NICEE!!! got my Xeon W3520 2.66ghz to

Hmmm... those are some varying temperatures among cores. I don't know what to say about that.

My next build is gonna be similar to this one. (in my sig)
 
Nice OC! you're temps look good I say go higher as long as you're temps don't go above 70C then you're ok. There is not much you can do that will use 4.2ghz of CPU power so I don't think you would ever have to worry about you're cpu being under a load anyways.
 
now back to the original question .. u think i should push it more or shall i just wait for a water loop lol.. i mean i know during stress tests it will be a little high on temps but on regular load temps wont break 50c
 
I think 4.2GHz is a good place to stop until the water loop. No reason in risking it if you're gonna get a loop later.
 
kk ... now how do i overclock my video.. i have a HD 5870 card (sapphire) ... i heard you cant overclock this card.. that prob isnt true.. what is the best way to do it and will it hurt my card at all
 
Use MSI afterburner. I see most people using 1.3v and doing 950mhz to 1ghz on the core and 1250mhz on the memory. The only thing is the temps so you might not want to go that far with your 5870.
 
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You're looking good! 3.6 on stock is decent--I can run 3.8 at around 1.22V, so 1.2V is doing pretty good.

About temperatures--i7s seem to be more temperature sensitive than voltage sensitive. 3.9Ghz is really easy--it's once you get in the 4.0+ range that you really have to start cranking the voltages up. The i7s have a 100C temperature limit (higher than most processors), so you should be fine up to mid 80s, though I try to keep it lower. Right now I'm hovering around 70C ([email protected]) with a lapped Corsair H50 and Shin-Etsu thermalpaste.
 
CodeMinion said:
kk ... now how do i overclock my video.. i have a HD 5870 card (sapphire) ... i heard you cant overclock this card.. that prob isnt true.. what is the best way to do it and will it hurt my card at all
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lol, no need to overclock that powerful of a card imo, especially when you have you i7 overclockd over 1ghz...

Yes its possible to overclock that card.:good:
 
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