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Originally posted by gone_fishin
jaydee116, I am trying to follow your logic.
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originally posted by jaydee116
" I totally disagree that 1C will get you any more mhz as I have been OC'ing since 25mhz DX comps where out and 1C never made any difference. In fact 3C never made any difference. But 4C on up can and I have definatly noticed it in the Durons 600/700/800/850/900/950/1000 CPU's I have used and the T-Bird 1400 and the XP1600+ in the last few years. 4-5C "
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If 3C never made a difference for you but 4C has, then this is a 1C threshold that you are describing that once crossed, you believe will give a better overclock. My question is how do you know you will never be already at this threshold and 1C more is all you need to go higher? If in fact you are sitting at this threshold with an aluminum block, then a copper block would put you over it and get the better overclock.
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Good point, I never looked at it this way! I was looking at it from starting at a set temp. For example 40C. 39C, 38C,37C, and 36C would pose no gain in mhz but 35C would. So yeah from that perspective I stand corrected. I never used different water blocks to change temps though. I always used other methods so maybe that is why I wasn't looking at it from that angle.
I find that cooling the water itself as oposed to making a better block seems to work out rather well for overclocking porposes. If I was to get back into more extream overclocking I would not bother with trying to make a better block that gaines a C or 2, I would work on cooling the water instead. Seems much more logical to me than wasting money on dozens of blocks to get a few C cooler when cooling the water will drop you many many C with the same block.
Maybe I am off base there?