Actually I'm looking for a good heatsink (not the best) that is reasonably priced and reasonably big. I want to overclock my a64 a bit (say from 1.8 to 2.4) and remain stable.
I have a lanParty board and I can overclock to 2.3 but I'm not stable for long under intensive loads. My memory is not great so I'm using 5/6 multipliers so I would guess that it's a nonissue. It's interesting that nothing really makes a difference, higher voltage or other tricks don't seem to affect the stability much. I'm thinking that there must be an issue with the heatsink, probably it can't dissipate the heat effectively so higher voltage can't really help. It's weird that the sensors don't indicate a high temp and usually running Prime is stable for hours. But if I fire any 3d game I'll have a crash within 2 hours. The videocard is not (or shouldnt be )affected by overclocking the fsb, right?
Anyway, I just bought some quality grease and I'm thinking of getting a quality heatsink as well. I'd also like to keep the stock cooler, is there any problem other than the cooler spinning too fast(and loud)? As I said, I'm not looking for extreme overclocking, 20% should be enough to make Oblivion more playable at my lcd resolution of 1280x1024.
Thanks.
I have a lanParty board and I can overclock to 2.3 but I'm not stable for long under intensive loads. My memory is not great so I'm using 5/6 multipliers so I would guess that it's a nonissue. It's interesting that nothing really makes a difference, higher voltage or other tricks don't seem to affect the stability much. I'm thinking that there must be an issue with the heatsink, probably it can't dissipate the heat effectively so higher voltage can't really help. It's weird that the sensors don't indicate a high temp and usually running Prime is stable for hours. But if I fire any 3d game I'll have a crash within 2 hours. The videocard is not (or shouldnt be )affected by overclocking the fsb, right?
Anyway, I just bought some quality grease and I'm thinking of getting a quality heatsink as well. I'd also like to keep the stock cooler, is there any problem other than the cooler spinning too fast(and loud)? As I said, I'm not looking for extreme overclocking, 20% should be enough to make Oblivion more playable at my lcd resolution of 1280x1024.
Thanks.