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guandi · 02-06-2004, 04:11 PM

I just got round to doing a little basic OC'ing to burn in my 2800XP, i upped the fsb from 166 to 185 (2083->2310mhz)straight off and booted back into windows. before i did this i set up mbm5 etc. so i would have something to compare and something to watch (and something to SS and brag about later) in the 1-1.5 seconds it took me to do, by the time i had rebooted, my water temp was exactly the same at 27'c but my CPU has dropped from 32 to 29'C! and has been sat there stable for about 10 mins now, running all the same progs and with a bit more interaction on my part.

this has made me wonder about something i read up on a *long* time ago, about higher rated CPU's, binned lower in the plant and then running hotter than they would at spec. any truth in this?

i wont be able to sleep now this has got me all confused and stuff :shrug:

02-06-2004, 04:11 PM	#1
guandi Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: UK Posts: 174	Overclock -> temp drop? I just got round to doing a little basic OC'ing to burn in my 2800XP, i upped the fsb from 166 to 185 (2083->2310mhz)straight off and booted back into windows. before i did this i set up mbm5 etc. so i would have something to compare and something to watch (and something to SS and brag about later) in the 1-1.5 seconds it took me to do, by the time i had rebooted, my water temp was exactly the same at 27'c but my CPU has dropped from 32 to 29'C! and has been sat there stable for about 10 mins now, running all the same progs and with a bit more interaction on my part. this has made me wonder about something i read up on a long time ago, about higher rated CPU's, binned lower in the plant and then running hotter than they would at spec. any truth in this? i wont be able to sleep now this has got me all confused and stuff :shrug: __________________ A8N-SLI Deluxe FX55@3ghz 2x TwinX1024-3200XL 2x BFG6800Ultra Audigy2 ZS + Gigaworks S750 2x120gb/4x80gb lots of water/copper/pumpy goodness.