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Is this a good PC to build?

Yes! Build it!
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No! Build something else!
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Stick with my Currnet PC.
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Re: Is this a good PC to build?
« Reply #30 on: August 17, 2009, 11:16:22 AM »
Ive seen people get 4ghz with this cpu.  Now THAT is a crazy oc!  But I seem to be stuck at 3.55.  Any higher and it doesnt boot. Im still trying to go higher, but to no avail.

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I made it!!! Im at 3.6 400x9 1.55vcore.  ;D ;D ;D
« Last Edit: August 17, 2009, 11:33:18 AM by computeruler »

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Re: Is this a good PC to build?
« Reply #31 on: August 20, 2009, 08:13:00 PM »
So what will you do when you hit the point that it won't recover from.  What a waste of hardware.  Unless you are only using this as an experiment to see what you can do.
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Re: Is this a good PC to build?
« Reply #32 on: August 21, 2009, 09:42:18 AM »
I've always kept with the rule of thumb to ONLY go up to maybe 115% of stock speed, it's unlikely that most CPUs in a batch will exceed that anyway. Although I've never overclocked... well, except I overclocked my 286 by replacing the crystal oscillator! I sped along at 16mhz when all the pansies were... well, actually this was 2002 so they probably had faster PCs, but my point remains.
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