PC OCers

[EEmain]

Anybody else build and OC comps for fun and/or profit?

 

[cable626]

meeeeeeee!
i'm lookin into getting an amd 64 3700+ san diego core soon....gonna see how far i can push it lol.
right now i'm still running an athlon xp 3000+ that i built over a year ago, but it's running smooth.

 

[EEmain]

I am an Intel-Asus fan... Looked at the 64(3000+ Winchester) but bought a P4 3.0P (E Stepping) about 2 months ago to go in my P4C800EDLX. That is now running at 4.1 Besides if I told the wife I was spending another 5 or 6 hundred on a new system... let`s just say it would be 2x that to keep the peace.

 

[BigVrunga]

Oh Im all about that action!!! Just built an OC'd XP-Mobile for a friend. Putters along nicely at 2.4Ghz which would be around an Athlon 3400+ Not bad for an $85 CPU.

My current PC is an XP2600+ 333FSB but Ill be upgrading to an AMD64 later this year. THAT will be a screamer.

Im overclocking my Dell Axim X50 (PocketPC) later this week I just a wireless LAN card for it and I was listening to streaming internet radio out by my mailbox which is at least 300ft from my router. I am truly amazed

BV

 

[darius]

I've got an Athlon 64 3400, Asus K8N-E, 1 gig of ram, XFX Nvidia 6600GT, 200gig sata hd, and the rest of the usual stuff. Gaming is awesome. On the Asus mobo, there are some options to up the voltage to make overclocking super easy.. haven't played around with it yet though.

 

[EEmain]

Oh Im all about that action!!! Just built an OC'd XP-Mobile for a friend. Putters along nicely at 2.4Ghz which would be around an Athlon 3400+ Not bad for an $85 CPU.

My current PC is an XP2600+ 333FSB but Ill be upgrading to an AMD64 later this year. THAT will be a screamer.

Im overclocking my Dell Axim X50 (PocketPC) later this week I just a wireless LAN card for it and I was listening to streaming internet radio out by my mailbox which is at least 300ft from my router. I am truly amazed

BV

I remember at Voodoo3.net one of the guys OCed a calculator... why because he could :twisted:

 

[EEmain]

I've got an Athlon 64 3400, Asus K8N-E, 1 gig of ram, XFX Nvidia 6600GT, 200gig sata hd, and the rest of the usual stuff. Gaming is awesome. On the Asus mobo, there are some options to up the voltage to make overclocking super easy.. haven't played around with it yet though.

Dude its addictive... I`ve been OCing since my P233 to 266 then P2 350 TO 466 then celeron 366 to 550 then P3 600 to 900 then P4 1.6 to 2.4 then P4 2.4 to 2.9 then 2.6 to 3.5(Corsair PC4400) Went from air to Pelts then Watercooled now back to air( Thermalright XP-90C ) now my next setup will be Phase Change :lol:

 

[cable626]

oh shitttt i saw that when he OC'd a calc!
It was a TI-83 plus I think.

 

[Grassroots082]

So its pretty much like Nitric Oxide for a car ? Your supercharging it for short periods of time or long periods of time? Do you guys that OC play online games or what purpose do you get out of it? I'm not trying to melt my computer, shits too expensive!

 

[EEmain]

oh shitttt i saw that when he OC'd a calc!
It was a TI-83 plus I think.

Don`t remember what it was but the site had a big write up and it was all over the net...
If 3DFX didn`t go under there would have been a Voodoo9.net by now.... Damn I miss the forum and the only one I still know is BigWop who writes for Hothardware now...

 

[EEmain]

So its pretty much like Nitric Oxide for a car ? Your supercharging it for short periods of time or long periods of time? Do you guys that OC play online games or what purpose do you get out of it? I'm not trying to melt my computer, shits too expensive!

It is about buying a $150 CPU and running faster than a $800 one :icon_lol: Mine runs at 4.1gig all the time, but will get to 4.3 but not completely stable with air cooling... Don`t try and OC your Dell or HP or any other store bought, although it`s been done.... it takes a big time power supply, good memory and the right hand picked CPU.. PLUS BETTER THAN STOCK COOLING IN MOST CASES...

