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On Wednesday 23 January 2013 07:52:03 PM IST, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 23/01/13 14:09, Dale wrote: |
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>> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>>> On 23/01/13 03:55, Dale wrote: |
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>>>> I tired overclocking once a good while back. It just wasn't worth it. |
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>>> I've been running a Core 2 Duo from 2.4Ghz to 3.4Ghz for over three |
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>>> years. Instead of a new CPU, I only bought a €30 cooler. |
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>>> Oh, it *was* totally worth it. Mainly for games, where the |
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>>> performance difference was really dramatic. |
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>> I doubt most get that lucky tho. After all, overclocking is mostly |
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>> luck. Some CPU's won't overclock that much long term because of either |
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>> the CPU itself or some other component that can't handle the increase. |
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>> When you overclock, you are searching for that weak link. Most of the |
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>> time, you find that weak link. |
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> In my experience, most of the time you can overclock. The issue is |
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> with the user not knowing exactly how to do it. You need to |
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> understand a few things and how they affect each other. It's not just |
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> a knob you can turn. |
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That pretty much applies to me. I don't know much about hardware stuff. |
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Regarding your 1 Ghz overclock, you probably have good components in |
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terms of RAM & SMPS. |
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When I bought this rig in 2008, I knew nothing about good components, |
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blindly trusted local vendor... also internet shopping wasn't advanced |
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here. |
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So pretty much substandard components. |
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Now that I know stuff, I'm thinking of assembling my own AMD FX8350 rig |
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soon by buying components from the web. |
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So, let's close this topic :-) |
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Nilesh Govindarajan |
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http://nileshgr.com |
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