Anyone overclocking CPU?

Gaillimhtaibhse

Anyone overclocking their CPU? Any problems with heat? Solutions?

ShiverinEskimo

Yes. Yes. Better Cooling.

BeatFreak

I might be wrong but I've heard the Pentium 133's are actually the same chips as the 100's... This gives me an idea...

DemonOfTheFall

My 1.8ghz 3000+ is running at 2.25 ghz.

I have an XP-90 to cool it. Runs at about 33' when sitting in windows (cool n quiet). Runs about 43 after extended burning playing a game/prime 95/ whatever.

Gaillimhtaibhse

ShiverinEskimo wrote:

Yes. Yes. Better Cooling.

How do you achieve better cooling on a laptop? Before even thinking about overclocking, my Toshiba laptop will threaten to shut down if the sun comes out (almost:rolleyes: ).

:v: Tear it apart and recondition the heat sink with a bucket of thermal grease?

:v: Tried those external cooling pads with fans, and they are not all that great to reduce heat when I'm cooking.

:v: Any solutions for existing equipment, or do I need to buy a new box and go from scratch?

Gaillimhtaibhse

DemonOfTheFall wrote:

when sitting in windows

Have opened the window and mounted laptop on small corner boxes to create more air space under unit. This helps when it's cold outside. Otherwise, it's a bust.

ShiverinEskimo

Dunno about laptops man. I imagine they would be insanely difficult to overclock because of the heat factor and the extra voltage you'd be putting through it is bound to drain your battery faster.

Domster

I wouldn't bother me arse overclockin' a laptop mate. Too much hassle dealing with heat issues. Laptops are hot enough as it is, without overclockin' em. Unless you have the option of sittin' in a fridge!!

zilog_jones

BeatFreak wrote:

I might be wrong but I've heard the Pentium 133's are actually the same chips as the 100's... This gives me an idea...

Used to run my P75 as a P90 all the time
I put in a case fan, just to be on the safe side - it had a humoungous heatsink anyway (old Dell OptiPlex).

I used to run my Celeron 366 at 412.5MHz most the time too, with the standard crappy heatsink - used to get the odd hard disk error and Explorer crash (then again I don't know if that was just Windows 98 being, you know, Windows 98 ^_^), but besides that it was fine.

DonkeyStyle \o/

ShiverinEskimo wrote:

Yes. Yes. Better Cooling.

lol, short and sweet... me likes.

DemonOfTheFall

Laptop overclocking is a no no. Forget about it. Serious heat issues.

WizZard

Hehe. Currently running my FX-60 @ 3Ghz per core On air! (12 hrs prime stable)
Hehehe :v:

<edit>For laptops, Google "Notebook hardware Control", but beware of heat issues</edit>

ShiverinEskimo

WizZard wrote:

Hehe. Currently running my FX-60 @ 3Ghz per core On air! (12 hrs prime stable)
Hehehe :v:

<edit>For laptops, Google "Notebook hardware Control", but beware of heat issues</edit>

off topic

You got an FX-60?? omg when does it stop???

/off topic

WizZard

It has to stop now. Really. No...now... Damnit :rolleyes: