A very old build

[DMCDante]

I have an old PC made with mostly used parts. 

 

CPU: Q9550 at stock

Motherboard: Asus p5k PRO

RAM: 4x2GB DDR2

GFX: R9 270x Sapphire Dual-x

PSU: Antec Earthwatts ea-500d

 

Now my question is, if I buy a cooler master hyper 212 evo, can I overclock my q9550 to above 3.3Ghz or more? And if I can how do I go about doing it.

I am not sure if the PSU is of quality but looking at the scrapyard wars on linustechtips youtube channel, they mentioned this PSU being decent.

[Codymm03]

I have an old PC made with mostly used parts. 

 

CPU: Q9550 at stock

Motherboard: Asus p5k PRO

RAM: 4x2GB DDR2

GFX: R9 270x Sapphire Dual-x

PSU: Antec Earthwatts ea-500d

 

Now my question is, if I buy a cooler master hyper 212 evo, can I overclock my q9550 to above 3.3Ghz or more? And if I can how do I go about doing it.

I am not sure if the PSU is of quality but looking at the scrapyard wars on linustechtips youtube channel, they mentioned this PSU being decent.

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First Antec isn't a bad brand and is probably good.

Second yes you could easily get a 3.3ghz.

[BroProStudios]

Hi there.

 

Theres is a few factors to your question.

1. Does your Case have good air flow?

2. What Temtreture is your CPU Running at. (Use Open Hardware Monitor to check)

 

So overclocking will speed up your pc but will also make your heat output much higher. If your case has good air flow, runs around 30-40c you should be fine as long as it does not go over 70-80c. It should be able to handle it. Heres a guide on how to overclock your cpu

http://www.scan.co.uk/images/shops/intel/Intel_Q9550_Core_2_Quad_basic_overclocking_guide.pdf

Good luck

[XplosiveNoctua99]

I have an old PC made with mostly used parts. 

 

CPU: Q9550 at stock

Motherboard: Asus p5k PRO

RAM: 4x2GB DDR2

GFX: R9 270x Sapphire Dual-x

PSU: Antec Earthwatts ea-500d

 

Now my question is, if I buy a cooler master hyper 212 evo, can I overclock my q9550 to above 3.3Ghz or more? And if I can how do I go about doing it.

I am not sure if the PSU is of quality but looking at the scrapyard wars on linustechtips youtube channel, they mentioned this PSU being decent.

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[DMCDante]

Atm it runs a bit hotter due to just having a thermal take heat sink with no fans attached to it (I guess the lower fan from my current PSU is blowing into it). My current temp is about 45 degree celsius (it's summer right now here aka hell on earth about 35 degrees outside). I don't know what the temps will be with cooler master 212 but I will buy it regardless. I am just curious can I OC a bit with it, incase I can't I might invest a bit more expansive cooler to OC.

 

Looking at various youtube clips the q9550, despite being basically ancient, seems to still be somewhat relevant if OC'd.