I have an i7 920 D0 and got it stable today at 3.8 ghz. I could push it higher but I want to keep the volts at 1.225 where it's at now for temperature reasons. Anyone else overclock their computers?
I tried overclocking my gpu once but I messed up somehow and my monitor became a checkerboard of flashing lights before my computer shut itself down. I have never tried overclocking again since.
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I tried overclocking my gpu once but I messed up somehow and my monitor became a checkerboard of flashing lights before my computer shut itself down. I have never tried overclocking again since.
I tried overclocking my gpu once but I messed up somehow and my monitor became a checkerboard of flashing lights before my computer shut itself down. I have never tried overclocking again since.
Do it in small steps.
I think my problem is that instead of only overclocking my clock( which overclocked fine) I jacked up my available GPU memory. I was a rookie :sad.gif: Nonetheless, it was quite an experience.
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I don't OC my Q6600 (never felt the need). My HD4850 is overclocked though. Core clock is at 700, while memory clock is stock because for some strange reason, overclocking it even in the slightest causes instant artifacting and crash.
Ah, the Q6600 is rather nice for over-clocking even if it is a bit outdated. It can pretty much still run any games which is nice. I didn't think I'd see a difference between 3.0 ghz (where I originally overclocked my i7) and 3.8 but I definitely notice a big difference. Windows starts a lot faster and I get a lot more frames in minecraft and source engine games.
It just depends what you do. Since I do audio production sometimes having those 8 threads is rather useful. For modern commercial games though, a dual core is pretty much required for good frames, and a quad is useful since I play BFBC2 which isn't really well optimized for dual/single core.
Oddly enough OP I overclocked my Phenom II X2 to 3.8GHz, but then I decided 3.4GHz with 4 cores enabled is a better deal. So far so good, it's stable with any benchmark I have thrown at it, including Prime95 (24 hours with no crashes)
It's a tad bit on the hot side though, topping out at 68c under load.
I could overclock it higher if I had a better heatsink.
My 2 cents: Don't overclock unless your computer really, really needs to speed. OC will wear out your processor faster than normal (the amount of wear being directly proportional to the speed to which it's overclocked), and in most cases it's not even necessary.
So no, I don't overclock mine, although OC in general is a very handy function if needed.
Do not wallow do not stall
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It may fly or even vanish
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Do it in small steps.
I think my problem is that instead of only overclocking my clock( which overclocked fine) I jacked up my available GPU memory. I was a rookie :sad.gif: Nonetheless, it was quite an experience.
Do not wallow do not stall
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It's a tad bit on the hot side though, topping out at 68c under load.
I could overclock it higher if I had a better heatsink.
So no, I don't overclock mine, although OC in general is a very handy function if needed.