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POLL: Do you overclock for DC projects?

deerslayer

deerslayer

Lifer
How many of you overclock for DC projects? I just flashed my other K7S5A so I could overclock my Tbird and get faster WU times in SETI! :Q

I know there are other reasons for overclocking, but is that part of the reason some of you overclock?

My Overclocks:

1600+ @ 1753mhz
1600+ @ 1553mhz
1ghz Tbird @ 1133mhz
600mhz Duron @ 979mhz
 
Current overclocks:

1800+ @ 1686MHz on K7S5A
P4 2.4B @ 2.88GHz on P4PE
Duron 850@850 on PC Chips 810 (no O/C options 🙁)



Previous overclocks:

Duron 700 @ 935 on KT7
Athlon 1.0 @ 1430 on KT7
Athlon 1.0 : 1467 on K7S5A
Dual Celeron 366 @ 500 on BP6



Confused
 
no overclocking on my XP's but yes on my P3's

P3 700e
139 FSB x 7 = 973 mhz 256 megs SDRAM running 2-2-2 & 5/7
Does average seti WU (.417 AR) in 6:23
Does high AR seti WU in 5:27


P3 1000e
115mhz FSB x 10 = 1150 mhz
256 megs SDRAM @ 152 mhz Memory Bus running 2-2-2
Does average seti WU (.417 AR) in 6:04
Does high AR seti WU in 5:10

AMD XP 2400+
Stock Speed all around (2 Ghz cpu)
512 megs PC2100 DDR running fastest timings @ 266 mhz
Does average seti WU (.417 AR) in 3:08
Does high AR seti WU in 2:46

AMD XP 1800+
Stock Speed all around (1.53 Ghz cpu)
256 megs PC2100 DDR running fastest timings @ 266 mhz
Does average seti WU (.417 AR) in 3:48
Does high AR seti WU in 3:20
 
OC? YEP.

DC really doesn't enter into the decision. I want my machines running as fast as I can get them to go with 100% stability.

DC is usually the fast/easiest way to test new settings because they use lots of CPU and RAM which means instabilities will show

more quickly.

Currently, 2 AXP 2000+ here. One @ 1775 and the other @ 1763. (It was DC that showed me the one machine was an 'eek' too fast, knocked FSB down 1M and back to 100% stable)
 
Yea, who doesn't? 😉

Duron 800MHz @ 912MHz. Would overclock the Celeron 500MHz but the motherboard is not willing. :disgust:
 
Why overclock if it's not going to do something productive? 🙂 All my systems are overclock just to get more work out of them.

Right on Insidious!
 
I have a number of Celly2's and PIII's and they are all OC'd but one. I specifily bought the Celly2's because they were a great OC. The 600s would run at 900MHz without a problem. At the time it was a very cheap way to get 3 WUs per day from a single box.

As for Athlon XP's....well, the ones on Epox boards are OC'd, but the ones on ECS boards are not. I figured 6 to 7 WUs per day for $120 was good enough and I didn't need to push them!

 
Yeah... I bought my mobo and AMD chip because of stability in overclocking... I overclock mine because I can, and because I OC, my DC production benifits.

🙂
 
Dual Athlon MP 1200 @ 1500 MHz
Dual Tualatin 1260 @ 1500 MHz
Dual T-bird 950 @ 1054 MHz

To prove my insanity, I even overclocked my firewall and file server:

Pentium 3 866 @ 1137 MHz
 
I'd overclock anyway even if I didn't run a DC project😉.......though I do run it closer to the limit than I otherwise would!

XP1600 @1.6 GHz (will do 1.75GHz when I join the bridges properly!
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XP1500 @1.52 GHz
PIII 933@1035 (soon to be Cel 1.1AGHz@ ???? ,hopefully 1.5GHz area)
Cel 366@550 (soon to be Cel 1.1AGHz @????,hopefully around 1.4GHz)

Confused
Can't you alter the default multiplier on that Duron?

 
Heh, who voted for "I don't overclock..."? I learned to overclock on Anandtech. 🙂 In the past 5 years the only system I've had at home that wasn't overclocked was a Dualie AMD and the only reason was it didn't have overclock features.

My question is, if it's stable, why not overclock? 🙂
 
Truthfully, I voted the 2nd choice. I have overclocked some machines in the past though I currently do not have any that are overclocked.

Running as many rigs as I am, I'm not interested in frying any processors and then having to suddenly replace them or have to bother with the accompanying down time. I prefer the stability afforded by running the processors at their posted speeds; I have no ill feelings toward those who do wish to tweak. 🙂
 
I'm w NWM, I have in the past but I, as most of us do, I leave all my pc's running 24x7 and the extra heat/potential instability isn't worth it to increase my times by a few % points. Besides my laptop and the machine hooked to my stereo/TV, all of them serve a specific purpose and I don't want to risk the downtime. If I wanted to run it at X speed then I would have bought that chip. Weighing the cost/benefit, I would rather just leave well enough alone.

