As Matt pointed out for as long as you achieve a stable overclock and have ample cooling for the CPU and memory freesurfer (and any other programs) will run just fine. I used to run subjects on Intel Q6600 overclocked from 2.8ghz to 3.4ghz with a push-pull cooling solution and had no problems.
Greetings, Jacek Jońca-Jasiński [TTU_DblT_fl4C] Jacek Jońca-Jasiński, Ph.D. Director The Graduate School Administration Bldg 328 / 40D | 2625 Memorial Circle Box 41030 | Lubbock, TX 79409-1030 T 806.834.3348 | F 806.742.4038 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chiu, Bryan (PHTH) <bryan.c...@ubc.ca<mailto:bryan.c...@ubc.ca>> Date: Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 4:26 PM Subject: [Freesurfer] Overclocking CPU for Freesurfer To: "freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu<mailto:freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>" <freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu<mailto:freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>> Hi, Is anyone aware of any issues that arise from overclocking and using Freesurfer? I was looking to see how much it would speed up recon-all with OpenMP using a stable overclock. _______________________________________ Bryan Chiu Undergraduate Research Assistant Aging, Mobility, and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Department of Physical Therapy Faculty of Medicine University of British Columbia _______________________________________________ Freesurfer mailing list Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu<mailto:Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail.
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