AMD Breaks Overclocking Record, Leaves the Competition in the Dust

[MrsM]

It would be frozen solid

That's how he makes Red Bull suppositories

[redred]

That's how he makes Red Bull suppositories

now that is a scary thought

[Goofy]

That's how he makes Red Bull suppositories

Gives your piles wings

I figure Hal will be cumming buckets seeing the specs and reading about it. Then he starts wanting one.

Hal will spend the next 5 years reading all the reviews......... it'll be obsolete before he even thinks about buying one

[Hal-9000]

Gives your piles wings



Hal will spend the next 5 years reading all the reviews......... it'll be obsolete before he even thinks about buying one

The Bulldozer chip is old news...yes about 3 years now, right before Intel launched their i-series chips.

Overclocking in general - Hey kids, let's buy an expensive computer, then add a larger power supply and more fans, perhaps a water cooling setup,
then we can get the 3.2 processor up to 4.0 and have it run stable ...for about 6 months until the thing craters...

Hint for overclockers - You want a cpu that runs at 4.2 ghz? Then don't buy one that runs at 3.8 ghz and rearrange your life for that extra 400 mhz

[Teh One Who Knocks]

The Bulldozer chip is old news...yes about 3 years now, right before Intel launched their i-series chips.

Overclocking in general - Hey kids, let's buy an expensive computer, then add a larger power supply and more fans, perhaps a water cooling setup,
then we can get the 3.2 processor up to 4.0 and have it run stable ...for about 6 months until the thing craters...

Hint for overclockers - You want a cpu that runs at 4.2 ghz? Then don't buy one that runs at 3.8 ghz and rearrange your life for that extra 400 mhz

Yeah, I've never understood the point of overclocking. By the time you invest in a better cooling system and PSU, you might as well have just bought the next chip up in speed rating

[Hal-9000]

Yeah, I've never understood the point of overclocking. By the time you invest in a better cooling system and PSU, you might as well have just bought the next chip up in speed rating

chicken dinner for that man

[Softdreamer]

Overclocking to me is like buying a Ferrari that goes 180 mph top speed and every day you get in the car you mat it totally to the floor, on every journey, even going to the store

In a short time that engine will be toast as parts do wear out.......

I refer to my earlier post..
4 years of running at higher speed, no failure issues

Yeah, I've never understood the point of overclocking. By the time you invest in a better cooling system and PSU, you might as well have just bought the next chip up in speed rating

I saved £55 by buying the mid range chip and only spent £10 on cooling. net saving of £45 ~ $75. with that I got a top notch graphics card instead of a mid range one for the same money.

Its not about getting the fastest speed possible, its just about taking off the ridiculously low limits that are imposed on most stock chips

[Hal-9000]

I refer to my earlier post..
4 years of running at higher speed, no failure issues




I saved £55 by buying the mid range chip and only spent £10 on cooling. net saving of £45 ~ $75. with that I got a top notch graphics card instead of a mid range one for the same money.

Its not about getting the fastest speed possible, its just about taking off the ridiculously low limits that are imposed on most stock chips

So what was the difference in mhz? I overclocked an old pentium 1 chip and got a whopping 90-100 mhz, which in all honesty didn't do much.

My current processor in an i5 2500K Sandy Bridge which is pretty much made for overclocking....one guy got an extra 800 mhz, which to me would be an appreciable difference.