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- inactive, on 09/29/2008, -0/+103I overclocked my microwave the other day. That bitch cooks a turkey in 12 seconds flat now!
- rootnik, on 09/29/2008, -0/+44"it's too easy today with idiot-proof motherboards BIOS and cpus"
remember how easy it was when all you had to do was raise the multiplier? - ThePowerDigger, on 09/29/2008, -1/+32Is it really skill? I think that it's more luck. The luck to pick up a better chip than someone else, that will overclock better. Anyone can change settings in the BIOS with a minimum of experience and knowledge.
- prunch, on 09/29/2008, -0/+24I actually overclocked your mother ...
Buts that's a whole other conversation - inactive, on 09/29/2008, -1/+24Skill? Not really. Im sure the more CPU's that you OC will give you the experience so you'll stop frying them, but really its all about calculations.
- leerayIG88, on 09/29/2008, -1/+21I wish I could overclock my cell phone to get a better reception.
- gaqua, on 09/30/2008, -0/+19Overclocking has become a mainstream thing now for DIY builders. It's almost part of the gig. Nobody buys a $1000 processor, everybody buys the $200-300 processor and overclocks it a bit. Even a 20% overclock is fairly standard these days, and with the kickass aircooling we have (thank you heatpipes) for $50, it's really quite easy.
It's amazing to those of us who got started back under 200 MHz with the Pentiums and K5/K6 processors, or the older guys that tried to get a 100 MHz 486DX66 by screwing around with jumpers and soldering wires to their board....that today, overclocking is pretty much expected by the manufacturer. Overclocking a Celeron 300A to 450 on an Abit BH6 was the first step in making overclocking easy, and that was just setting the FSB from 66 to 100. Now we've got clock latency adjustments, northbridge voltage, enhanced C1 states, $15 tubes of silver heatsink paste, and a bible's worth of features that aren't even documented. "TurboMem Status!" - Enable/Disable. (Enables or Disables TurboMem Status)
Thank you BIOS programmers for your in-depth description of features. - starskii, on 09/29/2008, -0/+181.5 GHz overclock? Wow, that's nothing short of amazing. Who needs a turbo button when you have that?
- Kymaera, on 09/30/2008, -0/+18A technology article on digg? What is this heresy?
- inactive, on 09/30/2008, -0/+15I'm not sure what that was.
- BeShirtHappy, on 09/29/2008, -0/+13I did read this as overcooking at first. I can't say that I've ever overclocked before. :)
- webborocks, on 09/29/2008, -0/+12I just bought a E7200, not had a chance to oc it yet but apparently you can get a 50% oc out of it, doubt ill get to that but im certainly not complaining about how easy it is these days.
- inactive, on 09/30/2008, -2/+14Mine too. It's because we have macs. And macs suck.
- inactive, on 09/29/2008, -1/+11So far, I've killed a power supply and a sound card, not because of overclocking, but due to water-cooling and some leaking issues, if you know what I mean...
If not, let me "explain": *droplet of water falls onto the hardware* *sparks and smoke come off the hardware* *computer doesn't work anymore*.
Be careful with water-cooling LOL - Wartz, on 09/30/2008, -0/+9I am a computer idiot and I overclocked my system (E6300) by 1440mhz.
I'ts just that the Core 2 CPUs are ridiculously easy to overclock. - inactive, on 09/30/2008, -0/+9The sound of overclocking: VVVVVVVRRREEEEEOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEWWWWWMMMMMMJJJJJJZZZZANNNNNNGZZZzzzzzz
- Cancerkitty, on 09/29/2008, -0/+8I've never overclocked either. I've always been to worried about damaging hardware.
- AmyVernon, on 09/29/2008, -0/+8As much as I don't think that just ANYone can do some overclocking, I'm sure that with assistance and help from experienced users, most anyone with basic skills could get some decent results.
- nrox653, on 09/29/2008, -0/+8Just dip the entire thing in liquid nitrogen and crank it up.
- arjie, on 09/30/2008, -0/+8The question is, of course, whether it can make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.
- Kumaku, on 09/30/2008, -0/+8I remember when all you needed was a pencil and a little luck.
- thatspsychotic, on 09/30/2008, -0/+8Right. Now all you have to do is raise the FSB clock instead of the multiplier, nothing more, to get a +800MHz overclock on a Wolfdale chip.
