Do you overclock?

I've got a quad core Q6600 processor at the moment, and it's default clock is 2.4Ghz. At the moment it's running quite happily at 3.0Ghz using air cooling only (Zalman CNPS9500 cooler).

Was thinking about pushing it a little more, but my temps are around 55C under load so I don't want to try it long term.

There have been some great CPUs this past few years in terms of overclockability (is that a word!?), so I thought it would be interesting to see who else has.

I have an SL9S9 Core 2 Duo E6420 from July of 2006. Its default clockspeed is 2.4GHz, but I currently have it running at 3500MHz (6*500). The chip sits in a DFI LanParty DK P35-T2R/S and 4GB of PC2-8000 from G.Skill.

I've considered a Yorkfield quad on and off, but I thought it would just be best to wait for the Gulftown Core i7s at the end of this year. Mmmm, 32nm.

Did you get it to that just using air cooling? That's a nice overclock

Yeah, just air. I don't believe in water cooling. :P

Me neither - mainly because of leaks!

Going to try and push mine to 3.2GHz tonight to see if the temps change much.

I can has tutorial? How do I...
1. Check my current CPU temp
2. Overclock it
Too lazy to type specs so check under my avatar.

BetaMan, there are several utilities that can check your CPU's temps. CoreTemp is one of them and it's quite popular. Overclocking is done in your motherboard's BIOS. I'd go into it more, but I doubt your motherboard includes the options needed to overclock. PCChips isn't known for it. You might be able to adjust your Front Side Bus (FSB) some for a minimal overclocking if you're lucky.

Also, hi everyone. I came here by Thrax's recommendation. My main rig is 4GHz (480 x 8.5) Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 on a DFI Lanparty LT X48-T3RS motherboard with 2GB OCZ ReaperX DDR3-1333 in an Antec Nine Hundred case, cooled by a Xigmatek HDT-1283.


Happy to be here.

@Ian: BuddyJ is my editor.

Welcome to the site BuddyJ

I totally disobeyed what buddyj said and overclocked from 2.6GhZ to 2.77GhZ. Not much, but I'm learning.

PS: What's a safe temperature to be running at?