NB question

[MaxiKana]

Hey, im pretty new to OCing, and ive recently built a WC rig for myself (check thread in the watercooling forum).

My question is that with the a7v8x when i push the fsb to 160mhz, running the stock hs on the nb it feels about 45-50c.. im asking that is that too high for it? should i buy a hsf or something? or is it safe to run it like this the way it is now?

 

[OrionRU]

well, If you plan on running 220+ FSB then upgrade the heat sink, if not you can either leave it stock or put some AS3/2 on it or something.

166 isnt very high. Running 210 right now with no NB mods at all on NF7

 

[MaxiKana]

Oh ok. Just one more question... is it hot to the touch?

 

[q149]

If it's stable it should be fine. It's supposed to be able to run at least 166 anyway.

 

[MaxiKana]

Thanks, right now its at 166fsb,multi 12.5 = 2085mhz pretty good imho it did boot at 2100 but prime 95 faild instantly, im guessing its cause of the memory. Vcore is at 1.7v. Temps are as follows with 2 120mm fans on the rad: cpu 26c load mb 28c load.