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SHould i overclock?

No, overclocking is illegal and you will be hunted down by AMD for trying to gain extra performance without paying for a better processor.
 
Originally posted by: mOeeOm
No, overclocking is illegal and you will be hunted down by AMD for trying to gain extra performance without paying for a better processor.
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LMAO all to true
 
No seriously, my room is pretty warm most of the year, and i think it might overheat or become too unstable if i overclock it.
 
when i was buying my new comp(in sig) i said i wasnt going to OC but guess what, i havent had my comp for more then 3 weeks....and im having too much fun i hate that my ram sucks for ocing thought but o well
 
If you know what your doing and know the consequences, then you shouldn't ask. Since your asking, you likely don't know very much about overclocking and likely don't know the consequences.
 
If you want more performance, then yeah. But make sure you know what you're doing - there's a good guide in the CPU/Processors forum...

But if your CPU is plenty fast enough for everything you do, and you are worried about frying it, then why bother...

RoD
 
I got 860mhz more out of my 1.8ghz cpu, and if my cpu only last 5yrs instead of 10, so what. I only keep cpu's 2 or 3yrs. So go for it.
 
As long as you're willing to accept the consequences, then go for it. Just make sure you know what you're doing before hand. I swore I wasn't going to, and I lasted all of about 3 days...
 
HAH remember, it is not always a 100 % gaurantee that a cpu will be running well on the early stages or OC. I'm sure that many users experience (including me) of equipment failure or dead cpu in their first attempts of juicing up the CPU.
 
Originally posted by: Powermoloch
HAH remember, it is not always a 100 % gaurantee that a cpu will be running well on the early stages or OC. I'm sure that many users experience (including me) of equipment failure or dead cpu in their first attempts of juicing up the CPU.
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Oh then I shouldn't touch my precious CPU then 🙂.
 
Originally posted by: mOeeOm
Originally posted by: Powermoloch
HAH remember, it is not always a 100 % gaurantee that a cpu will be running well on the early stages or OC. I'm sure that many users experience (including me) of equipment failure or dead cpu in their first attempts of juicing up the CPU.
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Oh then I shouldn't touch my precious CPU then 🙂.
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:thumbsup:

 
OCing is like an addiction indeed.

I went from a 2500+ Barton to a s754 3200+ NewCastle to a 3200+ Venice...all because of OCing :Q
 
I dont know why people oc i mean if your computer can run anything right now why? my pc runs all the games i want it to loads fast what else can i ask for?
 
Originally posted by: w00t
I dont know why people oc i mean if your computer can run anything right now why? my pc runs all the games i want it to loads fast what else can i ask for?
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People overclock because they can, once you start it's fun just to play around and see what you can get out of the machine. I think for most it's more of a hobby to play then actually wanting the performance increase.
 
Originally posted by: gac009
do you need the extra performance? what programs are you trying to run?
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Well, I use it for parring and extracting alot of binaries that i dl and also for apps like textaloud and dragon naturally speaking which are quite cpu intensive. Btw, I'm also a gamer and always looking for some extra fps. But if its gonna be too much work I don't know if i should go through with it, esspecially if it might fry up my AMD64. Thanks for all the replies btw.
 
Seriously, overclocking doesn't mean unstable... You can OC like 600-800mhz and sill be perfectly stable, given the right cooling and voltage. You just need to be patient. It's a great way to get free performance out of your parts 🙂
 
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