POLL: Do you overclock for DC projects?

[deerslayer]

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

 

[Confused]

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

 

[Wiz]

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

 

[TAandy]

Nope, I'd be worried something would go wrong

 

[Insidious]

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)

 

[ProviaFan]

Yea, who doesn't?

Duron 800MHz @ 912MHz. Would overclock the Celeron 500MHz but the motherboard is not willing. :disgust:

 

[BadThad]

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!

 

[JWMiddleton]

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!

 

[BobTheWizard]

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.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: badthad
Why overclock if it's not going to do something productive?

DC projects aren't productive? That's news to me.

 

[Swanny]

I overclock, but just for general purposes. I don't do much, usually no more than 10Mhz on the FSB.

 

[Electrode]

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

 

[Assimilator1]

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!

)
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?

 

[Robor]

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?

 

[networkman]

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.

 

[SoulAssassin]

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.

 

[CyGoR]

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

 

[Insidious]

Guess it's just the challenge of getting more out of it than your're supposed to.

Exactly!..... (Good weather => Golf Bad weather => ferk with the computer. what is YOUR hobby?)

 

[Assimilator1]

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.

 

[RaySun2Be]

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.

 

[Strawa]

athlon xp 1600+ (1400mhz) at 1540 mhz (1800+), 147x10.5,
k7s5a mainboard
ddr 266 at 294 mhz, cl2
45-47 celsius temp.

 

[MoFunk]

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!

 

[Rattledagger]

No overclocking here, stability first.

Besides, looking at the v2.66-times, I don't think overclocking would have helped much...

 

[Assimilator1]

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!

 

[deerslayer]

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