[plug] Overclocking a CPU

[Bennett, Phillip]

I do.
 
I am currently running my AthlonXP 2800 (1.8GHz) at 3200+ (2.xxGHz).
 
Runs fine, just a little hot in the summer.  But that's not been a
problem this year. :)  It doesn't even need any extra cooling.
 
Overclocking isn't something I'd suggest to people, and never something
you should do to someone elses machine, but it can be a nice little
challenge if you're that way inclined...  I never got into the water
cooling, but know people that did.  Also, I probably won't do it on my
next machine because it's not needed.  (Not that it is now, I just had
one of those "because I can" moments. :) )
 
Thanks,
Phil.
 

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From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
Behalf Of WolfBite
Sent: Tuesday, 3 January 2006 5:12 AM
To: plug at plug.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] Overclocking a CPU


and dont forget the GOTCHA!
in theory you can just plug in 2 hdrives and SHOULD work
BUT
there are combinations out there that wont reside with each other or
HAVE to be master as opposed to slave.(admittly the older drives are the
culprits but every now and then you can get it with new drives, one of
the reasons the surgest pairs too :)
 
but clocking is chip specific
and usually for the freak gamer trying to get that last once of grunt
for their gaming rig.
 
quick short vote anyone overclocking ANY of their computers?
only YES votes need to reply.
 
Wolfbite

Craig Ringer <craig at postnewspapers.com.au> wrote:

	l anderson wrote:
	> Howdy,
	> Did everyone have an enjoyable XMAS/New Year.
	> 
	> What needs to be carried out to overclock the CPU on an HP
Vectra VE, CPU's
	> present speed is set at 233Mhz which is I believe the standard
setting.
	> How far can we push the speed without overclocking to far.
	> This will be my first attempt at overclocking.
	
	With guaranteed safety? 0% .
	
	Beyond that, it depends on the "headroom" of the CPUs, ie how
much 
	faster those particular chips can run than their labelled
rating, and on 
	how well cooled they are. If you care about reliability or not
frying 
	your hardware, don't overlock.
	
	> I also wish to add a second hdd as the original is very small.
	> Adding a second disk is in it self simple enough The jumper
settings
	> should be ?????.
	
	Well, if the existing disk is jumpered master, the new one must
be 
	jumpered slave. However, if the second disk is a lot larger,
consider 
	getting rid of the old disk entirely and just use the new one
jumpered 
	master. Old small disk == slow and more likely to fail disk .
Remember 
	that disk I/O speed (and amount of available RAM) is much more
crucial 
	to performance in many tasks than CPU speed.
	
	These questions could all have been answered easily with a
little 
	research (google, various forums, etc), and are really pure
hardware 
	questions that're nothing to do with PLUG.
	
	--
	Craig Ringer
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