"Jeremy \"UncleHoot\" Praay" <jer### [at] questsoftwarecmo> wrote:
> I was able to achieve 4.2GHz, but heat became a serious problem.  I was 
> using Prime95, and temps were approaching 80C.

  I thought modern CPUs automatically throttle to lower clock frequencies
when they get too hot.

  Or does overclocking mean that you are actually bypassing that protection
mechanism and forcing the CPU to run at a given frequency regardless of
temperature?

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                                                          - Warp

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