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X3430 overclock to 3.8 Ghz

SNDJ14
By SNDJ14
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Hi. I managed to overclock my Xeon X3430 to 3.8 Ghz and running Aida64 gave me a temperature of 82C. Do note however that ambients are 33C (I know! Summer here in the tropics is insane). Is 82C acceptable?

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82c under synthetic load is acceptable. 

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Gaming and Synthetic loads are almost the same (Running Far Cry Primal on Ultra). What I'm worried about are the VRMs on the motherboard as I have no way of monitoring their temperatures.

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7 minutes ago, SNDJ14 said:

Gaming and Synthetic loads are almost the same (Running Far Cry Primal on Ultra). What I'm worried about are the VRMs on the motherboard as I have no way of monitoring their temperatures.

Touch them, if they burn your quickly there a bit hot. But its probably fine.

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Okay will do. I'll also wait for night time since I'm testing in 3PM heat here in my country (33C). If temps go lower (75C) during night time. I'll be happy with the results of my overclock

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I belive that the max temps for an xeon x34 series is 72 degrees c.

And Id recommend upgrading  to a x3470 or x3450 just for hyperthreding.

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