Riskily boosting temperatures on a standard cooler for excitement.

F5F Stay Refreshed Hardware Desktop Riskily boosting temperatures on a standard cooler for excitement.

Riskily boosting temperatures on a standard cooler for excitement.

Riskily boosting temperatures on a standard cooler for excitement.

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Twanneman81
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12-16-2025, 10:04 PM

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Alright guys... I’ve made it this far. I was thinking about it a bit. It’s interesting, right? You probably want to know what I’m working on too. This rig is pretty old—about six years back. It had an AMD Phenom B50 with an X4 3.2ghz processor, 8 gigabytes of RAM, and a 1600GB SSD. The power supply was a mess—it’s going to fail soon. I pushed it hard, overclocked it, and managed to hit around 4ghz for about five minutes. It stayed stable at 3.89, and the temps didn’t spike too much, around 80°C. Geekbench tested it and gave it a solid score. I’ll share more results later. Just keep that fire extinguisher handy!

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Twanneman81

12-16-2025, 10:04 PM #1

Alright guys... I’ve made it this far. I was thinking about it a bit. It’s interesting, right? You probably want to know what I’m working on too. This rig is pretty old—about six years back. It had an AMD Phenom B50 with an X4 3.2ghz processor, 8 gigabytes of RAM, and a 1600GB SSD. The power supply was a mess—it’s going to fail soon. I pushed it hard, overclocked it, and managed to hit around 4ghz for about five minutes. It stayed stable at 3.89, and the temps didn’t spike too much, around 80°C. Geekbench tested it and gave it a solid score. I’ll share more results later. Just keep that fire extinguisher handy!