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or should I just keep it at stock speeds until I can pick up an aftermarket cooler (for a 24/7 overclock)?
With the stock cooler it idles around 28-30C and after an an hour of playing Crysis the highest it reached was 50C on one core, the rest were 48-49C. I haven't done an official test like Prime95/IntelBurnTest yet so I'm not sure what it would reach there.
So the question stands, try overclocking now (nothing serious, probably only try to get 3.8-4 GHz) or wait until I get an aftermarket cooler and go for 4-4.5 GHz?
With the stock cooler it idles around 28-30C and after an an hour of playing Crysis the highest it reached was 50C on one core, the rest were 48-49C. I haven't done an official test like Prime95/IntelBurnTest yet so I'm not sure what it would reach there.
So the question stands, try overclocking now (nothing serious, probably only try to get 3.8-4 GHz) or wait until I get an aftermarket cooler and go for 4-4.5 GHz?