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http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/05/11 ... on_beater/
OMFGWTFBBQ!

seeing as im still on a 1.2 amd chip i need a newun anyway, this looks too perfect for me. is this too good to be true?

i read this the other day. It is very impressive, but im not sure you will actually get it that high without water/phase cooling.

even so, even if you get it to 3.5ghz then its a bargain

i expect it's true.

however, i also expect they're chips that've failed at their proper speed and have been underclocked. (a pretty common practice)


it's also pretty likely that THG got very lucky, not to mention the fact you'll need watercooling.

The article does say that "minimal" extra cooling is needed, and notes that extra power may be required - so if you haven't already got a 500W PSU or a Zalman cooler then it's another 70 or so notes on top of the 80 quid CPU.

FatherJack wrote:The article does say that "minimal" extra cooling is needed, and notes that extra power may be required - so if you haven't already got a 500W PSU or a Zalman cooler then it's another 70 or so notes on top of the 80 quid CPU.

according to the TGH article, watercooling is/was needed.

meaning another £100 or so.


£250 to make an £80 cpu act like a £250 cpu...

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:

FatherJack wrote:The article does say that "minimal" extra cooling is needed, and notes that extra power may be required - so if you haven't already got a 500W PSU or a Zalman cooler then it's another 70 or so notes on top of the 80 quid CPU.

according to the TGH article, watercooling is/was needed.

meaning another £100 or so.

£250 to make an £80 cpu act like a £250 cpu...

I kind of got the impression that you needed watercooling to get near the speeds of £700 CPUs, but £250 CPU speeds were attainable without it.

Still nothing's free when it comes to energy, whether it be heat or electricity, as I'm sure Newton would remind us.

How easy is overclocking? I've just got a new computer and I'd like to at least try it once. It's an AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego with an Arctic Cooling (AC-FRZ-64P) heatsink.

dead easy.

Get http://www.cpuid.com/clockgen.php

Put your FSB up by 1, wait a few mins, repeat until your computer crashes.

reboot, use clockgen again to put your FSB up to say, 2 lower than when it crashed. play computer games, use superpi, abuse the computer a bit.


if it stays stable, adjust the FSB in your bios to match what you got using clockgen.

also you can consider upping voltages for your cpu and memory, then try overclocking more

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:also you can consider upping voltages for your cpu and memory, then try overclocking more

This bit adds heat. Be careful. Don't want you breaking anything

Edit: If you're planning on breaking anything, film it, show it to us. We'll enjoy it honest.

google for 'Rivatuner' that lets you oc nvidia cards i believe.

pixie pie wrote:

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:also you can consider upping voltages for your cpu and memory, then try overclocking more

This bit adds heat. Be careful. Don't want you breaking anything

Edit: If you're planning on breaking anything, film it, show it to us. We'll enjoy it honest.

A good rule of thumb when playing with voltages is limit up to 10% over the regular voltage.

deject wrote:

pixie pie wrote:

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:also you can consider upping voltages for your cpu and memory, then try overclocking more

This bit adds heat. Be careful. Don't want you breaking anything

Edit: If you're planning on breaking anything, film it, show it to us. We'll enjoy it honest.

A good rule of thumb when playing with voltages is limit up to 10% over the regular voltage.

many mobos won't even allow that much, but i suggest 1-2 settings for safety, more for fun

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:more for fun

Much More for Fireworks Fluffeh kittins

pixie pie wrote:
Much More for Fireworks Fluffeh kittins

More Fluffeh kittins Fireworks!

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:dead easy.

Get http://www.cpuid.com/clockgen.php

Put your FSB up by 1, wait a few mins, repeat until your computer crashes.

reboot, use clockgen again to put your FSB up to say, 2 lower than when it crashed. play computer games, use superpi, abuse the computer a bit.


if it stays stable, adjust the FSB in your bios to match what you got using clockgen.

also you can consider upping voltages for your cpu and memory, then try overclocking more

Erm how do I do this?

Just fiddled around with this on my Intel Xeon 2.8GHz, but I haven;t a clue how you actually up the FSB through clockgen, or am I missing something?

I've never overclocked, so I'm probably just being stupid.

ON a side note, anybody know where I can get that file that opens up the Nvidia card, and allows you to overclock the card with the built in Nvidia control panel thingy?

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:ON a side note, anybody know where I can get that file that opens up the Nvidia card, and allows you to overclock the card with the built in Nvidia control panel thingy?

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=815

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:dead easy.

Get http://www.cpuid.com/clockgen.php

Put your FSB up by 1, wait a few mins, repeat until your computer crashes.

reboot, use clockgen again to put your FSB up to say, 2 lower than when it crashed. play computer games, use superpi, abuse the computer a bit.


if it stays stable, adjust the FSB in your bios to match what you got using clockgen.

also you can consider upping voltages for your cpu and memory, then try overclocking more

Erm how do I do this?

Just fiddled around with this on my Intel Xeon 2.8GHz, but I haven;t a clue how you actually up the FSB through clockgen, or am I missing something?

I've never overclocked, so I'm probably just being stupid.

This



Also - how safe is that nvidia overclocking jobbie? I've got a glacier 6600GT much like WEY's, so will the big fan on that let me overclock a worthwhile amount?

very.

and 10% is a good thing to aim for.


there's no real "safe" overclocking numbers, all hardware will handle differently. i could stick my 7900gt to 1000mhz memory, someone else's might only be able to handle 800.


it really comes down to your hardware handling what your hardware will handle.

Fairymuff.

A note of warning - I was just trying to find something to monitor my CPU temp for me, but something decided it would shut down my CPU's fan so temp shot up to about 90C. I think the culprit was FreshDiagnose. I've not settled with Speedfan, but it only gives temps at that time and doesn't seem to have a function for a graph or anything.

Thankfully normal service has now been resumed and CPU is not dead.

Edit for Lies - Chart function found in Speedfan