C2D @ 3.55 GHz, using Noctua at 800 rpm.

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Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm getting a nice overclock using extremely quiet Noctua 800 rpm 120mm fans.

Previously, I'd been running mostly Silverstone 120x32mm fans at 1000 rpm, but finally got sick of the noise.

I had an intake blowing into the 5.25" bay, a push/pull set on my Scythe Infinity, a rear exhaust, and another exhaust pulling cool air behind the mobo, thru a square cutout for access to my HSF bracket. There was also a 120x25mm exhausting from my HDD bay.

I was running 3.65 GHz at 1.4375 vcore, and seeing 63c running Orthos Small FFT's in 24c ambients.

With the Noctua's, Orthos ran up to 70c, where it crashed. Running blend gave 66c, and Gromacs, 64.

By dropping vcore down to 1.4125, and FSB to 395, I'm OCCT stable (which will crash my PC when Orthos runs all nite long), and Orthos Small FFT's produce 64c at 24c ambient. Real-world loads are 55c.

I'm hoping that I can get over 3.7 GHz with the Thermalright IFX-14 with dual-fans, still dead-silent.

I want to thank all the contributers to SPCR, and hope to contribute back!