Guest ecthlipsis Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 In the past, I have always waited to overclock until my equipment was obsolete and I needed the extra performance boost. This being the case, I never cared much about how it wore on my hardware as I was due for some new stuff anyways. How much wear does a moderate overclock put on the GPU, CPU and ram? I don't want to increase the frequency of the ram, just reduce the timings and up the voltage. I don't see a reason to overclock equipment that isn't being pushed and thus put greater wear on it, though, so if the wear is minimal it would be worth it. I also have HATED the stability issues in the past, even if they were incredibly slight like an occasional occlusion while gaming. Thanks, and for those of you with older equipment, beat the old man and milk it for all it's worth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 With proper stability testing, stability should never be an issue on your OC. If you're having stability problems, you're not doing enough testing in your process. As far as additional wear, I haven't noticed any. I would imagine if you increase your voltages too much, you could significantly shorten its lifespan, but as long as you do some research on what the chips can take and stay within that tolerance, you should be fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 I beat and maim my hardware til it's screaming for mercy, then I mutate it until it's crying-screaming, and after some brutal endurance testing, I make it run as fast as it can... I overclock and mod stuff when it's new... I've cut off the tops of CPUs after using it for 20 seconds, and taken PSUs apart before using them lol... don't wait til it gets old, that's just cheating yourself out of free performance for years Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ecthlipsis Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 I beat and maim my hardware til it's screaming for mercy, then I mutate it until it's crying-screaming, and after some brutal endurance testing, I make it run as fast as it can... I overclock and mod stuff when it's new... I've cut off the tops of CPUs after using it for 20 seconds, and taken PSUs apart before using them lol... don't wait til it gets old, that's just cheating yourself out of free performance for years If it really is FREE performance then I am forced to agree. I suppose a modest overclock now wouldn't hurt anything... *smiles* Hell, I'd probably get some more PPD at folding too. It's decided then. :foldon: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrusk Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 I just ordered a system very similar to yours and the reason I chose the parts I did is because of their said overclockability. Like Hardnrq said, why cheat yourself out of years of free performance? Sure you "void" the warranty right away, but if you do it right, you really don't have anything to worry about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slugbug Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 My Opteron 165 is overclocked 40% and idle core temps are only 32c with a Zalman 9500 heatsink. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 best warranty example: myself! When I first bought my EVGA 7800GT back in the day (for 399,99$ ), I didn't touch overclocking for a while, but then I got into it (through OCC ), and ended up frying my Video RAM it seemed. So I called up EVGA tech support, and I actually told them the story (stupid me), but the dude on the phone was like "really? Now thats weird, how far did you push the card?" me: "bout 531/1260... without any mods" him: "what the ... ?! Now that is a sweet overclocking card! I only got my own one to 500/1155! Anyways, lemme set up an RMA for you ASAP!" EVGA tech support > all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fire_storm Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 If your worried about the ware on the parts you should think about how long you own your computer. If your the kind of person who builds a new computer every 1-3 years and does proper testing and maintenance on your computer then you shouldn't worrie about lower life acceptances on your computer parts because the time the parts were to burn out you'll probably have another computer by then. But if you own a computer for 5+ years I would think more into weather its worth it to OC it or not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ecthlipsis Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 I used ClockGen to OC to a very modest 2.6ghz and 425mhz cpu/ram respectively. I'll probably give the GFX card a slight boost next. With this slight of an overclock I should get a slight improvement while not needing to worry about stability etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 ClockGen's ok for quick testing, but you should really use the bios for proper overclocking, there are many settings in the bios that you need to change to overclock effectively... you have to realise that the E6600 is one of the best overclocking CPUs *ever* and 3.6+ GHz is not out of the question and is very often achieved on mere air cooling I personally would be very bitter if I didn't hit at least 3.8 GHz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ecthlipsis Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 ClockGen's ok for quick testing, but you should really use the bios for proper overclocking, there are many settings in the bios that you need to change to overclock effectively... you have to realise that the E6600 is one of the best overclocking CPUs *ever* and 3.6+ GHz is not out of the question and is very often achieved on mere air cooling I personally would be very bitter if I didn't hit at least 3.8 GHz Just played with my BIOS for a few hours and I got dual channel running, as well as a decent overclock. w00t And it was fun =X Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTSchnarfy Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 Just played with my BIOS for a few hours and I got dual channel running, as well as a decent overclock. w00t And it was fun =X Congrats! As long as you don't go too far with your voltages, and keep your temps in check, you'll be fine. Push it further!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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