Hi All,
First off here is my system because my question relies on this info..
CPU-I7-860
Mo Bo-P55-USB3
Ram-8GB G. Skill Ripjaws
Case-Cooler Master Storm Scout
PSU-ModXtreme 700Watt
Video Card - HD5770
OK-my cpu is currently running at around 3MHZ right now with the stock cooler. Multiplier is at 21 times 143 I believe. The only other things done were a minor cpu voltage increase and a slight memory voltage increase... When running at stock set up I was crashing constantly so I think voltages were too low.
Temps have gone up to as high as 60 in the first core under heavy load. Is this too high for this cpu? How high can this cpu run on a regular basis safely? Is there any thing I can do to the bios settings to cool things down without losing stability or speed?
I did try to lower the multiplier down to 19 but actually things got hotter.
Finally, I have been researching air cooling and some water cooling systems for my set up but I am just afraid of things fitting. I read some reviews about some set ups that fir very closely to the memory and those guys were not using all the slots like I plus my case isn't the roomiest around.
As for Water Cooling, the back of my pc where the radiator usually mounts is totally packed with wires etc and I just don't see anyplace to mount a radiator.
My ultimate goal is to have this cpu running at 3.6 full time and stable so a stock cooler will just not do it.
Can anyone please point out some coolers that will fit and in addition I could sure use some help with the bios settings. Am I ok with what I have done or not??
Thanks much,
Rich
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First off here is my system because my question relies on this info..
CPU-I7-860
Mo Bo-P55-USB3
Ram-8GB G. Skill Ripjaws
Case-Cooler Master Storm Scout
PSU-ModXtreme 700Watt
Video Card - HD5770
OK-my cpu is currently running at around 3MHZ right now with the stock cooler. Multiplier is at 21 times 143 I believe. The only other things done were a minor cpu voltage increase and a slight memory voltage increase... When running at stock set up I was crashing constantly so I think voltages were too low.
Temps have gone up to as high as 60 in the first core under heavy load. Is this too high for this cpu? How high can this cpu run on a regular basis safely? Is there any thing I can do to the bios settings to cool things down without losing stability or speed?
I did try to lower the multiplier down to 19 but actually things got hotter.
Finally, I have been researching air cooling and some water cooling systems for my set up but I am just afraid of things fitting. I read some reviews about some set ups that fir very closely to the memory and those guys were not using all the slots like I plus my case isn't the roomiest around.
As for Water Cooling, the back of my pc where the radiator usually mounts is totally packed with wires etc and I just don't see anyplace to mount a radiator.
My ultimate goal is to have this cpu running at 3.6 full time and stable so a stock cooler will just not do it.
Can anyone please point out some coolers that will fit and in addition I could sure use some help with the bios settings. Am I ok with what I have done or not??
Thanks much,
Rich
Talk Internet Community Development