OverClocking - PROS|CONS

DEeRaY · Post by **DEeRaY** » 30 Aug 2005, 10:30

Seeing as most of us are into overcloking our pcs i would just like to know what the benifits and the pitfalls are

Yes you get a performace increase anywere from 5% to 35% increase in speed, But what are the main cons about this

CPU life shortend, but what does this, the added voltage the increase in heat ?
What are the effects of long term overclocking, does this dammage your chip even more

id just like to find out the facts so i can wiegh the pros and cons up

Thanks

g3ck0 · Post by **g3ck0** » 30 Aug 2005, 11:34

hmmm,

Pro's
bragging rights e.g. e-penis =)
Respect

Cons
Its a very expensive hobby
Component life shortened (in the longterm)
and there's ALWAYS the possibility of hardware failure

Basipooh · Post by **Basipooh** » 30 Aug 2005, 13:38

pros:

my frame rates took a huge increase when i oced to 3.6Ghz
extras bandwidth from ocing the bus from 800 to 920
pc alot more responsive.
major ocing possilble on stock HSF

cons:
shortened lifespan. ie (10 years becomes 5 years)
i upgrade my pc every 2 years anyway so this is not an issue for me

DEeRaY · Post by **DEeRaY** » 30 Aug 2005, 15:15

Ok but what i wanna know is what kills the hardware off
Is it running the chip @ higher voltages or the heat

Cause im looking into investing in watercooling...
So if the chip stays constantly cool does that mean your not killing it?

Jasonhk · Post by **Jasonhk** » 30 Aug 2005, 16:19

Well the temperature is the first cause:

http://www.overclockers.com/tips30/

I am running my 3700+ 2.2 Stock @ 2.6Ghz with stock volts so that is hardly damaging my CPU at all cause it idle's @ 26 and Prime95 loads @ 37c after 12hours prime. That is all on stock volts 1.4..

On your 3200+ you can get a great overclock fairly easily. What core is it though? Winchester? etc...

Also what watercooling kit you looking @

DEeRaY · Post by **DEeRaY** » 30 Aug 2005, 18:37

Yup its the winchester ...

There is a gigabyte watercooling system, checked it at rectron so im not too sure how much it costs yet .. but any suggestion would be cool

especially non bulky ones. I wanne bealbe to carry it around with me

Hey and i would love it if the pro can tell me what my CPU can hit and how
BTW: current cooling is GIGABYTE Rocket 3D HSF
THANKS!

Jasonhk · Post by **Jasonhk** » 30 Aug 2005, 18:55

Hmm a winnie would need a bit of volts to clock to try 1.5v's 2400Mhz 240*10 with ram on devider or whatever is needed

If that works lower votls higher them etc.

Stay below 1.55v's though i would stay under 1.5v's though for 24/7 but you can test for a short while @ 1.55's or so wont harm it at all.

Also watch temp with Prime95 Running id keep it under 50c load. To be safe 45c load

DEeRaY · Post by **DEeRaY** » 30 Aug 2005, 19:26

the highest is get with 1.5 is 2300Mhz wiht the multipliers on 230*10 and then even after 20 mins my machine reboots...

What do you think?

BTW:In speedfan it tells me my vcore is 1.47 even though i set it to 1.5 in my bios ... is that right?