Do you push your rig harder as it gets older?

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: aplefka
Nope, because if you OC then you lose some resell value.

Where on earth did you get that?
You lose value because things improve so fast. Heck, I've lost sales on video cards because I didn't overclock them.

 

[ErmanC]

Originally posted by: Spikesoldier
balls to the wall on the first day

...and ever since.

<--- Looks around to make sure no one's gonna laugh. Still running a 1.3 tbird and TI4200 on an AK31 mobo and milking it for all it's worth.

With all the poverty and hunger in the world it's hard for me to justify dropping $750 on a new rig when I can just as easily cuss at the one I have for being too slow.

 

[Sukhoi]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Did you test with Prime95? That's a huge overclock and I'd bet you're getting errors.

Me? It's perfectly stable.

 

[destined]

my computer was free.. it is 866 mhz. there are no fans in it. i think it'll blow... maybe i should buy a new computer

 

[Albis]

i push my PC as it reaches it's age. i'm running my mobile 2400 at 2.3 ghz now and helps in games

 

[BMdoobieW]

I pushed my 2100+ "balls to the wall" (2300 MHz) when I first got it, but after a while it started having problems so now it is at 2100 MHz.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: Sukhoi

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Did you test with Prime95? That's a huge overclock and I'd bet you're getting errors.

Me? It's perfectly stable.

"Perfectly stable" doesn't mean your CPU isn't returning erroneous calculations.

Edit: Not you. The OP.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: Sukhoi

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Did you test with Prime95? That's a huge overclock and I'd bet you're getting errors.

Me? It's perfectly stable.

"Perfectly stable" doesn't mean your CPU isn't returning erroneous calculations.

Edit: Not you. The OP.

Some people don't care much about Prime95 and the like, as long as the computer is stable for everything they do (myself included). I have my 1700+ (1466MHz) at 2400MHz and have had it at that speed for almost two years now. It works for me.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: Sukhoi

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Did you test with Prime95? That's a huge overclock and I'd bet you're getting errors.

Me? It's perfectly stable.

"Perfectly stable" doesn't mean your CPU isn't returning erroneous calculations.

Edit: Not you. The OP.

Some people don't care much about Prime95 and the like, as long as the computer is stable for everything they do (myself included). I have my 1700+ (1466MHz) at 2400MHz and have had it at that speed for almost two years now. It works for me.

lol thats my view

i am prime stable at 2.1ghz but haven't bothered testing it at 2.2

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Originally posted by: clamum:|

I have a 1.83 GHz Athlon and it's not that stable much over 2 GHz and I have non-stock cooling. I might get a new processor and motherboard later this year though cause I think I'll be needing it for the newer games coming out.

My barton pukes at anything above 2GHz too

 

[Sukhoi]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: Sukhoi

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Did you test with Prime95? That's a huge overclock and I'd bet you're getting errors.

Me? It's perfectly stable.

"Perfectly stable" doesn't mean your CPU isn't returning erroneous calculations.

Edit: Not you. The OP.

I'll admit I haven't run Prime95 recently. But I ran it when I was finding out how far I could overclock when I was doing it 3 years ago, and Prime95 ran perfect at 2.0 GHz.

 

[amol]

Winchester 3000+ at 1.93GHz on stock cooler

Thinking about an XP-120

 

[Conky]

My P4 3.06 overclocks nicely without a voltage bump to 3.45 although lately I've been running stock because my heatsink/fan looks like it ate a cat again. As soon as I get a chance to clean it out I will bring it back up to 3.45.

Here's a pic of the heatsink before when it got all nasty... believe it or not it's even worse now, hehe. Text

:beer:

 

[Actaeon]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Did you test with Prime95? That's a huge overclock and I'd bet you're getting errors.

Older Athlon 1700+ T-Bred Bs were factory clocked at 1.47ghz, and some of those guys hit 2.4ghz pretty easily.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: Actaeon

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Did you test with Prime95? That's a huge overclock and I'd bet you're getting errors.

Older Athlon 1700+ T-Bred Bs were factory clocked at 1.47ghz, and some of those guys hit 2.4ghz pretty easily.

Like mine.

Best. Overclocker. EVER. :thumbsup:

 

[BillyBatson]

well if you use your computer regularly and do more than just surf the net such as graphics, video, games, you are naturally going to push it more since games and programs get more advanced but your comp stays the same
now if you upgrade it isn't pushing as much cuz your hardware keeps catching up aswell if at least just by a small % margin