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ElMoIsEviL   11-07-2009 at 07:17:33 PM
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Where is the option for ALL of the above :p

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Bluescreendeath   11-07-2009 at 08:04:26 PM
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dirtdiver wrote :

Here's a foolish question for you guys:

Is it possible that overclocking makes your CPU run slower? Heard one of the genius' best buy salesmen (who also tells people that a dual core 2.6ghz runs at 5.2ghz since it is 2.6 times two cores) saying this to someone.

I suppose, if you didn't know what you were doing and had a bad OC profile it could hinder performance--but with proper cooling, voltages, timings, components...how could it possible make it run slower? lol

Any thoughts?



Retarded Bestbuy salesmen should stfu

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MU_Engineer   11-08-2009 at 12:25:28 AM
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Bluescreendeath wrote :

Hi there,
What type of CPU do you have, how much do you have it overclocked by, and what is your voltage? =)



Which CPU? :D

1. Main desktop: AMD Athlon 64 X2 (939), not overclocked, 1.350 V
2. Laptop: Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, obviously not overclocked, 1.175 V
3. File server: 2x Intel Xeon Prestonia-B 2.67 GHz, not overclocked, 1.46 V (should be 1.500 V, the board undervolts a bit)
4. HTPC: AMD Athlon XP 3200+, not overclocked, 1.70-1.72 V (should be 1.650 V, the board overvolts significantly or the Vcore sensor is buggy)

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MU_Engineer   11-08-2009 at 12:33:17 AM
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SpidersWeb wrote :

Sounds like you're not using overclocker orientated boards. (P43 is the cheap version of the P45, and Intel boards don't rank highly with overclocking).



Quite a few Intel boards don't even allow overclocking at all. Yes, you don't expect Intel's server boards to overclock because just about no server boards allow overclocking, but a lot of their desktop ones won't either. That's not the norm as even some pretty cheap desktop boards at least offer some options for overclocking even if the board won't overclock the CPU very far. Intel has somewhat of a reputation of making very stable boards and I wonder if a lot of that is in having some very conservative BIOS settings that they do not expose for the user to tweak with and goof up.

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I suspect your intel board is keeping every voltage as low as it can.



It very well might. I have only had hands-on experience with two different models of Intel-branded motherboard- a few 975X BadAxe2s and my file server's SE7501CW2. Both undervolted the CPU a bit but I never had any problems with them, and I loaded the CPUs on those boards up very heavily. The BadAxes had E6700s and Q6600s that ran MATLAB stuff all day long and my file server folds in its spare time and I have never had an issue with any of them.

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dirtdiver   11-09-2009 at 01:17:28 PM
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Bluescreendeath wrote :

Retarded Bestbuy salesmen should stfu



Couldn't agree more. Basically, a buddy of mine (who admits to knowing nothing about computers) wants to buy my rig--and was telling some of his coworkers about it. They were trying to tell him that it was no good for the reasons I already listed, lol. I find it funny that guys who push netbooks and laptops with Intel Atom CPU's and sub-par boards/ram are telling my friend that my PC is garbage.

Oh well, I guess once they have passed their "blue shirt test" and can officially sell products to the public they are experts yah? :pt1cable:

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amdfangirl   11-09-2009 at 02:50:24 PM
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1.4Ghz OC...

1.8Ghz Core 2 Duo e4300 to 3.2Ghz Core 2 Duo on stock volts :)

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h0devil   11-09-2009 at 03:01:47 PM
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^^^^
stock fan ?
core 2 duo e4300 @ 2ghz@ stock volts@ p35ds4 and stock fan :(

 

i need new PC


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amdfangirl   11-09-2009 at 03:15:06 PM
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Oh no, I use a Scythe Ninja Mini with an 120mm Antec fan...

Although I did get to 3Ghz stable with the stock E7200 fan... ran too hot tho... 80C?

You do have a better motherboard than I tho...

Mine's only a Gigabyte G31.

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Bronze CPUs badge jsc   11-09-2009 at 05:26:02 PM
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dirtdiver wrote :


I suppose, if you didn't know what you were doing and had a bad OC profile it could hinder performance ...


If you are hindering performance, you are not overclocking. You just have a terribly misconfigured system.

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dirtdiver   11-09-2009 at 05:31:42 PM
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jsc wrote :

If you are hindering performance, you are not overclocking. You just have a terribly misconfigured system.



That is what I was thinking--makes me wonder where exactly these Bestbuy sales people and geek squad are getting their training...lol

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C00LIT   11-09-2009 at 05:43:11 PM
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Phenom 9950BE
From 2600 to 2730Mhz
It's pnuts I just dont accept any less then 2.7Ghz as my previous cpu was a 5200X2
Idles @ about 30Degrees, Cant go much more as CPU Multi does not work (older board that barely supports it) and I dont think my Kingston value ram will like a bigger fsb overclock (From 800 to 820Mhz) My HT Link might not take much more

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