It's come a long way from messing with jumper settings for multiplier and FSB on a Socket 7 mobo. - xieodeluxed, on 09/30/2008, -0/+8Mine goes up to 11.
- charlieville, on 09/29/2008, -0/+7My doctor says I overclock too many times a week
- MacBookForMe, on 09/29/2008, -0/+7I did damage a few times, but one needs to obtain experience in some way, even quite expensive:)
- inactive, on 09/30/2008, -2/+9I am in both. Macs suck. What?
- harrison5394, on 09/30/2008, -1/+7HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!1!
- mgrest, on 09/30/2008, -0/+6I did my first overclock in around 1997; I took my Pentium 70 up to a Pentium 90.
You may laugh at just a 20mhz overclock, but the performance difference in Windows 95 was great.
Kids these days... - inactive, on 09/30/2008, -0/+6Here, have a McCain lolcat.... followed by a crappy cartoon
- AmazingSteve, on 09/30/2008, -1/+7Never had to do any soldering, but I did overclock the ***** out of a 486DX2-66 to get the much vaunted 100MHz. I still remember my friends coming over to marvel at the sheer number crunching, awesomeness of it all. That bad boy had a whopping 16meg of ram, making it a VERY expensive toy at the time. If i remember right, RAM was in around $40-$50 a megabyte then. I'm guessing 1990ish.
- Digglet69, on 09/30/2008, -2/+8My BIOS is locked :(
- nmezib, on 09/30/2008, -0/+5well, rule of thumb, ONLY overclock when you have enough money to buy a new CPU AND motherboard. Or if you have a spare lying around somewhere.
Core2Duos (extremely easy to overclock IMO... literally a slider, or number entry in BIOS) are getting real cheap now. If you haven't overclocked and want to get into it, I recommend starting with those and toying in very very small increments.
OCing is fun, but not really worth it for me. Halving the life expectancy of a component for 10 extra frames per second? really? - blindmelon1, on 09/30/2008, -0/+5The ultimate overclocking processor back in the day was the Intel Celeron 300A!
- inactive, on 09/30/2008, -0/+5Fact check, bitch:
- NT is posix compliant.
- The OS X GUI structure is slower than XP's.
You just got owned. It must be so embarrassing. - inactive, on 09/30/2008, -0/+5It's fast enough for you old man....what's the cargo?
- nmezib, on 09/30/2008, -0/+5Here's the mineral oil computer: from Puget systems
http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php
it's not practical (6 gallons of mineral oil!) but it looks ***** sweet. I'm actually thinking of building one sometime in 2009... - ZER0JACK, on 09/30/2008, -0/+5I overclocked my clock, but it disappeared :(
- ChappyChaps11, on 09/30/2008, -0/+5That's why you test it before you put it in ;) lesson learned I guess.
- zyce, on 09/30/2008, -1/+6Old news... the conroes hit 4ghz 18 months ago, the wolfsdale should be doing even better if anything.
- AtheismFTW, on 09/30/2008, -0/+5That was ***** ridiculous. You sound like SmarterChild beta.
- AdmiralAcbar, on 09/30/2008, -0/+4You can do it, but get speedfan going first. You dont want to fry that thing.
- scabbers, on 09/30/2008, -1/+5LOL at Jr telling me about the "old days" of dual core Prescotts.
LOL 2 at watermarking CPU-Z screenshots. - legalchaos, on 09/30/2008, -0/+4You don't need much luck with a 12.5x multiplier
- DeadlyTedly, on 09/30/2008, -0/+4Pentium 120 to a 133 here It ran Mega Team Fort like a bitch through my 14.4 USR sportster.
- Llanowar, on 09/30/2008, -0/+4Have yet to overclock myself too.
I haven't got a lot of money, so I'm careful with my hardware. I can't easily go out and buy new stuff if it goes wrong. - johndi, on 09/30/2008, -0/+4It's not a practical thing to do by any means, but it won't kill your computer if you do it right.
http://www.custompc.co.uk/features/604773/video-6g ... - proliance, on 09/30/2008, -0/+4I overclocked my clock. And yes, I posted this tomorrow.
- Kymaera, on 09/30/2008, -1/+4Did you walk uphill both ways too?
- inactive, on 09/30/2008, -1/+4Macs suck.
- AzureRise, on 09/30/2008, -1/+4Anyone ever overclocked a processor on a laptop? This intel core 2 duo 1.5 GHz sucks.
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