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Thread ID: 65034 2006-01-05 06:26:00 Overclocking The_End_Of_Reality (334) Press F1
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418410 2006-01-06 08:20:00 I heard that to really overclock, you don't need to cool the computer you just air condition the entire room. I read about some guy who had his computer room at about 5 degrees celsius. BLoody cold working he reckoned but the overclocked computer ran like a dream. MACIAN (6176)
418411 2006-01-06 18:09:00 I have never been a fan of overclocking. I believe in buying the power I need in the first place.
However one day,with nothing better to do, I overclocked by 10% to try it out. It did exactly nothing for me.
Everest recognised the overclock and told me it was working faster. The average temperature rose by about 2 degrees. But nothing seemed to work any faster.
In other words I had a faster computer than I needed.
One very hot afternoon my comp. came to a sudden halt. Up pops a message. "overclocking problem. Resetting to standard" Or words to that effect.
Then we carried on as normal.
The problem ,as I soon found out, was that ALL my cmos settings had reverted to dfault. So I filled in an hour re- setting again. Without the overclock.
Once again no noticeable speed difference.
So, for me at least, overclocking was completely meaningless.
JJJJJ (528)
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