory: 16gb Corsair Vengeance DDR-3 1600 GPU: Nvidia GTX 560 2Gb HardDrive: 80Gb Intel 320 SSD Dual 1Tb in raid 0 PSU: 850w ThermalTake
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aqe040466   02-15-2012 at 08:35:45 PM

o_tipper_x wrote :

What is the "safe range" I have been looking but I haven't found the temp ranges.



Different CPU's and Motherboards have diffrent setting and capabilities, so overclocking is a trial and error thing, just be careful and watch the temp of the CPU cores, because as you put more voltage on the cores, you will also increase the temp. I suggest downloading the CPU-Z, H/W Monitor and Real Temp, these softwares will help you monitor the entire system of you PC.

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o_tipper_x   02-15-2012 at 09:09:17 PM

Thanks aqe. I just looked closer, and it looks like i got the asetek 510L so i will be upgrading to the corsair h80 before I try and OC and I have seen the cpu-z pics showin in almost every benchmark vid posted out there. Where is a reliable source to download that from?

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------------------------------ My Rig: CPU: FX-8150 Mobo: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Memory: 16gb Corsair Vengeance DDR-3 1600 GPU: Nvidia GTX 560 2Gb HardDrive: 80Gb Intel 320 SSD Dual 1Tb in raid 0 PSU: 850w ThermalTake
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aqe040466   02-16-2012 at 05:41:23 AM

o_tipper_x wrote :

Thanks aqe. I just looked closer, and it looks like i got the asetek 510L so i will be upgrading to the corsair h80 before I try and OC and I have seen the cpu-z pics showin in almost every benchmark vid posted out there. Where is a reliable source to download that from?




CPUID.COM is the site.

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jsc   02-16-2012 at 11:30:17 AM

o_tipper_x wrote :

What is the "safe range" I have been looking but I haven't found the temp ranges.


Looks like the max safe temp is 61 C:
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bull [...] -8150.html

But I do not know how that is measured.

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