Will there be any Problem If I Overclock My CPU?

My CPU is Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2 Ghz!

I want to increase the Frequency!

But the Problem is that i Don't Have a Cooling system. I Only have the Stock Heat-Sink. I want to Increase to around 2.8- 3 Ghz.. I kinda scared that I'll Overheat Ma CPU! Will there be any problem? Or Which is the Extreme Limit of Overclocking with My stock Heat-Sink?

Thanks!

Take it to the Hardware discussion forum.bangell99

This and google is your friend.

My CPU is Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2 Ghz!

I want to increase the Frequency!

But the Problem is that i Don't Have a Cooling system. I Only have the Stock Heat-Sink. I want to Increase to around 2.8- 3 Ghz.. I kinda scared that I'll Overheat Ma CPU! Will there be any problem? Or Which is the Extreme Limit of Overclocking with My stock Heat-Sink?

Thanks!

lukmanmasood

Your house might catch fire

[QUOTE="lukmanmasood"]

My CPU is Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2 Ghz!

I want to increase the Frequency!

But the Problem is that i Don't Have a Cooling system. I Only have the Stock Heat-Sink. I want to Increase to around 2.8- 3 Ghz.. I kinda scared that I'll Overheat Ma CPU! Will there be any problem? Or Which is the Extreme Limit of Overclocking with My stock Heat-Sink?

Thanks!

sandeep410

Your house might catch fire

Then Tell me The Maximum Overclockable Rate!

[QUOTE="sandeep410"][QUOTE="lukmanmasood"]

My CPU is Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2 Ghz!

I want to increase the Frequency!

But the Problem is that i Don't Have a Cooling system. I Only have the Stock Heat-Sink. I want to Increase to around 2.8- 3 Ghz.. I kinda scared that I'll Overheat Ma CPU! Will there be any problem? Or Which is the Extreme Limit of Overclocking with My stock Heat-Sink?

Thanks!

lukmanmasood

Your house might catch fire

Then Tell me The Maximum Overclockable Rate!

Every chip is different, at stock cooling you might reach 2.6 or 2.8 maybe less, You'll know you've reached the limit when you see a pretty blue screen saying you effed up :)

When you OC your CPU you have to check 4 things...

1 - Your motherboard (Does it have a certain problem if you go over lets say 333fsb)

2 - Ram (Is it overclock friendly?)

3 - CPU (Like the Q6600 there was a G0 and B3 stepping)

4 - CPU cooler (You do NOT want your CPU idle at 50c and 80c on load... Should be around 30c idle and 45c on load)

and finally take it to the hardware forums or google your mobo and cpu...

You will at least need a Arctic Freezer Pro 7 heatsink, and a motherboard that will let you overclock.--Anna--

Yeah.. my motherboard won't let me overclock my CPU very much.

Just go get something good for cooling man.kozzy1234

Heavily restricted? Firmware? What the hell are you talking about?

The Core 2s are some of the best overclocking CPUs ever, if not the best. Many of them easily overclock by 1Ghz or more on air.

The real question is if there's any point in overclocking most of them, as they are already so powerful to begin with.

When you OC your CPU you have to check 4 things...

1 - Your motherboard (Does it have a certain problem if you go over lets say 333fsb)

2 - Ram (Is it overclock friendly?)

3 - CPU (Like the Q6600 there was a G0 and B3 stepping)

4 - CPU cooler (You do NOT want your CPU idle at 50c and 80c on load... Should be around 30c idle and 45c on load)

and finally take it to the hardware forums or google your mobo and cpu...

modai119

This checklist is 100% correct.

And the post right above this is also correct in what he says.

1. Listen to both

2. Decide whether or not to overclock

3. ????

4. Profit.

Heavily restricted? Firmware? What the hell are you talking about?

The Core 2s are some of the best overclocking CPUs ever, if not the best. Many of them easily overclock by 1Ghz or more on air.

The real question is if there's any point in overclocking most of them, as they are already so powerful to begin with.

cmdrmonkey

You don't have access to the firmware. There's always a restriction on how much juice you can pump into the CPU. BIOS doesn't give unlimited overclocking capibilty. You're given the capability to clock the processor a little bit beyond it's frequency allowance. And that's it. It really doesn't make a difference unless you have several processors in series such a super computer. The combined gain from each processor adds up. And those stations are eitheir in air conditined cabinets or rooms so they can seriously overclock those processors. They can access the firmware because they have programmers. Or the entire until was designed for industrial use and only available to them so the firmware has no restrictions to make it easier for their engineers and programmers to build the machines to their specifications.