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Does overclocking work better in certain operating systems?

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WhoDeeny

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I'm running Win98SE on a ABIT KR7A-Raid with an AMD T-Bird (1.4G) and 512M of CAS 2.5 PC2100 (Crucial). My system seems pretty stable up to 1.47G (anything over that and it won't boot, or will restart), yet so far 3DMark and UT both crash haflway through were as prior to this they were working fine. This being a decent set up I have to think its the OS that's for some reason having problems, so I: Do certain OS's operate better in overclocking?
 
Are you using any kind of cooling for the CPU besides/beyond the retail Heatsink? If not, you may just need to work on getting the heat out before you can OC much (with any OS)
 
All I have is a Volcano 5, I know I should up grade but I havne' been able to decide on which one to go with.
 
yeah, there are about a zillion to choose from... I'm using an Alpha PAL8045 and like it a lot. (KG7-Raid mobo) The screw mounting worried me because I had not done it before, but if you follow the directions, it is very simple and I love it now (not so worried about giggling my system when I move it.. fall over it... ect. 😀 )

edit: note that any HSF with a 7Krpm fan makes a "tone" that will drive you up a tree unless you have the patience of a lamb (or are deaf). That is what
prompted me to get the alpha... 80mm fan is not too loud
 
well, it isn't the heatsink that is loud (it is just a hunk of metal) YOU get to decide the cooling vs. loudness equation because you pick the fan (purchased seperately)

the nice thing is that this Heatsink is so effective, that even a panaflow L1a (which is VERY quiet will keep you pretty cool) It takes quite a fan (like a Delta) at 80mm to get very noisy. for the most part, you don't really need that much fan unless you are shooting for extremes.

I compromised between the two (noise:cooling) extremes with a Sunon 40cfm and am very happy with my temps. and noise levels.

Another factor (obviously) is how well your case is ventilated. I have Antec cases so they stay aired out very nicely and make the job of the HSF just that much easier
 
i may be the exception but i don't think winxp o/c very well
for example, with winme i had my fsb @ 115 (kt133 non A) but after installing xp it kept crashing till i pulled it down to 107mhz
 
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