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Re: Overclocking
Created 24th December 2010 @ 22:23
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I was wondering whether there was any point in overclocking my I5 duo 3.2GHz thing. I ahd some questions:
Is overclocking easy?
Is it time consuming?
Does it have any noticable benefit?
Do the benefits justify the time, if any, required?
Will it have any negative impact on my processor? (Don’t really care about it getting a tiny bit hotter, it’s mostly sound I care about)
kthxinadvancebai
EDIT: alos, it’s an Intel Core i5 processor 650. And idk the motherboard I have.
Last edited by Wabbeh,
As a general rule of thumb, if you need to ask about overclocking, then you probably shouldn’t bother.
and nah, with a 3.2GHz you’d hardly notice any difference anyway.
What skyride says, if you can’t find out by yourself how to overclock a cpu, dont bother.
Quoted from Skyride
As a general rule of thumb, if you need to ask about overclocking, then you probably shouldn’t bother.
lol, thats such a retarded argument
wonder why there is 50k threads about it on every oc forum… hmmm :/
but first thing u need to ask to yourself: do you feel like you even need OC? in general, only reason to oc is to get more fps, so do u even play a game where ur fps is under ur requirement?
Last edited by AnimaL,
lmgtfy “how to overclock on i5 650 on >motherboard name<"
Quoted from AnimaL
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lol, thats such a retarded argument
wonder why there is 50k threads about it on every oc forum… hmmm :/
but first thing u need to ask to yourself: do you feel like you even need OC? in general, only reason to oc is to get more fps, so do u even play a game where ur fps is under ur requirement?
Well not really. My point is that he literally doesn’t even know what difference overclocking will make. He’s just vaguely heard of it somewhere and was politely asking if it was worth doing, to which I’ve politely replied “nah, not really”. Fiddling with highly sensitive electronics worth hundreds of pounds/euros when you don’t have any clue what you’re doing isn’t a very good idea.
There is a lot of ways to learn things that don’t involve asking on a forum.
Last edited by Skyride,
Get a cheap/old mobo/cpu and play around. Trial and error is the way of the overclocker.
Quoted from Spike Himself
Get a cheap/old mobo/cpu and play around. Trial and error is the way of the overclocker.
haha, another sick ass recomendation…
what about read how much voltage and temp ur cpu and mobo can handle and simply not exceed them? then its 99.9% safe nothing will fry
Quoted from AnimaL
[…]haha, another sick ass recomendation…
what about read how much voltage and temp ur cpu and mobo can handle and simply not exceed them? then its 99.9% safe nothing will fry
Because you’re already exceeding what its designed to do. Its not that simple, I know you think you know how it works because you read up about new PC parts, but you really have no idea. The only reason I even understand it is because I have a fairly basic knowledge of EE.
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Quoted from AnimaL
what about read how much voltage and temp ur cpu and mobo can handle and simply not exceed them? then its 99.9% safe nothing will fry
i’m guessing you’ve not done EE…
Quoted from AnimaL
[…]haha, another sick ass recomendation…
what about read how much voltage and temp ur cpu and mobo can handle and simply not exceed them? then its 99.9% safe nothing will fry
[17:37] <AnimaL__> brb trying to cook my q6600 @ 1.55V
[17:37] <+SpikeAtWork> make me some eggs on that AnimaL__ ? :D
[17:37] <AnimaL__> well its not hot
[17:37] <AnimaL__> just too much electricity
[17:37] <AnimaL__> teh max should be 1.5V
[17:38] <+SpikeAtWork> pretty sure thats exactly what causes the heat o.O
[17:38] <AnimaL__> no
[17:38] <AnimaL__> heat is caused by shit cooling
Last edited by Spike Himself,
ur point?
i know very well what im doing to my pc, wanted to see if overvoltage(not rly, cuz at 1.53 i had idle 1.48, load 1.42) would make impact on how much i can clock it since im stuck at 3.4ghz and seems its just my cpu thats at its max capability…
the q6600 can do up to 1.5V safe, and some geeks done even 1.7V with it… id never go so high since i dont actually want to cook it plus now i know that my cpu already is at its highest possible clock -3.4ghz @ 1.49V @ 18hrs prime95 stable, max temp 63C… gg
Last edited by AnimaL,
You’re missing the point. Every CPU is slightly different, the stock values are just known safe values assuming it was produced within the specified tolerances. However in practice pretty much all of them will be slightly better than the tolerances, so they are capable of handling higher clock speeds and energy’s.
Quoted from Spike Himself
[17:37] <AnimaL__> well its not hot
[17:37] <AnimaL__> just too much electricity
[17:37] <AnimaL__> teh max should be 1.5V
[17:38] <+SpikeAtWork> pretty sure thats exactly what causes the heat o.O
[17:38] <AnimaL__> no
[17:38] <AnimaL__> heat is caused by shit cooling
So where do you think the heat comes from? Does it just magically appear if you don’t have a fan on it?
Quoted from Spike Himself
[17:38] <AnimaL__> heat is caused by shit cooling
A cooling fan is not meant to cool – it’s meant to stop it warming up in the first place!
oh lawd
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