Discussion Cpu Overlocking

[DnR]

Hello.

I recently added an 1.8 Ghz CPU to my 2nd motherboard.

Accidentally, i figured out there are several guides to increase your CPU's Ghz.

In Youtube, i found many guides about my own proccesor, and that it can go up to 2.3 ghz.

 

Here is my question. Is it safe to overclock your CPU? Also, does this shorten CPU lifetime?

Edited October 11, 2013 by parizakis

[Remington]

ofc it shortens cpu's lifetime, you push your system to work faster than normal. Also there are the warranty problems also....

[xdem]

who cares if a 1.8 cpu dies or its dump warranty ?

[`NeverMore]

propably you will also need a better cooling system for it

[DnR]

who cares if a 1.8 cpu dies or its dump warranty ?

 

People die, objects don't. This isn't an ethical discussion. It's my own proccesor, so i'm definitely the one who cares.

 

ofc it shortens cpu's lifetime, you push your system to work faster than normal. Also there are the warranty problems also....

 

 

propably you will also need a better cooling system for it

Yes, i thought of that, too.

Many guys got their cpu fried due to high temperature when tried this.

Also, i doubt it's worth increasing ghz by such amount and take such risks.

Anyway, computer is quite old, that's why i'm not wasting money to enhance it. I' ll use my micro-proccesor as long as possible.

Thank you very much for your advise. :)

Edited October 11, 2013 by parizakis

[Remington]

I've clocked my 4670k at 4600MHz and my 7870 core edition to 1100MHz, you just have to be carefull about what you are doing...

[ShuN^]

It will shorten it's lifetime if you mess with the Voltages and you don't know what you're doing.Overclocking will go up to a point, then you need to raise the voltage if you wanna get more and that's when things get more dangerous for your components.

Also, like they said above you will need a better cooler than stock.I don't think it will give you that high temps for this small OC though..

[DnR]

That's interesting.

Well, attempted to overclock it according to guides found (entered bios chipset features and changed frequency), but it just stayed tuned at 1.8.

I have 1 GB Ram, so could lack of memory be the problem?

Edited October 11, 2013 by parizakis

[ZaNteR]

I tried overclocking my cpu  core2due e8500 but my screen went black i aint trying it again lol.

[DnR]

It will shorten it's lifetime if you mess with the Voltages and you don't know what you're doing.Overclocking will go up to a point, then you need to raise the voltage if you wanna get more and that's when things get more dangerous for your components.

Also, like they said above you will need a better cooler than stock.I don't think it will give you that high temps for this small OC though..

 

Thanks a lot for the information. :)

My motherboard does not provide a voltage setting.

However, after searching a lot, i managed to increase frequency from 1.8 to 2.1 (2070 to be more precise) by reducing DDR2 ram frequency from 533 to 400.

Temperature is still more than stable, as i can see. The cooler i'm using was part of the old processor, which had a lot higher frequency and memory cache, so i hope it'll do.

Core voltage seems stable, too.

Could my changes be a benefit or i'm still in the same condition due to lower ddr2?

Also, cpu multiplier is auto. Maximum is x9, but sometimes it's automatically reduced to x5. Is it safe to permanently set it to x9?

[ShuN^]

Thanks a lot for the information. :)

My motherboard does not provide a voltage setting.

However, after searching a lot, i managed to increase frequency from 1.8 to 2.1 (2070 to be more precise) by reducing DDR2 ram frequency from 533 to 400.

Temperature is still more than stable, as i can see. The cooler i'm using was part of the old processor, which had a lot higher frequency and memory cache, so i hope it'll do.

Core voltage seems stable, too.

Could my changes be a benefit or i'm still in the same condition due to lower ddr2?

Also, cpu multiplier is auto. Maximum is x9, but sometimes it's automatically reduced to x5. Is it safe to permanently set it to x9?

You need to check if your motherboard supports an overclocked CPU too.

Also after raising frequency you should run a stress test for your cpu (like prime95 or other stress test programs) and push it to it's maximum usage to see if it's stable.

Edited October 12, 2013 by ShuN^