Can overclocking a CPU kill a hard drive?

[naimcohen]

My setup is:

Core 2 duo e6400 2.13ghz
Crucial 2gb ram (2x1gb) 533mhz
mobo- overclocks up to 300mhz
500w antec psu
250 GB western digital hard drive - died day after I overclocked

So I overclocked it just by changing the MHZ in the bios from 266 up to 300. i did this by goin up by 5 mnz at a time.

Get up to 300mhz and cpu is running at 2.39 GHZ

The next day I switch on my computer and long story short hard drive corrupted will not boot. I managed to save all of my files though.

So I am asking is there any way the overclock killed my hard drive?

Thanks

 

[aka1nas]

No, but it may have corrupted your data if your OC wasn't stable.

 

[duffman1]

yes it can because overclocking puts more voltage 2 the motherboard. I know first hand because the same thing has happened to me.

 

[f4phantom2500]

Doesn't the hard drive controller get overclocked or w/e if you don't lock it on some motherboards? If this is the case, then that could have been the cause.

 

[naimcohen]

ok thanks, i guess i fvked it up then.

so can you recommend me any good motherboard that will overclock well with my current ram and cpu? i dont mind buying a different cpu fan if i need to.

and also which wont corrupt my hard drive

if possible from these websites:

www.ebuyer.co.uk

www.overclockers.co.uk

or any other UK site.


thanks alot guys

 

[Avalon]

Looks like a cheapie board that didn't have PCI/Sata locks.

If you're looking for a decent overclocking board that won't cost much, the Gigabyte P965 S3 and Biostar P965PT come to mind.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Probably didn't kill the hard drive, most likely corrupted the boot sector(been there, done that). A clean window install should fix it.

 

[naimcohen]

yeah i just rma'd the drive and got a 500gb drive and the 250 as a backup drive.

any other suggestions?

and how much can i overclock to? (i think my ram would be the bottleneck as it is 533mhz)

thanks

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Yeah, I got a suggestion

Don't RMA sh1t you fvck up overclocking

Just raises the cost for those of us that take responsibility for our actions

 

[naimcohen]

it was corrupted so they fixed it and sent it back. only cost was about 10 min of the tech formating it in a computer, and i didnt know it was 100% the overclock until now.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

:thumbsup:

In my experience HDD corruption is almost always caused by clocking ram too far.

And your not going to get very far at all overclocking an E6400 with DDR533 ram. If you plan on overclocking I suggest you get faster ram or get a motherboard based on the 650i chipset which lets you run ram "unlinked" from the FSB.

And anytime your overclocking ram, up it a little then run memtest, then up it some more and run memtest again. Memtest will show errors in ram long before you get to the point of crashing your system and corrupting the HDD

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: naimcohen
ok thanks, i guess i fvked it up then.

so can you recommend me any good motherboard that will overclock well with my current ram and cpu? i dont mind buying a different cpu fan if i need to.

and also which wont corrupt my hard drive

if possible from these websites:

www.ebuyer.co.uk

www.overclockers.co.uk

or any other UK site.


thanks alot guys

As you are from the UK, I'll step in here:

Ebuyer and Overclockers are tool bags of the highest order. I have had an order doubled from ebuyer after waiting 3 weeks for it (score, sort of) and a Hard Disk from Overclockers that was flapping arounf in the box, which was way too big, and SMART errored instantly. Later I found a huge ding in one corner that rippled the frame...

I just bought a stack of kit from Dabs and there service, delivery and prices are top notch. OK they are a couple of quid more than etwat, but you get what you pay for. Overclockers are NOT good on price IMHO.

Try Aria.co.uk. The top AT lurker, async, has bought a ton of crap from there and says they are good.

So, Aria.co.uk or Dabs.co.uk. Have fun!

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[naimcohen]

thanks for that, i do buy from them aswell, dont knwo why i didnt put them in the list.

so can anyone else reccomend me a good motherboard to overclock on?

thanks