Not trying to knock anyone that does overclock their pc's, but I always find it ironic when someone will spend an extra $100 or whatever on the latest HSF and 90db case fans or water cooling kit to try to increase their speed by a little bit when they could have just spent the money on a faster cpu. Guess it's just the challenge of getting more out of it than your're supposed to.
 
At this time my main rig isn't OC'ed..
It's a Compaq Evo PIV which does not have any OC options and besides that, it will just run to hot!
I already have a GF4 TI4200 in that super small case.. I can bake an egg on top of the case! 😀

But I (since last week..) had a Dual Celeron (Abit BP6) which I put to the maximum and liquid cooled (not only water..)
And I really did had a huge benefit by OC'ing that rig.. Overall performance gained with almost 40%.
I'm now saving money for a Abit IT7 Max2 Mobo and a PIV 2.53 or something.. Have the watercooling setup
with peltiers already at home 🙂
 
SoulAssassin
I think your missing the point of overclocking for most people ,it's free speed🙂,or maybe just a bit extra for a larger HSF.
All my case fans cost me nothing,all 2 of them😉 (X- AT PSU fans),even if they did ,they stay with the case whatever setup is/has been there.So its a 1 off cost.
I did buy a large copper HSF but only cos my old Ali HSF was barely up to the job & I needed another 1 anyway ,it cost me about £30 (about $45) nowhere near $100 😉.And thats the most I've ever spent on a HSF!
(I'd agree about the cost of water cooling kits but like you said for those people its the 'challenge ' factor 🙂)

Also I leave my main rig running 24/7 & want that to be stable too ,true when intially finding the CPU's/RAM limits there are stabilty problems ,but it doesnt take long to find the stable limit🙂 ,the only thing that costs is some time.

As for the benefit its much more than a few % for most of my rigs (present & past)
XP1600(1.4GHz)@1.6GHz ,that knocked about 40mins off WU times(down to 3.3hrs) ,about 14% increase in CPU speed but also FSB is up from 133 to 152.Btw I know this cpu will do 1.75Ghz(25% boost) to drop WU times down to 3.1 hrs,if I can get the damn L1 bridges connected properly! ,& yeah that is a lot of hassle but it costs very little)
XP1500(1.33GHz)@1.52GHz ,used the old Ali HSF from above rig
Cel 366@550 ,a nice 50% boost in cpu speed & FSB ,has been like that for 3.5yrs now with no probs🙂,just needed a larger than std HSF (about £5 at the time).This was definitely the best 1 ,very low cost & very easy🙂
My PIII rig is probably the smallest overclock I've managed recently ,PIII 933@1035 ,about a 11% boost ,I needed a new HSF anyway & that cost me about £4 🙂

For me overclocking is the maxiumium gain with minimium (if any)cost
Like my mates rig ,1.2GHz Athlon ,overclocks to 1.4Ghz ,zero cost.
 
I OC my rigs when I can, and it all started with the Cely300A. 🙂

My Duron 650@850 is myt main PC, and it has been running stable for over a year, no problems from overclocking at all. (I should say it was stable after getting rid of that ATI Rage 128 vid card) 😀

Some of us do not have the extra $$ to go out and purchase the fastest CPU/MB everytime there is a speed improvement, so OCing is a way to get the maximum performance for the minimum cost. I don't spend any extra $$ for the OCing I do. No watercooling, ect. I OC to the max. STABLE speed that I can, using the cooling fans I have available.

I would OC even if I wasn't running a DC project, but it does help squeeze out a few more WUs. 😀
 
athlon xp 1600+ (1400mhz) at 1540 mhz (1800+), 147x10.5,
k7s5a mainboard
ddr 266 at 294 mhz, cl2
45-47 celsius temp.
 
There is nothing like running a system with a 177 FSB. Everything just screams!!!! I got the OC bug long before DC, but I admint that DC has fueled the fire. But like I said, the FSB OC is golden to me! I hate trying to do something in Photoshop with a PC that has a stock FSB!
 
I go for stability with overclocking 😛

re v2.66 ,yeah it would of ,though times would probably still suck😉 ,anyway v2.66 is long dead!
 
My overclocks updated:

xp1600+ @ 1743 (oops, miscalculated)
xp1600+ @ 1543 (another miscalc)
xp1600+ @ 1501 (new proc)
1ghz Tbird @ 1275

Got another AROIA today, and moved the tbird to a different mobo which supports multiplier adjustments 😀
 
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