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[freaking_out]

overclocking your cpu:

why do it , how to do it and what are the risks associated with it?(and anything else that u can add).

 

[Frigid]

Overclocking
Why
- Noone can afford the top of the line CPU. So people just buy a mid-range CPU and jack it up.
- Noone minds free speed.
- Everyone hates greedy capitalist pigs Intel.
How (very briefly)
- Buy CPUs which you know (by reading articles on the net) are capable of high overclocks (such as Pentium4Cs)
- Use your BIOS and jack up your FSB/V-Core/Multiplier etc.
- Improve your cooling - add more fans, water-block etc.
- Keep jacking up speed until you reach CPU ceiling (the point where your CPU crashes while benchmarking).
- Jack it back down a notch until stable while benchmarking. There is your overclocked CPU.
Risks
- Frying any combination of CPU/RAM/Motherboard etc.
- Shortening the life of your hardware (but not by much), because people usually upgrade within 2-3 years anyway.

 

[Beaky]

AND voiding your warrenty

 

[Jesus]

p4s arnt good for overlocking

AMDs are, especially Durons

 

[Huy]

the NEW P4C's are,
the ones with 800FSB's, northwood .13u, hyperthreading (HT)

best bang for your buck?
go for the 2.4C (like me )

O/Ced the baby to 3.3GHz (+1.1 isn't bad!)
compared to the prices of current 3.06 and 3.2GHz P4's.

sorry to say, but the P4C's are killing AMDs in terms of "overclockability" nowadays

Pentium 4 2.40GHz CPU - S478, 512kb, 800MHz, HT $311.50

compared to/with:

Pentium 4 3.20GHz CPU - S478, 512kb, 800MHz, HT $1171.00

now that's value for money!
(air cooled, only added a new hsf to it but the stock hsf would have been suffice... and a new case, this box runs as cold as ice!)