Shoutbox

Hey guys being at uni I have my own machine on my desk.  Its lasted a good 6 year now and still works really well.

Its a pentium 3 650MHz and I'm starting to consider if its worth overclocking.  However I have no clue where to start, how far to overclock it with the standard heatsinks and fans anyone got any advice on where to begin

P.S.

I think this should be in Tech Chat

Not worth OCing

You'll fry the poor thing after it worked so hard for you

start in bios but you need to make sure the cpu fan and other cooling is good really

You'll fry it. Unless you want to do that... XD

its not THAT easy to fry a cpu (if your cooling is good o.0), i have my athlon 2500 up to 2326MHz now and i havn't finished going up yet

You can overclock it but to overclock it to a worthwhile speed you will need some kickass cooling system

What about a 1400 Mhz Processor? Its AMD...

IF u want good cooling, just leave the Case top off an make sure the computer is in a Non dusty area,  But BIOS is a good start  to overclock it, but in some cases some cpu's rnt worth overclosing coz u dont see any difference at all

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Originally posted by Demandred
IF u want good cooling, just leave the Case top off

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thats not true at all !!! specially if you are using fans !! a close case is actually better because it keeps the air flow (bringing in cold air to replce the hot air) going !! where as without a case it can't control where the air from the fans go

if you have a water cooler then yes leaving the case off maybe abit better ?!?!?

iv'e known people to do it if they overclock , saves on spending money on a fan )   works for them,  i personally cant see any harm in it if the computer itself isnt in a dusty envirement