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Old 07-13-2007, 01:37 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: AMD X2 5000 OC?? Where to start?

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Originally Posted by Apokalipse View Post
That's not really a good temperature at idle. especially at stock.

If you want to overclock, you'll need to cool the sucker down first.

To do that, you can:
replace the thermal paste with arctic silver 5, MX-1 or MX-2
get a better cooler
remove the IHS (this is a permanent modification)
make sure it has better airflow to the CPU
whoa does it run that cool? my E6320 is like at 50C idle and 60C on load and also its stock hsf which is gonna be upgraded to tuniq tower 120 or arctic freezer pro 7.
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