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Overclocking w/ Changes


John Graham 1036677
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John Graham 1036677
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Hi

 

I am looking at overclocking my E8500 (currently clocked at the standard 3.16 GHz) to 3.4 GHz to 3.6 GHz. I understand that overclocking WILL reduce the life time of my processor. Although I would be able and ready to replace it at any time, I am very interested in keeping it a live as long as possible.

 

Most of the time I go onto my computer I don't use flight sim. During these times there is no need for an overclocked processor. But the 1/8 of a time I am using FS. So I am wondering if it is possible to automatically select which clock speed I want during start up or something instead of having to do it manually everytime.

 

Or do you guys think that at 3.6 it wouldn't reduce the life of the processor that much.

 

Thanks

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Luke Kolin
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Or do you guys think that at 3.6 it wouldn't reduce the life of the processor that much.

 

I've found that the most common cause of CPU death is obsolescence, not overclocking.

 

Cheers!

 

Luke

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It won't really do much. I have my cpu at a 50% overclock and yes it may last 5 years instead of the manufacturer's spec of 15 but I'll probably get a new CPU in 3 yrs anyway.

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Nuriel Shem-Tov 1120623
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Hi

 

I am looking at overclocking my E8500 (currently clocked at the standard 3.16 GHz) to 3.4 GHz to 3.6 GHz. I understand that overclocking WILL reduce the life time of my processor. Although I would be able and ready to replace it at any time, I am very interested in keeping it a live as long as possible.

 

Most of the time I go onto my computer I don't use flight sim. During these times there is no need for an overclocked processor. But the 1/8 of a time I am using FS. So I am wondering if it is possible to automatically select which clock speed I want during start up or something instead of having to do it manually everytime.

 

Or do you guys think that at 3.6 it wouldn't reduce the life of the processor that much.

 

Thanks

 

Hi John,

 

I have intel E8400 which I've been playing a lot around with. Been overclocking from original 3Ghz to 3.6 and 3.8.

One ofcourse must make sure he knows what he is doing, as you set higher voltage and need good cooling when overclocking. Remember that some things can always go wrong when o/c: For instance dont EVER do a bios update when you are overclocked...

 

I think what is more important (after many tests I've made regarding performance) that CPU and RAM ration will be 1:1 and get your RAM to run the best timing it can give you.

After which you can overclock but I didnt see that much difference. I did see more difference when getting my RAM timings down to 4-4-4-12 when they used to be originally on 5-5-6 something...

 

The best performance improvement I ever got was due to upgrading RAM and to a 64 bit system. Not overclocking.

And even better performance when I installed WIN7 which together with DX10 gives me very good framerates. (in WIN7 this is not the case for those running slow machines with little RAM!)

 

Regadring processor lifetime, there is some truth in that. I never saw any of my CPU's go dead on me. I guess I manage to upgrade them just before that happens

 

Good luck!

Nuriel Shem-Tov, Amsterdam.

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