with this poll i want to check out how many of you are overclocking, and how successful you were/are with it.
i have a long history of overclocking stuff, the only time i failed horribly was with an amd 5400+ dualcore which completely fried. i was lucky enough to still get it replaced even if the warranty was officially void
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my first attempts were with a pentium3 933mhz which ran smoothly at 980mhz. the same system had a geforce 4 mx 4000 with passive cooler that ran smoothly at 315mhz core clock (default 275mhz). the performance gain was ok, not breathtaking, but at least it was stable.
the most successful oc i did was a sempron 3100+ (1,8ghz) which i was able to run at incredible 2,25ghz (+25%). that was the first overclocking attempt that was really noticeable (especially while playing battlefield 2 and tes: oblivion).
i kind of had bad bad luck with my phenom2 x4 940 be, i had to slightly raise the voltage for 3,4ghz. i used too much thermal grease and had to install the cpu cooler fan facing the wrong way because my ram was too big so i didn't dare to oc any further. **** happens. it still served me well for almost 3 years.
atm i run my i5 3450 @ 3,9ghz max turbo (default 3,5ghz). i could go beyond 4ghz but i don't want to raise the busclock (yet). i could have bought a k model, but i wanted a cheap upgrade and the ivy bridge cpu's seem to struggle at frequencies beyond 4,5ghz anyway (they tend to get really hot, especially compared to sandy bridge cpu's).
i always was hesitant with overclocking graphics cards, but my asus hd6870 direct cu seems to have good potential. i'm slowly raising the core speed, playing a lot and checking the temps. atm it's running @965mhz (default 925 mhz) the maximum temperature is the same as with the default clock speed(86
i have a long history of overclocking stuff, the only time i failed horribly was with an amd 5400+ dualcore which completely fried. i was lucky enough to still get it replaced even if the warranty was officially void
.my first attempts were with a pentium3 933mhz which ran smoothly at 980mhz. the same system had a geforce 4 mx 4000 with passive cooler that ran smoothly at 315mhz core clock (default 275mhz). the performance gain was ok, not breathtaking, but at least it was stable.
the most successful oc i did was a sempron 3100+ (1,8ghz) which i was able to run at incredible 2,25ghz (+25%
). that was the first overclocking attempt that was really noticeable (especially while playing battlefield 2 and tes: oblivion).i kind of had bad bad luck with my phenom2 x4 940 be, i had to slightly raise the voltage for 3,4ghz. i used too much thermal grease and had to install the cpu cooler fan facing the wrong way because my ram was too big so i didn't dare to oc any further. **** happens.
it still served me well for almost 3 years.atm i run my i5 3450 @ 3,9ghz max turbo (default 3,5ghz). i could go beyond 4ghz but i don't want to raise the busclock (yet). i could have bought a k model, but i wanted a cheap upgrade and the ivy bridge cpu's seem to struggle at frequencies beyond 4,5ghz anyway (they tend to get really hot, especially compared to sandy bridge cpu's).
i always was hesitant with overclocking graphics cards, but my asus hd6870 direct cu seems to have good potential. i'm slowly raising the core speed, playing a lot and checking the temps. atm it's running @965mhz (default 925 mhz) the maximum temperature is the same as with the default clock speed(86
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