How to o/c a 2500 barton
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Yharn
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i wouldn't advise overclocking with the retail heatsink and fan, every system i've ever setup with them runs fairly hot without overclocking them. I suggest spending a few bucks on a thermalright sk-7 and decent fan, the HSF isn't expensive and for the price i have yet to see better. sk-7 can be found for about $20 and any 80mm fan will do fairly decent.
Like Yharn said probably not a good idea with retail fan.
Check the CPU and MB temperature in bios or the ASUS utility during surfing and right after heavy gaming:
Surfing CPU <45 Deg C
Gaming CPU <52 deg C
Case temp should be <35-37 deg C when surfing.
If below these limits you have a little room for overclocking.
Take it up using the multiplier one step at a time and watch the temperature. Temperature will go up a little with each speed increase. Keep it under 58 deg C when gaming for lowest risk and best stability. Remember the thermal diodes aren't all that accurate. It may crash at some point. Cut it back 2 steps if that happens. That's the limit for your chip. Watch for thermal runa-away where temp goes up real fast. Kill it if that happens.
If you want to overclock get a real HSF and silver filled thermal paste.
Now that I've explained all that - why bother.
The change from 2500 to 2800 isn't worth the effort.
Even 3000 isn't much of an improvement.
Check the CPU and MB temperature in bios or the ASUS utility during surfing and right after heavy gaming:
Surfing CPU <45 Deg C
Gaming CPU <52 deg C
Case temp should be <35-37 deg C when surfing.
If below these limits you have a little room for overclocking.
Take it up using the multiplier one step at a time and watch the temperature. Temperature will go up a little with each speed increase. Keep it under 58 deg C when gaming for lowest risk and best stability. Remember the thermal diodes aren't all that accurate. It may crash at some point. Cut it back 2 steps if that happens. That's the limit for your chip. Watch for thermal runa-away where temp goes up real fast. Kill it if that happens.
If you want to overclock get a real HSF and silver filled thermal paste.
Now that I've explained all that - why bother.
The change from 2500 to 2800 isn't worth the effort.
Even 3000 isn't much of an improvement.
Taurus
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do what i did. overclock and lower the voltage! (see sig; 12x166=2000mhz @ 1.575volts) you should be able to get away little both like i did and end up with lower temps than stock. 
at least it'll do until you buy a new hsf later. something i need to do.
at least it'll do until you buy a new hsf later. something i need to do.
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