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| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 |  Posted - Nov 16 2007 : 12:52PMclick "It's an interesting way to cool your PC if your comfortable with 10,000 volts or so next to your CPU." [Link] |
| Dither Persona non grata I love America 650 Posts 8/05 | Posted - Nov 16 2007 : 4:23PM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Nov 16 2007 : 10:14PM [Link] |
| Dither Persona non grata I love America 650 Posts 8/05 | Posted - Nov 17 2007 : 8:45AM [Link] |
| Dither Persona non grata I love America 650 Posts 8/05 | Posted - Nov 17 2007 : 8:48AM [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Nov 18 2007 : 12:41AM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Nov 18 2007 : 7:11AM I have had people who called me on the phone ask what the background noise was. It's just my computer's 10 fans. [Link] |
| Bornyo Deactivated Member 803 Posts 12/04 | Posted - Nov 19 2007 : 4:36PM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Nov 19 2007 : 4:42PM [Link] |
Bob  All-Star Member 5516 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 3:52AM Does your motherboard have heatpipe cooling, Conquistador? [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 5:38AM Edited by - conquistador on 11/20/2007 5:39:00 AM [Link] |
| Bob All-Star Member 5516 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 3:03PM But I'm sure that alternative has already occurred to you. Also, you're a gamer. Aside from gaming, do you like to see how much you can overclock your hardware just for kicks -- like building a souped-up car? [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 3:52PM And for a while it was fun to geek around with tweaks and benchmarking. But I found that over clocking at a stable level doesn't really offer any significant improvement for me. And over clocking to a significant level isn't stable for long. What I mean is that the extremely slight boost in frame rates I was getting was not enough for me to notice when I was playing games, only when benchmarking. Everything I want to play runs fine on my hardware (Haven't downloaded the Crysis demo yet) so there is no need to push it harder then it is designed for. So yes, I do like over clocking but only from the standpoint of doing it just for the sake of seeing how far you can take things. I have never seen the benefits of over clocking in a practical sense because since my brain doesn't actively notice small jumps in frame rates once something runs smoothly the difference doesn't matter. I predict I will try to do some practical over clocking as my hardware ages. [Link] |
| GaySatyr Senior Member Half dirty ol' man; half horny ol' goat! 1684 Posts 10/00 | Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 4:25PM ~ GaySatyr (ABB) [Link] |
| Bob All-Star Member 5516 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 5:15PM GS -- What voltage settings did you use for the overclock? What range of temperatures do his CPU and motherboard zones run at with that set-up? I have a 2.66 MHz C2D E6700, but on my Zalman air-cooled Intel D975XBX2 motherboard I can only achieve a stable overclock at 3.2 MHz. I'm running DDR2 800 memory (Kingston ValueRam) overclocked to 962 MHz. Memory timings are 5-5-5-15. My current voltages are: CPU--1.40 volts FSB--1.325 volts MCH--1.55 volts RAM--1.84 volts (stock voltage) My system temps are the following, between idle and 75% stress-test load: CPU-- 31-39C Zone A-- 31-36C Zone B-- 31-36C Any thoughts on how I could overclock my CPU a bit higher without frying my system? Does the stumbling block lie with the lower speed of the RAM and/or the lower FSB that the motherboard and CPU run at? . [typos] Edited by - bob on 11/20/2007 5:20:32 PM [Link] |
| Bob All-Star Member 5516 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 5:43PM [Link] |
| GaySatyr Senior Member Half dirty ol' man; half horny ol' goat! 1684 Posts 10/00 | Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 6:09PM ~ GaySatyr (ABB) Edited to add: There's also a Gigabyte iRAM drive with 4GB of DDR 400 which he uses for Photoshop's scratch files. And, to answer your question, I really don't know -- I'm not an OC'er. I just build fancy, high-end, stock machines. Edited by - GaySatyr on 11/20/2007 6:19:39 PM [Link] |
| GaySatyr Senior Member Half dirty ol' man; half horny ol' goat! 1684 Posts 10/00 | Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 6:25PM ~ GaySatyr (ABB) [Link] |
| Bob All-Star Member 5516 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 7:48PM Now that I've browsed the article, I think the problem lies in part in the fact that the stepping on my E6700 is not as good as that on the E6750. I also think my Intel motherboard is more limited than other brands in its overclocking potential. So the stable overclock at 3.2 MHz that I have now is probably about as good as it's going to get. Which is fine. I just won't have the fun of jerking off with all the tweaking anymore. [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 8:22PM EDIT: forgot to add  .Edited by - conquistador on 11/20/2007 8:23:56 PM [Link] |
| Bornyo Deactivated Member 803 Posts 12/04 | Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 9:57PM Buy a 1965, 1966, 1967 or 1968 Mustang and work on "overclocking" it. It'll be the most fun you can have outside sex and even your wife and kids will enjoy it. Drew can I get an "Amen"? [Link] |
| Drew Black broken crankshaft 8009 Posts 9/99 | Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 10:15PM 67 Fastback style. [Link] |
| Bob All-Star Member 5516 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 11:07PM It really sounds like a good idea, Bornyo. The only problem is that, being an urban dweller, I don't have a whole lot of extra garage (or other) space to work with. Food for thought, though. I need stuff to mess around with besides my pud. [Link] |
| GaySatyr Senior Member Half dirty ol' man; half horny ol' goat! 1684 Posts 10/00 | Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 11:26PM ~ GaySatyr (ABB) [Link] |
| Bornyo Deactivated Member 803 Posts 12/04 | Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 11:47PM Mustangs don't require much space, they don't eat much and after you change the coolant you can have wild sex in the backseat with your wife. That's enough highjacking of the motherboard cooling thread. [Link] |
| GaySatyr Senior Member Half dirty ol' man; half horny ol' goat! 1684 Posts 10/00 | Posted - Nov 21 2007 : 1:42AM ~ GaySatyr (ABB) [Link] |
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