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The Official OC (OverClocking) Thread!

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by Praetor, May 1, 2004.

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  1. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    AISmoked, get more ram as vista is a memory hog. customer bought a dell laptop with vista & 512 meg of ram, slow as molasses. told her to get at least a 1gig stick which she did & now has 1.5 gig of ram minus what the onboard video uses.
     
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  2. AISmoked

    AISmoked Regular member

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    Hi this is only whilst money is low i just need a boost
     
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  3. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    won't be much improvement because of vista.
     
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  4. sytyguy

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    I hate to say it, but if you do not know how to get into the BIOS you shouldn't even consider overclocking. Plus, like people have told you, you will not benefit much even if you can OC.
     
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  5. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    With an ASRock board too, they're not very high quality. Even if you do pull off a successful overclock, there's no guarantee the board will even survive it for long.
     
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  6. AISmoked

    AISmoked Regular member

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    I found bios i didnt know it was setup lol i only want to know if anybody can tell me the maximum i can safely overclock example CPU host frequency, FSB setting
     
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  7. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    That's very variable depending on what equipment is used, and also luck.
     
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  8. ck5134

    ck5134 Regular member

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    Aismoked

    Google has the answers your looking for.

    Even reading through earlier posts on this forum has all the answers you need.

    just google overclocking -(put your cpu name here)

     
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  9. theonejrs

    theonejrs Senior member

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    AISmoked,
    How far, is a moot point, because with on-board graphics, you are severely limited in overclocking ability. The small amount the MB will allow, would not even be noticable! Even if you could overclock it more, the heat would be an immediate problem, with anything but a good CPU cooler. You would be far better off, putting XP-Pro SP/2 on it as vista is not going to run very speedy with that CPU to begin with!

    Best Regards,
    Russ
     
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  10. AISmoked

    AISmoked Regular member

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    What is a moot point lol
     
    AISmoked, May 8, 2009
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  11. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    Irrelevant, not worth discussion.
     
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  12. AISmoked

    AISmoked Regular member

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    why would it have mentioned
     
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  13. theonejrs

    theonejrs Senior member

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    AISmoked,
    The line should have read, "How far, is a moot point"! It means the small amount of reward you could get, isn't worth risking burning up an older computer and winding up with nothing!

    My advice would be to leave it alone, and keep your eyes open for a faster CPU! I do a lot of computer repairs, and I get socket A chips from time to time. I'll keep my eyes open for something better for you. The only one I have at the moment is an Athlon 1700+, but I come across a fair amount of 2200+,2400+ and 2500+ Athlons. If I find one, just pay the shipping, and it's yours!

    Best Regards,
    Russ
     
    theonejrs, May 10, 2009
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  14. AISmoked

    AISmoked Regular member

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    Cheers m8 how will you let me know? will you post it or summin
     
    AISmoked, May 10, 2009
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  15. theonejrs

    theonejrs Senior member

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    AISmoked,
    I'll drop you a PM! They seem to come in bunches anyway. Just recently I sold an Athlon 3200+ Barton core. I don't give those away though as they still command around $150-$160 or more. LOL!! Google that and you'll find a number of them on e-bay. If I can't fine one I'll give you the Athlon 1700. It's faster than the Sempron 2400 because of the higher front side bus! 333MHz vs 266MHz. Your motherboard supports the faster fsb!

    Best Regards,
    Russ
     
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  16. AISmoked

    AISmoked Regular member

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    Nice one mate i will av a look n i wernt expecting this haha but hay lol
     
    AISmoked, May 10, 2009
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  17. creaky

    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    No annoying and lazy text speak thanks, we don't charge by the full word :)
     
    creaky, May 11, 2009
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  18. AISmoked

    AISmoked Regular member

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    do you mean the (n) that wernt meant being lazy lol i am dyslexik so i have trouble typing properly
     
    AISmoked, May 11, 2009
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  19. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    i have cp(cerebal palsey) & it doesn't stop me from typing correctly so that shouldn't stop you. also your previous posts were alright til that one.
     
    ddp, May 11, 2009
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  20. AISmoked

    AISmoked Regular member

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    it takes a while to type properly i just didnt have time to go slow
     
    AISmoked, May 12, 2009
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