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ajfletcher

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I had a P4 3.0 GHz overclocked to only 3.6. It died a month later. What is your highest overclocking and was it stable?
 
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Shawn

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I had a P4 1.6 @ 2.4GHz for 2 years. Upgraded to a 3.02GHz reciently.
 
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CycloWizard

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P4 1.6 GHz --> 2.4 GHz. Stock cooling and it hasn't crashed since the day I built it about three years ago.
 
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Hossenfeffer

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I overclocked a Pentium III-450 and a Duron 600 to see what all they would do, then realized that about the last thing I need to be doing is overclocking my machine. Expensive habit with little to gain out of the whole thing.
 
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sniperruff

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Originally posted by: ajfletcher
I had a P4 3.0 GHz overclocked to only 3.6. It died a month later. What is your highest overclocking and was it stable?
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so if you can OC the chip to 5ghz on air and it'd last a week, would you do it?
 
MustangSVT

MustangSVT

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highest?

percentage wise or just speed?

celly 300 @ 450

celly 633 @ 950

XP 1600+ @ 2100+ (1.74ghz)

and now... NC 3200+ A64 @ 2.73 ghz :p
 
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SVT Cobra

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see rig below.....runbs perfectly stable no problem, i got it up to 3.2 and it posted fine but it would not run sandra or 3dmark....
 
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Viper GTS

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Had a Celeron 566 @ 952 the week the FC Celerons were released.

Haven't done a whole lot since then, nothing in that percentage range.

Viper GTS
 
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QuitBanningMe

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Originally posted by: sniperruff
Originally posted by: ajfletcher
no way dude. But if it was free, heck yes!
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yours only lasted 3 more weeks...

don't OC

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I guess mine is still going. I ran it @3.6 at 1.575V for a few months and sold it to another forum member after I got bored with PCs.
 
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cirthix

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overclocking is safe and is a good thing IF AND ONLY IF you overclock PROPERLY and know what you are doing. take it easy, raise voltages and stuff carefully, not haphazardly, keep an eye on temps at all times, if the system is unstable ,clock it down. if done right, oc'd hardware should have the same failure rate as non oc'd hardware
 
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