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I recently purchased a EVGA SC GTX 760 to start upgrading my rig which is

CPU: Intel® Core2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz
MOBO: Gigabyte G41MT-S2PT 
RAM: 4 GB DDR3
GPU: EVGA SC GTX 760
PSU: Tt TR2 500W 

What i want to do is to overclock my cpu to at least 2.6 GHz to reduce the bottleneck on my GPU my question is can i overclock with this 500W PSU cause im not sure i fully understand how the Wattage and Voltage work here if someone can explain it to me would be great im just thinking that my PSU wont be able to output enough power for me to overclock my cpu

Thank you.

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MAke sure you have an aftermarket cup cooler

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your good

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MAke sure you have an aftermarket cup cooler

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I recently purchased a EVGA SC GTX 760 to start upgrading my rig which is

CPU: Intel® Core2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz

MOBO: Gigabyte G41MT-S2PT 

RAM: 4 GB DDR3

GPU: EVGA SC GTX 760

PSU: Tt TR2 500W 

What i want to do is to overclock my cpu to at least 2.6 GHz to reduce the bottleneck on my GPU my question is can i overclock with this 500W PSU cause im not sure i fully understand how the Wattage and Voltage work here if someone can explain it to me would be great im just thinking that my PSU wont be able to output enough power for me to overclock my cpu

Thank you.

you will be fine with that PSU of yours

 

although I not sure if the mobo can give you a good OC given the G41 chipset

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After market cup holders are important while overclocking, you don't want to spill your drink.

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^^ lolz

 

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oops

 

 

you will be fine with that PSU of yours

 

although I not sure if the mobo can give you a good OC given the G41 chipset

could there be a problem cause of the G41 chipset or just not a very fast OC ??

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could there be a problem cause of the G41 chipset or just not a very fast OC ??

you might be limited to the chipset OC capability

 

you can try if you can access all it OC functions

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I have the same configuration, and I can't overclock the q8200 to be more then 2.49Ghz (only 160Mhz increase) by setting FSB to 357Mhz, the vCore to 1.30V and the PCI-E to 104Mhz - any more and the computer wont start...

maybe I'm doing something wrong?

What did you meen by "you can try if you can access all it OC functions"?

 

But I got my Memory (Corsai cmx4gx3m2a1600c7) to work @ 1333Mhz, so that's a start...

 

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