Is it safe to overclock with this hardware?

Question

I'd like to overclock my cpu, because I'm having performance issues currently. Here's what I have, I'd like someone to tell me if it would be safe to bring it up from 2.2Ghz to 2.6Ghz

Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20 GHz
3Gb Ram
ATI Radeon 4550
Motherboard: ASUSTek Leonite 2
Dynex 400w Power Supply

Answer 1

Make sure you are doing this by small increments at a time. It is risky.



http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/266682-29-e4500



(There's more results from a quick Google search (your CPU + overclocking)



Look at others here trying to overclock the same CPU. I would consider what they're doing and the advice others are giving. Sometimes, it isn't as easy as going into BIOS and OC'ing the CPU.



I won't dive to deep on your matter but consider what OC'ing capabilities your motherboard has.

Answer 2

depends if you have sufficient cooling. Like he said do it slowly and every time check the cpu temp. Put load on it and see if the temperature reaches above 70 C. If so then you should lower it a little.

Answer 3

it relies upon on your motherboard and CPU heatsink. Overclocking is complety secure as long as you keep the voltages in the secure zone and the tempature in the main suitable place people do no longer comprehend yet maximum circumstances once you purchase that one hundred$ cpu vs that one hundred fifty$ cpu its the comparable cpu merely intel replaced the clock speeds on it and charged you extra. purchase your self a aftermarket cpu cooler for like 50$ on newegg then giver **** and overclock it do merely slightly analyze on line approximately secure voltages and temps