Guest ExtremeFusion Posted September 27, 2007 CID Share Posted September 27, 2007 guys do you know how to overclock a cpu?! i mean woudn't that damage your system? and pose system instability? i have this asrock mobo, which lets me determine the multiplier of my clock speed currently my setting is 133 x 18 which gives me 2394 or 2.4 ghz which is my actual processor speed. question is can i use another multiplier to increase my processor speed( i can change this settings in my bios) and how about vtune? does it help overclocking the cpu? Edit by RTB: All caps annoys the **** out of me. Don't do it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PeePs Posted September 27, 2007 CID Share Posted September 27, 2007 your all caps kinda scares me, but anyways. If you overclock you cpu with a good cooling system in your computer it won't damage your cpu. You just gotta make sure you keep your cpu temps down. Here is a good read for ya: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/oc-guide.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted September 27, 2007 CID Share Posted September 27, 2007 If you want to Overclock read this two part Guide by OrGaN_ShIfTeR. http://www.testmy.net/forum/index.php?topic=8185.0#new http://www.testmy.net/forum/index.php?topic=8186.0#new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted September 27, 2007 CID Share Posted September 27, 2007 honestly overclocking is not good unless you know what the FSB and voltage and etc. does. but im sure that those guides by coknuck will help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blako Posted September 27, 2007 CID Share Posted September 27, 2007 Yes you have to do your research first! What are the recommended temps for cpu and ambient for your system? What frequencies can you expect from FSB on motherboard? CPU? RAM? (example: which will limit you?) What voltages are stock, mild overclock, and heavy overclock for all your system componets? Read overclocking testimonials from other people with the same sys componets. Learn your stuff, there is a reason why overclocking voids all your warranties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted September 27, 2007 CID Share Posted September 27, 2007 there is a reason why overclocking voids all your warranties. who needs warranties, i mean seriously the only time stuff goes bad is when your 2 year warranty runs out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ExtremeFusion Posted September 27, 2007 CID Share Posted September 27, 2007 who needs warranties, i mean seriously the only time stuff goes bad is when your 2 year warranty runs out You are right starship_troopers, my mobo broke down after three years when its warranty already expired.. same for most of my gadgets... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted September 28, 2007 CID Share Posted September 28, 2007 You are right starship_troopers, my mobo broke down after three years when its warranty already expired.. same for most of my gadgets... same with my samsung monitor. i now have a 22 inch wide screen Acer lcd monitor and it hasn't had a problem yet and the warranty is already expired. but i can't say the same for my acer laptop...it just got out of warranty and the dvd drive went out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted September 28, 2007 CID Share Posted September 28, 2007 can i ask a question? i have a friend who overclocks his 1024MB ram up to 1050. isn't that a bit useless? he only boosted it by a small amount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted September 28, 2007 CID Share Posted September 28, 2007 can i ask a question? i have a friend who overclocks his 1024MB ram up to 1050. isn't that a bit useless? he only boosted it by a small amount. If it makes him/her think its faster let it be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blako Posted September 28, 2007 CID Share Posted September 28, 2007 I dont understand fr0stbound, ram up to 1050 Is that in mhz? What is his stock speed? 800Mhz to 1050Mhz? or 1066mhz to 1050mhz? I personally saw a 20% improvement going from 800Mhz to 533Mhz and tightening the memory timings. (more work per cycle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ExtremeFusion Posted September 28, 2007 CID Share Posted September 28, 2007 I guess this overclocking thingy madjiggy is difficult as it sounds.. Not only that you have to consider your cpu, you have to consider all of the devices in your system that you're overclocking.. Am I right?! Which would translate to many different variables in overclocking a system... Without also the money to backup your experimentation in case you totally messed up and fry your system... Overclocking is not an option.. hehehe Darn it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted September 28, 2007 CID Share Posted September 28, 2007 I dont understand fr0stbound, Is that in MHz? What is his stock speed? 800MHz to 1050MHz? or 1066MHz to 1050MHz? I personally saw a 20% improvement going from 800MHz to 533MHz and tightening the memory timings. (more work per cycle) he said it was his ram, so that's in MB. can't you overclock just the ram? or was he just playing with me?(gets dad's winchester) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PeePs Posted September 28, 2007 CID Share Posted September 28, 2007 he said it was his ram, so that's in MB. can't you overclock just the ram? or was he just playing with me?(gets dad's winchester) It's impossible to overclock your ram to give you more of it. You can overclock the speeds (MHz) or the timings of it, but not the amount u have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ExtremeFusion Posted September 28, 2007 CID Share Posted September 28, 2007 Yes I Do believe that.. its the timings and frequency that you can change not the amount of it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted September 28, 2007 CID Share Posted September 28, 2007 overclocking , for me if stock ain't good enought , why waste $$$$ on super cooling etc , when a new puter or upgrade is called for ? anyway 6 months down the line we are all out of date anyway ,IMHO , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTB Posted September 29, 2007 CID Share Posted September 29, 2007 overclocking , for me if stock ain't good enought , why waste $$$$ on super cooling etc , when a new puter or upgrade is called for ? anyway 6 months down the line we are all out of date anyway ,IMHO , Because the cost of a cheaper cpu + a decent cooler is + time invested in OCing is generally far less than that of a faster cpu (and you get the cheap stock cooler then). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted September 30, 2007 CID Share Posted September 30, 2007 Because the cost of a cheaper cpu + a decent cooler is + time invested in OCing is generally far less than that of a faster cpu (and you get the cheap stock cooler then). Point taken RTB , overclocking isn't for me , but I can apreciate some may wish to do so , and they no doubt derive much satifaction from it , more power to them is my view , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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