- Joined
- Apr 1, 2003
- Location
- Austin, TX, USA
Just figured I'd add another positive result, and an actual post of my overclock results.. as I haven't yet... and I just replaced my hsf.
I replaced my Volcano 6Cu with a smaller copper heatsink that has at least four times as many fins, and much thinner fins. I have a much more powerful fan on it as well (30cfm as comparible to 15-18cfm). I needed to lap it, as it was a solid copper block that the heatsink came from, and had horrible machining marks on the bottom (was polished from the manufacture to look shiny).
I was able to do around 2245mhz on the volcano when I first set it up, however, the fan couldn't keep up. Temps then were generally around 46-48°C.
The new sink initially (before lap) was giving me 47°C temps. (All temps are load). Lapping dropped my load temps to 41.5°C while running at 2100mhz with .2 less voltage then when at 2245mhz. And it is much more stable. Completely stable in fact.
I need to duct my cpu fan to get another degree or two off load temps, and possibly up my multiplier a little (FSB is sketchy due to harddrive limitations/PCI overclock).
Given my parts, I think I've done well...
-Frank
I replaced my Volcano 6Cu with a smaller copper heatsink that has at least four times as many fins, and much thinner fins. I have a much more powerful fan on it as well (30cfm as comparible to 15-18cfm). I needed to lap it, as it was a solid copper block that the heatsink came from, and had horrible machining marks on the bottom (was polished from the manufacture to look shiny).
I was able to do around 2245mhz on the volcano when I first set it up, however, the fan couldn't keep up. Temps then were generally around 46-48°C.
The new sink initially (before lap) was giving me 47°C temps. (All temps are load). Lapping dropped my load temps to 41.5°C while running at 2100mhz with .2 less voltage then when at 2245mhz. And it is much more stable. Completely stable in fact.
I need to duct my cpu fan to get another degree or two off load temps, and possibly up my multiplier a little (FSB is sketchy due to harddrive limitations/PCI overclock).
Given my parts, I think I've done well...
-Frank