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Thread ID: 41911 2004-01-26 08:58:00 should i overclock my pc Hiren (3722) Press F1
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210123 2004-01-27 09:19:00 No one has yet answered the question "why not just get a faster cpu?"

By the time a fortune has been spent on sophisticated coolers, extra fans etc etc, you could have a faster cpu, I just do not understand the logic behind it.
Terry Porritt (14)
210124 2004-01-27 10:07:00 Because thats far too easy Terry. ;-) Fire-and-Ice (3910)
210125 2004-01-27 10:51:00 >what ever you do though, don't mess with the voltages, that'll really fry things...

really does that mean my amd xp2000+ @ 1.71 volts is in danger?

i upped it from 1.6 or 1.625
hamstar (4)
210126 2004-01-27 18:37:00 a 10% increase is generally safe for overclocking but dont over do it especially in summer when its hot enough so you dont need to warm up the room lol kiwibeat (304)
210127 2004-01-27 20:35:00 Heh yea wheres the fun in buying a new cpu?? Have some fun and fiddle round with overclocking it, you learn a GREAT deal in the process.

I for example put pencil lines to jojn the L1 bridges on my T-bird cpu to unlock the multiplier on it. In the process I learned how to remove and install a cpu and heatsink properly and apply thermal paste correctly.

Unfortunately my motherboard was so bad it wouldn't let me increase the multiplier on the chip, ah well, all good fun :)
PoWa (203)
210128 2004-01-27 20:58:00 >No one has yet answered the question "why not just get a faster cpu?"

Because of the price ... I'm running my P4 2.6C at 3.52 ... the cost of a 2.6C is around 3 hundred dollar mark, now the highest P4 you can get now is 3.4 with a price tag of over $1200 ...

Another reason is, an overclocked PC is faster than the non overclocked PC with the same speed
SKT174 (1319)
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