Okay. I just recently completed the rig seen in my link below. It's the first computer I've ever built and am very glad that it worked as soon as I hit the power button. My 1.8A Northwood is the also the first time I've ever tried to overclock a computer. Instead of the stock Intel heatsink/fan, I'm using a Thermaltake 478 P4 Volcano and Arctic Silver 3. I applied the AS3 as indicated by the directions and then put on the heatsink/fan. With WindowsXP installed and a good deal of software installed I decided to start overclocking it. Right now, my Vcore is 1.6 volts and my fsb is at 112. Any higher and Prime95 fails within one minute. Also, my temperatures are about 48-50 degrees idle and 58-60 degrees under full load!?!?!?!!!!! I'm getting the temperatures from PC Alert III, and they pretty much match the temperatures in my BIOS. What have I done wrong? What could cause my idle temperatures to be about 10-15 degrees higher than most people have? I have an Evercase4252 that I bought off of Newegg and it has three 80mm fans in the case. One intake in the front, another intake in the side right over the CPU area, and an exhaust in the back. (There's also the PSU fan.) My power supply is only an Enermax 300W, I believe. (I'm not too sure on the brand.) But I don't think the power supply is the cause of my problems. All of my voltages are within range. The only problem is that high temperature. Should I take the fan on the side of the case and make it an exhaust fan? Or is the insanely high temperature becuase the AS3 hasn't had time to "cure" yet? I'm so frustrated right now. It's nice getting a 2.0 GHz CPU out of a 1.8 GHz chip, but I'd like to get up to that magical 133 fsb.
BTW, my chassis temperature is only 32-34 degrees under the full Prime95 load.
BTW, my chassis temperature is only 32-34 degrees under the full Prime95 load.