| Overclocking [message #358605] |
Sat, 15 November 2008 13:05  |
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I always heard about it on here and never knew what it was, so I read it on wikipedia now my fats question is that is it safe and works?
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| Re: Overclocking [message #358606 is a reply to message #358605] |
Sat, 15 November 2008 13:16  |
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It works but it's a risk, especially if u have no clue about what you're doing.
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| Re: Overclocking [message #358608 is a reply to message #358605] |
Sat, 15 November 2008 13:19 |
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Safe? Depends on what your definition of 'safe' is. Overclocking can shorten the life of your hardware, and if your cooling is insufficient, you can do a lot of damage. Plus, if you aren't sure of voltages, etc, you can fry your computer.
If the overclock is stable, and decent, then yes, you will notice a difference.
However, your Compaq may not be able to be overclocked anyway.
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| Re: Overclocking [message #358611 is a reply to message #358605] |
Sat, 15 November 2008 13:24 |
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Ya i don't knwo shit about it so I don't want to fuck with it, if my pc dies I wont get a pc ever for many many years. damn that sucks
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| Re: Overclocking [message #358613 is a reply to message #358605] |
Sat, 15 November 2008 13:33 |
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You can always use your bios automated overclocking features stops stupid people from frying there pcs (all new motherboards have them). Overclocking is safe if you know what your doing. You need right amount of cooling and you need to know about the item your trying to over clock before you attempt anything. Overclocking can cause ware and tare on your hardware and decrease's there life time. Always after overclocking stress it to make sure its stable.
I like OCCT to test my cpu and memtest86+ for ram
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| Re: Overclocking [message #358654 is a reply to message #358605] |
Sat, 15 November 2008 22:52 |
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Those assisted or "Auto" settings aren't the best either. They give more voltage than is necessary, although I understand why it is done in order to ensure stability, but I wouldn't recommend it. Most OEM PCs can't be overclocked anyway.
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| Re: Overclocking [message #358655 is a reply to message #358605] |
Sat, 15 November 2008 23:06 |
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You have to be smart about it and know what your praticular processor can handle. Some can be over clocked more than others. I run my quad 2.4 at 3.0.
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| Re: Overclocking [message #358675 is a reply to message #358605] |
Sun, 16 November 2008 03:26 |
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I had a OC project once. Just for the fun and learning.
Celeron 2.0ghz to 3.1 Vcore to 1,95:S (AIR)
And the performance was still miserable.
P4 2.4 @ 3.2 forgot the vcore setting but I think it was default. (AIR)
Performance was better but not noticable ingame, in terms of digits yes.
The Celeron at a Vcore of 1,95v wouldnt live longer then a week at that setting.
The p4 would do just fine, might degrade life setting with 2/3 months. over the normal lifetime of a CPU 10 years?
Most people upgrade every 3 years.
Overclocking is a learning experience, and it could be actually a great hobby.
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| Re: Overclocking [message #358697 is a reply to message #358656] |
Sun, 16 November 2008 10:59 |
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| Doitle wrote on Sat, 15 November 2008 22:12 |
After learning more about how semiconductor devices work while doing undergrad in Electrical Engineering I would never overclock something. These poor engineers trying to prevent clock skew and slew rate issues and then you go and wreck their masterwork! :)
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hahaha ^5
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| Re: Overclocking [message #358711 is a reply to message #358710] |
Sun, 16 November 2008 14:00 |
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| Canadacdn wrote on Sun, 16 November 2008 12:39 |
Also, make sure you have decent cooling in your computer.
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Does a 20 inch fan blowing into it since i took the side cover off count? this cheap pc never came with a pc fan built in only a cpu one and thats it
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| Re: Overclocking [message #358727 is a reply to message #358605] |
Sun, 16 November 2008 16:43 |
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There's no point to overclocking. The risks FAR outway the benefits. It's more of a nerdy bragging rights thing. Unless you go all out your not going to get much of a performance game at all. I don't know about you guys but I don't walk around in games going, "wow this is running really smooth. Look at the blood spewing out of that guy over there having fun..."
Just play games. Who cares about these minimal performance gains? I'd rather be able to use my computer longer. When I'm playing I could care less about the image quality. That's why I still play renegade.
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| Re: Overclocking [message #358729 is a reply to message #358605] |
Sun, 16 November 2008 16:54 |
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I've overclocked my e6300 from 1.8ghz to 3.2 on stock cooling, I wouldn't call that a "minimal" performance gain.
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| Re: Overclocking [message #358732 is a reply to message #358605] |
Sun, 16 November 2008 17:15 |
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Why I wanted to see about this since I cant snipe or shoot on ren, my fps is like fucking 30 and every time I try to shoot everyone's like skipping around my screen its not like warping with lag is like my frames freeze every seconds for like half a second and I cant ever even shoot a guy standing still
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| Re: Overclocking [message #358734 is a reply to message #358729] |
Sun, 16 November 2008 17:36 |
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| JeepRubi wrote on Sun, 16 November 2008 17:54 |
I've overclocked my e6300 from 1.8ghz to 3.2 on stock cooling, I wouldn't call that a "minimal" performance gain.
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HOLY SHIT are you insane?
rawr.....
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| Re: Overclocking [message #358737 is a reply to message #358605] |
Sun, 16 November 2008 17:55 |
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That's unfortunate. I would consider the following then with your overclocking 'adventure'.
- Does motherboard and/or other peripherals even support overclocking?
- Is the risk of having a dead computer worth it? (Trust me, it could die well before you're even in a position to purchase a new one)
- Would it give you much of a performance boost? (In your case, probably not)
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| Re: Overclocking [message #358738 is a reply to message #358737] |
Sun, 16 November 2008 18:00 |
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| Dave Anderson wrote on Sun, 16 November 2008 16:55 |
That's unfortunate. I would consider the following then with your overclocking 'adventure'.
- Does motherboard and/or other peripherals even support overclocking?
- Is the risk of having a dead computer worth it? (Trust me, it could die well before you're even in a position to purchase a new one)
- Would it give you much of a performance boost? (In your case, probably not)
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After reading everything I prefer not to fuck with it also since Like I said that I have no money inc my family barely pays the bills so buying a new pc is not on the todo list
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