Overclocking

[Anonymous]

Do any of you overclock your
processors?

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[Anonymous]

I have in the past. I overclocked my Pentium D 2.8 ghz to a 3.2 awhile back. It's really a rather strange hobby. A lot is involved to get very little performance increase. One must have very good air cooling or water cooling. I had to reapply the thermal paste and put a Zalman heat sink just to get a .5 ghz increase. Play around with upping your fsb alittle bit at a time, if your computer overheats it will shut itself off. Get it to a stable temperature and test for stability. Core2Duo's are supposed to be great for overclocking because you can change the multiplier and they run at a lower temperature.

[Anonymous]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/5-ghz-project,731.html This article is about the 5 ghz P4 computer. Basically they used liquid nitrogen to cool an overclocked 5 ghz processor to -190 C. Some people take overclocking to the extreme.

[jones14]

With the low cost of CPUs these days it doesn't make much sense for me. You'd probably end up spending more on upgrading other hardware (PSU, memory) to make an overclocked processor run stable than if you just bought the next fastest CPU available.

[jones14]

With the low cost of CPUs these days it doesn't make much sense for me. You'd probably end up spending more on upgrading other hardware (PSU, memory) to make an overclocked processor run stable than if you just bought the next fastest CPU available.

[Anonymous]

Tell that to people that overclock 2.2 ghz c2duos to 3.0+. You can save a ton of money on processors by buying the lower model and overclocking. Its a lot of fun to do.

[Anonymous]

I was bringing it up because many of the new MB's
come with 'EZ' buttons/apps to overclock. I have seen a good performance boost
with my past experiences & have not revisited it until now.

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"John Mayo" <John(AT)ConklinAssociates.com> wrote in message
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Do any of you overclock your
processors?

--
John Mayo, PE

Coming Soon To a PC Near Me

Civil 3D 2010, Raster Design 2010, LDT 2009 SP2.1
Core i7 920
6 GB
DDR3 Triple Ch 1600
Nvidea Quadro FX1700 w/ 512MB
Ram

[jones14]

Sure its fun to tinker, but the 'ton' of money you save on the CPU is spent on the other higher quality components required to make an overclocked processor a stable one.

[Anonymous]

The Core i7 has Overspeed Protection & the
chance of frying it appears small once you get it stable & keep it
cool.

I am still reading up on this but it's reported
that a Core i7 920 (2.66GHz) can easily reach 3.8GHz-4GHz & be very stable.
It has been clocked over  5GHz.

I'm still debating. I would not push the
limits and it won't be part of any mass roll out but it does seem
appealing for a process hungry app.

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John Mayo, PE

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Core i7 920
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DDR3 Triple Ch 1600
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Sure
its fun to tinker, but the 'ton' of money you save on the CPU is spent on the
other higher quality components required to make an overclocked processor a
stable one.

[Anonymous]

For anyone interested.

"Intel has a slight "gift" with Core i7 processors
in the form of "Turbo-mode", a new feature for the Core i7 lineup. When this
feature is enabled (which can be toggled in the BIOS or through
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face=Arial size=2>), the processor can automatically detect when the processor's
thermals are within specifications and can bump up the multiplier by one notch
for additional performance. In the case of the Core i7 920, enabling Turbo mode
boosts your stock clock speed from 2.66 GHz to 2.8 GHz."

href="http://hothardware.com/Articles/Overclocking-Intels-Core-i7-920-Processor/?page=2">http://hot...

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John Mayo, PE

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Civil 3D 2010, Raster Design 2010, LDT 2009 SP2.1
Core i7 920
6 GB
DDR3 Triple Ch 1600
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"John Mayo" <John(AT)ConklinAssociates.com> wrote in message
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Do any of you overclock your
processors?

--
John Mayo, PE

Coming Soon To a PC Near Me

Civil 3D 2010, Raster Design 2010, LDT 2009 SP2.1
Core i7 920
6 GB
DDR3 Triple Ch 1600
Nvidea Quadro FX1700 w/ 512MB
Ram