.TuG.h0 Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Hey all, I recently was looking up how to overclock an AMD 64bit 3000+ cpu. Turns out that my kind of processor is basically the same as the other 3000+ - 3700+ processors but has been limited. I thought it would be a good idea to sign up to a site called www.overclock.net and I got confused so bad... Any of you can help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.AK Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 I'm just as thick when it comes to overclocking but I found 3dguru to be a good source of info and help http://www.guru3d.com the fourms are probably the best place to start.. just ask the same question you have done here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.TuG.h0 Posted October 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 I'm just as thick when it comes to overclocking but I found 3dguru to be a good source of info and help http://www.guru3d.com the fourms are probably the best place to start.. just ask the same question you have done here Thanks man I'll have a look now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madirk Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Overclocking is too risky for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.TuG.Bulldog Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 The most important thing when overclocking is keeping every thing cool!!! get some huge fans before you even think about overclocking, and some form of temperature monitering software, most overclocking software comes with at temp prog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantalus Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 With a reasonable CPU such as yours I am suprised that you would risk it. Ramping up the clock speed of your processor by a few Megahertz provides only a marginal increase in performance. Given the speed of today's processors the only reason most people start to overclock (O/C) is to get those 'extra points' in 3DMark and so on. The main area's that improve a machines overall performance by a significant degree, are an upgrade of RAM or Graphics card - I'm not going to bother going down the road of SCSI drives, SATA or HDD Cache because it opens up a whole different area for discussion. If your CPU is 'limited', I take you to mean 'locked' ? Overclocking a locked CPU can mean physically altering the wired links on the CPU itself, normally with a soldering iron and a steady hand. I have done this with a number of previous CPU's (the Athlon XP1700+ was a great one to O/C), but without a significant improvement in cooling (heat sink etc) the machines were prone to either blue screens or freezes and sometimes they did it anyway! I would recommend a thorough streamlining of your system before you go down the O/C route; it may be with a few good tweaks you can get those extra points that you so obviously crave without endangering your whole hardware system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.TuG.h0 Posted October 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Good ideas. I am not going to overclock my laptop because laptops are gay to overclock. Instead I am saving up for a new rig. I am going to build it by myself and am going to buy the parts from www.newegg.com Unfortunately I will have to get them to send it to a friends house in America and get it shipped over. But I will be saving money. I will be spending around 1150EUR on components that are great that I wont even need to overclock but prolly will newayz. For those of you that are interested in what I am planning to save up for I have attached a document with links to the components. It is great cause it is a 7800 GT card with 19" screen 939 socket motherboard with nice AMD 3700+ CPU i think at least. REal nice have a look. And stick around cause when I buy it I'll prolly get stuck making it hehe. Tell me if I'm missing nething too.. btw neone know how much approximately it would cost to ship a load of components over to NL from america ? New_Computer.doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantalus Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 A Lot!! Prohibitively so if you really want it to go Airmail; But because of the weight I imagine it would probably have to go surface mail - which will take a number of weeks. You should also check that these items can be exported from the USA - due to increased import/export security regulations as regards technological products etc., you may find some things are 'restricted'. You may also want to look at the import tax regulations for your own country - Customs may charge you extra at the shipping point in order to meet your own level of Tax. All of these things can eat into any 'profit' margin - so be careful. I have shipped a few things over from the states to the UK and I didn't actually save anything; apart from buying an item that I couldn't get in the Uk. Good Luck though - Enjoy the building .. and get an anti-static strap before you mess about with any components!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St_Bond Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Hey Tantalus, good to see you are still around... Excellent points on overclocking, I would advise against it, unless as you say... You MUST have extreme cooling, preferably watercooling (not something that I woould put in my baby, water and electronice dont mix well if it leaks...) You know what you are doing (is it worth buying a new CPU cos you fried the one you have) Consider long and hard (no sexual reference inferred) why you want to overclock and what you expect from it... RAM to the extreme and use the manufacturers overclocking utility on your graphics card, streamline your system i.e. Registry, remove programmes and apps that you don't need and you'll get possibly what you want anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.TuG.h0 Posted October 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 ...... You should also check that these items can be exported from the USA - due to increased import/export security regulations as regards technological products etc., you may find some things are 'restricted'. You may also want to look at the import tax regulations for your own country - Customs may charge you extra at the shipping point in order to meet your own level of Tax. All of these things can eat into any 'profit' margin - so be careful. I have shipped a few things over from the states to the UK and I didn't actually save anything; apart from buying an item that I couldn't get in the Uk. Good Luck though - Enjoy the building .. and get an anti-static strap before you mess about with any components!! Yeah I will have to look into that.. Maybe I could get it smuggled over would help a bit. Thing is that everything is availible here in NL that I want, but it's more expensive. Hopefully I will be able to get some stuff cheaper at least. For example I could just buy a case or something here. But like the graphics card here would cost a lot. So if you live in USA and you have a pc but you move to NL, you cant take it with you ?? :S Well newayz i gg now so ill ttyl. cya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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