QOTD: Do You Overclock Your PC?
There's no real shortage of processors and graphics cards these days. For every application and intent of building, there's a CPU and GPU that will fit your needs, and budget.
What's also equally apparent these days is that CPUs are very fast, relative to what was available just a few short years ago. This isn't to say that today's CPUs are significantly faster in clock frequency however--they're faster overall and significantly more efficient. Even Intel's Pentium 4 CPU was able to reach current CPU frequencies no problem.
When CPU clock frequencies were sub-gigahertz, overclocking brought in a significant boost in speed ratio. But today, with high frequency processors, overclocking doesn't nearly bring in as much, relatively. However, it must be said that getting more bang for your dollar is mainly what this is about, and squeezing every bit of performance from our components means a lot more than just the bottom line.
The question of the day is: Do you overclock your computers?
If you do, what kind of cooling do you use?
If you don't overclock, tell us why as well.
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My Q6600 G0 has been pushed from 2.4GHz (9x266) to 3.6GHz (9x400) and the difference is noticable. It's air cooled using the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro in an Antec Twelve Hundred case.
.... E6300 running at 1.184V and 2.6 Ghz big difference only a alpine 7 pro as cooling solution.
Overclocking is something great
I have been running my E6600 at 3.0GHz for over two years at stock volts using a Coolermaster Hyper TX2 in an Antec 4480B case. As above, the difference is noticable.
My AMD Phenom II 940 is presently working fine at 3.4GHz at stock volts also under a Coolermaster Hyper TX2 but in an Antec 3000B case.
So far I have never had a CPU failure in the 5 years plus that I have been over-clocking so basically it's free (apart from the extra current required to push the core frequency)....
I'm running a Q9550 @ 4.2GHz on water and its solid as a rock.
Is this some sort of joke?
Your asking this question on a site like this, go to the forums and there is even a section dedicated to it.
For crying out loud.
E0 E8400 stock 3GHz, OC'd to 3.6. More than enough for every game I throw at it (1440*900) with my factory oc'd 4770 (775 GPU, 1000(*4) Memory). Would be able to get waaaay more out of it but limited myself by skimping on the motherboard with an IP35P. Never again.
All running on a Titan Vanessa S (CPU @load max = 44c), gpu never goes above 50c.
StrangeStranger: It's obviously part of the new 'ask em questions' policy to get us all posting, and I assume you know this already and that, therefore, your question is somewhat rhetorical, although I thought it deserved a reply anyway
Q6600 B3 running at 3.2 GHz (400x9) in an Antec 1200 with a Xigmatek S-1283 with OCZ Freeze goop on it.
I gained over 2000 3dmark 06 marks when I overclocked my q6600 from 2.4ghz to 3ghz.
I certainly believe that lower clocked cpu's benefit a lot from overclocking, but the differences between 3ghz and 3.6ghz for example might not be worth the extra volts and cpu pressure.
Q9450 running at 4 ghz.
Why wouldn't you? The difference when movie editing etc is huge.
Q6600 @ 3.2Ghz with Thermalright Ultima 90-I
e6750 from 2,66ghz to 3,6 gig with thermaltake big typhoon in a p182 case. Overclocking is mandatory in a system for me. I always pick a cpu that is low priced but great in ocing. I usually get much higher speeds than the extreme models although those will generally oc a bit better.
I have been OCing since the days of the AMD K6-2. I remember pushing it 50mhz over it's stock 500mhz frequency. I miss them days, when things were still simple; when all you had was FSB and a multiplier.
At this very moment I'm running prime95 to see if my Q9650 is stable yet. Been working on this bloody thing for over a week now. So many settings, so little time!
My CPU cooler is the Zalman CNPS9900. Other cooling components are still stock. Planning to lap CPU and its cooler, as well as the stuff ASUS has put on my NB, SB and mosfets. I'll have to take out the board again, which is alot of hassle, so I'm postponing this as much as I can
Motherboard is the ASUS Striker II Extreme (terrible board, but only if you have no idea what all them settings are for, lol).
My case is the Zalman 'Z-Machine' GT1000. Which is, as promised, amazingly quiet (IF you also buy a fan controller, which I did - the 92mm fans on the front give the impression the computer is ready for lift-off).
No.
Why. Cos I can't be bothered anymore.
No and yes. I only overclock if computer are old. I never overclock new computer. I might do it future.
Computers are plenty fast for pretty much anything now so I don't overclock unless I actually need the extra speed, I would initial overclock to see how far I can set it but once the limit is found its back to stock, electricity isn't cheap... Of course I just use my laptop also if I don't need my Q6600.
It depends. Simple 10% overclock of my AMD Phenom II 940 to 3.3GHz for gaming. Otherwise, left at stock clocks. I have pushed its limits for testing to 3.8GHz, but it is not necessary for any real world applications or games to run well.
E6420 2.13GHz @ 3.00GHz stock volts, cooled by a Zalman CNPS9700 NT in a Lian-Li PC-A08.
Q9550 - 3.6 GHz with TRUE/Scythe S-Flex SFF21F
Q6600 - 3.6 GHz with Xig HDT S1283V
E6600 - 3.0 GHz with stock cooler
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Overclocking since 1978 - Z80 (TRS-80) from 1.77 MHz to 2.01 MHz