Is there a way to underclock a processor? I have a P4 3.2ghz, lately it's been getting really hot. It idles around 47c now, when I first got it I could have sworn it was at 38. It has an liquid cooling system. I recently taped a second fan on the other side of the radiator (which brought the temp down to 47ish, when it was at 53c). I used to use the overclocker in the bios to move it up to 3.4ghz, could that have harmed it?
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Anonymous2005-12-14 13:06
Would someone enlighten me as to the benefits of using liquid cooling these days? It's not like the "slow 90x90mm fan + fecking huge copper heatsink + heatpipes + gimmicks" solution is appreciably worse temperature-wise anymore, and with a case built to minimize sound emissions the quietness factor of water cooling kinda goes out of the window if combined with diagnosis problems such as the O.P. is having.
So tell me. Is there any point anymore, apart from extra HC overclocking?