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Overclocking safe?

  • 04-05-2006 1:46pm
    #1
    Willymuncher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 450 ✭✭


    I'm very new to overclocking so I'm not sure what to think, I got a Amd 64k 3700+ yesterday, and decided after reading up on it to overclock it slightly, didn't change the multiplier, set the bus speed to 220 and it shot up to 2.4ghz as opposed to its original 2.2ghz, its very stable, temperatures are just fine at around 30 - 35c, but regardless of it being fine....is such a increase bad for the processor? am I putting too much on it and will it dramatically shorten its life? it has to do me for at least another year and a half to two years.

    I'm liking what I have achieved so far, I've heard of the 3700+ reaching 2.7ghz, but I reckon I'll skip that for another while yet.


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  • #2
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,946 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    The CPU will be fine, the temps are good and you havent added any juice, all is good.

    The main resaon overclocking is possible is because of the yields that a wafer provides. Somtimes they get a high yield of high clockers, but consumer demand needs lower ones, so effectivly you are getting a faster chip but its badged as a slower one.

    Extreme example, a P4 1.8 I picked up for €20 thats been running at 2.8Ghz without a voltage increase for almost a year now. It was made around the time that 3.0Ghz northwoods were being shipped. This one came from a Dell so maybe Dell ordered a shed load of 1.8s, meaning that intel shipped faster dies, rather than trying to go back to an older process to make the 1.8's.


  • #3
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    You should lower the hypertransport multiplier. Same for the ram (unless you have decent ram or it's holding up allright now).

    Check out prime95 for a bit of a stress test. 2.4 is not really stressing the 3700+. They are fantastic overclockers by all accounts.

    AFAIK though, overclocking _does_ shorten the lifetime of your processor.


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