General Septem Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 Does overclocking affect the hard drives at all? I mean heat wise, dependability wise, reliability wise, etc. Does OCing have an affect? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neezer Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 You will have a higher temperature inside yur case, but I don't think it affects hdds at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaise Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 I assume you are meaning "increased case heat due to overclocking and thus an increased temperature for your hard disk". I've never put much thought into that but I assume that as long as your hard disks are receiving adequate airflow, it shouldn't matter. My rig is overclocked (and watercooled) but my drive temperatures are currently reporting 25°C, 25°C, 25°C at idle under MBM5. PS. There's nothing n00b about the question. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Halvis Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 no. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidhammock200 Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 no.No Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Septem Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 Ok, only case heat then. I thought perhaps increasing the FSB might also increase the clock speed or bandwidth of the SATA bus, but I guess not. By the way Blaise, what have you got coling yours? Mine is at like 40 C right now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidhammock200 Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 Ok, only case heat then. I thought perhaps increasing the FSB might also increase the clock speed or bandwidth of the SATA bus, but I guess not. By the way Blaise, what have you got coling yours? Mine is at like 40 C right now. You must lock the PCI frequency or PC won't run properly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaise Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 Ok, only case heat then. I thought perhaps increasing the FSB might also increase the clock speed or bandwidth of the SATA bus, but I guess not. By the way Blaise, what have you got coling yours? Mine is at like 40 C right now. Nothing other than the intake fans on my Lain Li case (2 x 80mm) but the drive cage is directly behind the fans. As my PC is watercooled and the radiator is outside the case, I assume that my case temperature would be less than an air cooled system which needs to extract the hot air (rather than my w/c plumbing extracting the heat). Oh, plus it's winter here, ambient temperature is about 19°C ATM. In regards to the SATA drives and FSB speed, the only thing I know that would be problematic is using an nForce3 board, SATA 1 & 2 which don't have a fully functional BUS lock. In this case, corruption of the SATA drive is possible. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Septem Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 In regards to the SATA drives and FSB speed, the only thing I know that would be problematic is using an nForce3 board, SATA 1 & 2 which don't have a fully functional BUS lock. In this case, corruption of the SATA drive is possible. So this sin't a problem in nF4 boards then? You must lock the PCI frequency or PC won't run properly. That would've been good to know... is this a setting in the BIOS? My PC seems to be running fine, is it locked by default? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anakin_hollan Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 So this sin't a problem in nF4 boards then? That would've been good to know... is this a setting in the BIOS? My PC seems to be running fine, is it locked by default? On my Expert (04/06/06 BIOS) the bus is set to 100Mhz by default in Genie BIOS settings, no auto-setting or whatever. I haven't had a problem with my rig. WD Raptor (39 degrees) and Samsung 1 (37 degrees) positioned next to eachother, Samsung 2 is 2 places away from Samsung 1 and reads 31 degrees. All idling I guess, No coding or compressing or gaming going on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_inc Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 I know that sata 2 can have a burst rate of 3gb/s but is there anyway it could stream at that speed (staibly) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted August 21, 2006 Posted August 21, 2006 I know that sata 2 can have a burst rate of 3gb/s but is there anyway it could stream at that speed (staibly) Not until the data density, drive spindles and heads can transfer the data that fast. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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