 

[EEmain]

For the fun of it and to see if you can make me drool post your specs :run:


Mine: P4 3.0(4.1) Prescott
Asus P4C800ED
1 gig Corsair PC4400
Dual WD80 in Raid 0
RADEON 9800pro (getting old)
SBLive Audigy 2
Klipsch Promedia 5.1
Hyundai L90D+ LCD (8ms)-best 19" LCD on the planet IMHO
2x NEC 16X DVD+/- DL
Logitech Wireless KB+Mouse

 

[cable626]

AMD Athlon XP 3000+
gigabyte ga7nnxp
1.5gb kingston pc3200 (ddr400)
Maxtor 120gb, 160gb and 250gb (i do a lot of dvd work)
Ati x800 pro (awesome vid card but i don't game a lot anymore)
nec nd2500 8x dvd burner, 52x cd burner, and another 16x dvd reader

can't wait till i build my new comp this summer....i'm drooling just thinking about it:
Athlon 64 3700+ 1mb L2 cache (its standard at 2.2ghz but i should be able to get to 2.8 easily)
ocz pro ddr400 2x1gb ram

 

[EEmain]

AMD Athlon XP 3000+
gigabyte ga7nnxp
1.5gb kingston pc3200 (ddr400)
Maxtor 120gb, 160gb and 250gb (i do a lot of dvd work)
Ati x800 pro (awesome vid card but i don't game a lot anymore)
nec nd2500 8x dvd burner, 52x cd burner, and another 16x dvd reader

can't wait till i build my new comp this summer....i'm drooling just thinking about it:
Athlon 64 3700+ 1mb L2 cache (its standard at 2.2ghz but i should be able to get to 2.8 easily)
ocz pro ddr400 2x1gb ram

Good system... what video card.. if it`s a a Gigabyte it`s one of only 2 X800Pros that have all 16 pipelines turned on instead of being nuetered with 4 cutoff
I think the other was the Powercolor... I had the NEC 2500 and there is a firmware flash to enable Dual Layer :thumbsup:

 

[cable626]

it's a gecube x800 256mb. haven't played any video games lately though. honestly, i don't even know why i bought it. i should sell it and pick up a cheaper one and use that money towards my new system.
I got the firmware flash for the 2500, but haven't tried to burn any DL discs yet. damnit when will the price drop on those blank DL dvd's! i don't even think they sell them in spindles yet because they're so expensive.

 

[milwood]

Gentlemen, please take this discussion to the "dork" forum. Just kidding! I'm jealous because of my computer illiteracy. Maybe I'll learn a thing or 2 around here...

 

[BigCasino]

For the fun of it and to see if you can make me drool post your specs :run:

P4 3.06 @ 3.4ghz (I know, weak overclock!)
Abit TH7 II (the BEST board I have owned ever)
1 gig PC1066 RDRAM
Western Digital Caviar 250gig HD
GeForce 6800 Ultra 256mb AGP
Creative Labs Audigy
17" Solarism LCD
52x ASUS CDR / CD-RW drive
16x DVD-R Sony
550Watt Power Supply Antec
Klipsch 400W 5.1 surround speakers

That is my attempt at droolage, your P4 overclock kills my sad attempt though :-(

 

[cable626]

yea seriously, that is a sick OC a 3.0 at 4.1! You're oc'ing that on air?
i'm sure you know about athlon xp heat issues, so that's why i'd rather not keep it oc'd. i've gotten it up to 2.4 from 2.1, but don't wanna burn it out. sucky ass xp's!
btw that's on air with a thermaltake volcano 12.

 

[BigVrunga]

That *is* a nice OC! Nice work EEMain!

So its pretty much like Nitric Oxide for a car ? Your supercharging it for short periods of time or long periods of time? Do you guys that OC play online games or what purpose do you get out of it? I'm not trying to melt my computer, shits too expensive!

That's exactly the vibe you get from it bro...Ive rebuilt a car or two in my time, and I get the same rise out of hot-rodding my PC as I did from restoring my 635Csi. (which is no longer with me ) Plus its cheaper and you dont get that dirty

I was toying with the idea of building a dual Xeon workstation - Ive heard you can get serious overclocks on some of the Xeon chips. Although I dont play too many games on my PC - I use it mainly for Pro audio production which puts a HUGE load on the CPU and memory bandwidth.

Best price/performace for a chip IMO is still the Athlon XP-M's. If you get the right one, you can push it to 2.7Ghz on AIR. That would keep pace with a Pentium 3.6 in most applications. For $80 you can't beat it!!

