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Overclocking old school rig

  • 06-12-2007 08:01PM
    #1
    GrumPy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,566 ✭✭✭


    Hey, have an old socket 939 rig. Picked up a amd athlon 4000+ 2.4 on ebay for good price. installed just there.
    Have a large "blue orb2" Cooler on it (bought on komplett ages ago) And reckon it would be an ideal time to learn about overclocking, and give it ago.

    Can anyone recommend a program (running vista home premium) I can download to monitor temperature?
    And as for the overclocking, no nothing about howto do it, any good sites?



    Cheers

    EDIT: Since posting, ran that thingy on vista to show system performance. I was at subscore 4.2 when I had my old processor (determind by lowest score, and 4.2 was the lowest, old processor)

    And with the new faster one, my performance has dropped, to 4.1


    wtf


Comments

  • #2
    L31mr0d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    what was your old CPU?


  • #3
    GrumPy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,566 ✭✭✭GrumPy


    3500+


  • #4
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Not the best example to start overclocking with but should get to 2.6-2.7 with that cooler. What sort of memory do you have and what board


  • #5
    GrumPy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,566 ✭✭✭GrumPy


    HavoK wrote: »
    Not the best example to start overclocking with but should get to 2.6-2.7 with that cooler. What sort of memory do you have and what board


    epox enpa+ ultra I think. Just two, 512 sticks of kompletts cheapest RAM, from when I built it like, 2 years back.
    Any reason vista thinks old processor is better?


  • #6
    gamer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,227 ✭✭✭gamer


    google coretemp or coretemp beta.i,m using large 5inch high cpu heatsink akasa,on a 4000+ amd cpu .Core 0 is 32 degrees,core 1 31 degrees.TRY motherboard monitor prog for the mobo temp.So far temp is max 32,most of the time cpu is 7per cent utilisation.


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