p55a-ud4p with i5 750

[sjpritch25]

i wanted to overclock it some, but i'm a novice to overclocking.   I do keep my place a fairly warm temp, usually around 78 degrees so i'm a little worried at overclocking to really high.   My memory is G.SKILL Ripjaws Series DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) .   Thanks for any assistance and recommendations.   Thanks

[Dark Mantis]

Well you are jumping in at the deep end a bit. High ambient temperature in the room, overclocking and then probably watercooling to try and take some of the heat out of the room. There is plenty of info in the forum threads on overclocking and many more good overclocking sites out on the net if you just google it. The same with water cooling if you decide to go that way. You need to doa lot of research before you start to play. It is an art not a science as such as no two system will respond the same way. No short answer I am afraid just hard work(and fun)

[sjpritch25]

Well, i think i will probably leave it as is.   I'm coming from a Pentium 4, so speed is so much better.   thanks.   

[Dark Mantis]

The newer machine will make a big difference anyway as you say and will probably run any software that you need as is. Just do a bit of research and by the time you feel the need to overclock or liquid cool etc you will be more prepared. Good luck.

[RichieC]

I wouldn't worry too much about the temperature of the room as long as you have enough cooling in the case to suffice the amount you wish to over clock your machine.

Any alterations you make within the bios to overclock, will increase the temperature of your machine. If you are certain you have adiquate cooling for the CPU, North Bridge and South Bridge then try OC'ing very slightly.

-Please note-
Be Very Careful when Over Clocking. It is very difficult to get it perfect and stable without over heating.

Good Luck!

[Dark Mantis]

I wouldn't worry too much about the temperature of the room as long as you have enough cooling in the case to suffice the amount you wish to over clock your machine.

I wouldn't agree with that statement. The AMBIENT room temperature is going to be an important factor in the cooling process as, without artificial cooling systems eg phase change or the like, whatever air you force through your machine will only cool components to that temperature minimum. Therefore you couldn't expect to be able to cool your computer down to anything lower than 78 degrees F even if everything worked perfectly.