BV

 

[EEmain]

P4 3.06 @ 3.4ghz (I know, weak overclock!)
Abit TH7 II (the BEST board I have owned ever)
1 gig PC1066 RDRAM
Western Digital Caviar 250gig HD
GeForce 6800 Ultra 256mb AGP
Creative Labs Audigy
17" Solarism LCD
52x ASUS CDR / CD-RW drive
16x DVD-R Sony
550Watt Power Supply Antec
Klipsch 400W 5.1 surround speakers

That is my attempt at droolage, your P4 overclock kills my sad attempt though :-(

It is what you have to work with that matters... EO stepping Prescotts are great OC on air at default voltage...
What I think is holding me back from a 300FSB is the Asus board.. it has a voltage droop under load... there is a mod with a 50kohm
resistor but then my heatsink won`t fit because it needs to be mounted where the retension bracket fits...

 

[EEmain]

yea seriously, that is a sick OC a 3.0 at 4.1! You're oc'ing that on air?
i'm sure you know about athlon xp heat issues, so that's why i'd rather not keep it oc'd. i've gotten it up to 2.4 from 2.1, but don't wanna burn it out. sucky ass xp's!
btw that's on air with a thermaltake volcano 12.

Heat issues? Aren`t the Prescotts known as the Preshotts 43*c idle 58*c under full load...

 

[EEmain]

Gentlemen, please take this discussion to the "dork" forum. Just kidding! I'm jealous because of my computer illiteracy. Maybe I'll learn a thing or 2 around here...

After all the help I`ve received around here... anyone that has a question about something I do understand... just ask away...

 

[EEmain]

it's a gecube x800 256mb. haven't played any video games lately though. honestly, i don't even know why i bought it. i should sell it and pick up a cheaper one and use that money towards my new system.
I got the firmware flash for the 2500, but haven't tried to burn any DL discs yet. damnit when will the price drop on those blank DL dvd's! i don't even think they sell them in spindles yet because they're so expensive.

I saw 25 packs of memorex but they were $99 on sale

 

[boomr]

where is a good place to go to learn the basics on building your own....i have built comps from parts, but never looked for serious hardware (nor do I know what is the good stuff). I have just upgraded old comps from spare pieces I had around. anyway, if someone knows of a site that tells a bunch of info, let me know. I need a new comp and would love to build my own if its cheaper.

 

[EEmain]

where is a good place to go to learn the basics on building your own....i have built comps from parts, but never looked for serious hardware (nor do I know what is the good stuff). I have just upgraded old comps from spare pieces I had around. anyway, if someone knows of a site that tells a bunch of info, let me know. I need a new comp and would love to build my own if its cheaper.

Not really that much cheaper... it`s the ability to costumize with parts unavailable from OEM`s.... Good place to start is to look into bare bones systems


You will need to set a budget... then read some hardware sites to see what is hot and not... if you`re starting from scratch Athlon64 is the way to go right now.. any good motherboard from Asus, Abit,MSI, Gigabyte,Albatron,Chaintech,DFI will be fine.. everyone has their favs, mine just happens to be Asus.. Do not skimp on parts such as Powersupply and memory.. as with anything in life you get what you pay for... I bought an Amptron motherboard for my first built and it drove me nutz.. but hey I saved like $30... a great place to shop online is www.newegg.com or www.zipzoomfly.com ... these guys are like all the sponsors here.. ultra reliable


Hardware sites: www.hardocp.com
www.overclockers.com
www.hothardware.com

To name a few.. check the links page on these for more

 

[boomr]

sweet, thanks a bunch

 

[cable626]

hey boomr, also check out anandtech.com forums. Great info there.
to build your own computer, it will be cheaper only if you make it a higher end computer. ie. athlon 64 3500+ or higher, 1+ gb ram, sata hard drive(s).
a top of the line computer can be built for under $900 without a monitor.

but a simple entry level pc (2.x ghz, 512mb ram, 80gb hard drive) is cheaper to buy from dell, hp, or gateway.

when you go to newegg.com, find a motherboard and then find the parts you need based on the motherboards specs.
newegg is awesome with warranties. if ur mobo shorts out, just send it back to them. (i did it twice with one mobo until i realized i had a POS power supply!)

 

[boomr]

ok, I will check that out also. Thanks.