AMD Athlon 1GHz To 1.2 GHz, 1.3GHz (Overclocking And Cooling)

ze2o · Post by **ze2o** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 10:58 pm

Hey guys I have a 1 Ghz AMD Athlon, planning to overclock to 1.2 Ghz or 1.3 ghz, do you think using the Thermaltake DRAGON ORB 3 will be sufficeint enough cooling for the cpu? I have 2 Case Fans+ Exahst Fan From Enermax PSU (I dont think case cooling will be a problem) Please post your oppinions on cooling and safe cpu temperatures.

- Thank you

SLK · Post by **SLK** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 11:39 pm

What are your Idle and Full load temps right now?

LT-73 · Post by **LT-73** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 11:43 pm

No. If you're gonna oc and wanna save money, get the Volcano7 or 7+. If you really wanna go big and have the money, go for the Thermalright AX7 with a 68cfm Delta fan. The Dragon orb ain't gonna do much. You wanna stay in the 37-43c temps @ full load. I have my XP1700 oc'ed and my temps with a Volcano7 is 34c idle,37-39c full load.

SLK · Post by **SLK** » Thu Jul 18, 2002 12:53 am

Originally posted by LT-73
No. If you're gonna oc and wanna save money, get the Volcano7 or 7+. If you really wanna go big and have the money, go for the Thermalright AX7 with a 68cfm Delta fan. The Dragon orb ain't gonna do much. You wanna stay in the 37-43c temps @ full load. I have my XP1700 oc'ed and my temps with a Volcano7 is 34c idle,37-39c full load.

Heh , im buying a Volcano 7 with a delta 45cfm fan for $8, cant beat that eh.

LT-73 · Post by **LT-73** » Thu Jul 18, 2002 1:50 pm

Originally posted by SlicKsTufF2355

Heh , im buying a Volcano 7 with a delta 45cfm fan for $8, cant beat that eh.

Kewl !

tHE_0ne · Post by **tHE_0ne** » Thu Jul 18, 2002 1:57 pm

sounds good make sure your temps are under about 50-55c on full load

MikeyMan · Post by **MikeyMan** » Thu Jul 18, 2002 6:27 pm

The Dragon Orb wouldn't cool my 300mhz celeron, if I ever owned one.

Temperature is important, but not by standard means.

You want a (CPU - Ambient) temp under 15C at full load.