Tuesday 29 March 2011

CPU Overclocking With Ubuntu 10.10 Part 3

Cont. From Part 2
     Now that we have moved on from the hardware aspect now we are going to take a look a some tools that can be downloaded and used with Ubuntu. These tools are going to make sure everything with your over-clocked CPU is running fine. These tools will be able to be used in real time. What this means is that the programs will show you what is going on with your CPU right away.
     The first program that I am going to be talking about and that can be downloaded via the Ubuntu Software Centre is Xsensor. This a great program for letting you know the speeds of the fans that are in your computer. These fans will have to be plugged into your motherboard. Your bios will have to be able to detect the speeds of the fans for this program to work. This program will also let you know the temperature of the motherboard and CPU. With the CPU we are using the AMD Phenom II X 1055T the maximum temperature is around 60C. If your cpu is around this temperature I would say there a few issues that need to be looked at. With the over-clock I am using right now my CPU temperature is around 30C. The next program I would use is called Sysinfo this program will give you the same information as cat /proc/cpuinfo but in a easier way to view the information. 
     With over-clocking being able to burn out your CPU a lot faster then what the manufacture made it for, you will need to make sure everything is working fine. The biggest thing you need to remember with over-clocking is cooling for your CPU. Do not use the stock cooler that comes with the CPU, spend some money on cooling built for over-clocking. Also make sure you have a power supply that has enough power to give to your over-clock.
     We'll this ends my first ever blog I hope you found this full of incite about basic CPU over-clocking with Ubuntu. I will doing more post in the near future dedicated all around your computer and how to try to help you out.

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