now it's time to buy Cliffs of Dover... but am I ready for it?

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by WWGangster

Blackdog:

You can EASILY oveclock your I7 920 to 3.2Ghz. I've been running mine on stock cooling for about 2 years with no issues.

Mine is the very early C0 stepping that runs a bit hotter and not the slightly later and better overclocking D0 chip.

Another reason is that i have some kind of heat issue i can't pinpoint currently: flying the Ju88 (and only the 88 ) results in my PC rebooting due to overheating within less than a minute (checked it with temp monitoring utilities that output log files).

It could be that the thermal paste between CPU and cooler needs replacing, but i'm getting idle temps of 45C which seem a bit high, even after cleaning the dust off my fans and the interior of my case with a small leaf-blower.

The other possibility is my GPU, an MSI Cyclone Ati 4890. That thing has a pretty monster cooler for stock standards and larger heat pipes than other cards of its generation. The thing is, i don't know if the rest of the case is well laid-out to allow the airflow of hot air to escape. I know the GPU cooler is working well, i just don't know if the dissipated heat escapes fast enough from inside the case.

Otherwise, it could be the case that the GPU emits a lot of heat that gets trapped in the box and overheats the CPU or GPU.

It's kind of weird, because i've never had an issue before. This thing only happens after the latest patch, so i'm hoping that when the next graphics optimizations arrive in the next patch it won't tax it so much. Otherwise i might have to start moving things around in the case.