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