white fox Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 My son Alec has recently started a forum dedicated to overclocking and AMD64 processors, also 3D modelling and gaming. If any of you are into this, you might find it helpful. subculture101.com I personally don't understand half of it, it must be a subculture or something, or am I too old? note - the users have some very strange signatures compared to here WF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrie0 Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 Basically overclocking is making your cpu of your computer run faster than it normally runs at , so in theory you get a faster computer for no extra cost . Ie with socket a (athlon xp chips) if your motherboard can take it you can slap in a mobile athlon 2500(2.5 ghz) or sometimes a standard 2500 and run it as a 3200(3.2)ghz or higher for no extra cost . All depends on if you overclock the fsb or if the cpu has an unlocked multiplier. Have always done this on my computers where the chip is overclockable , at the moment I am overclocking with an Athlon 64 coupled with 2 Raptor hard drives in raid 0 and 1gig of ram and the computer flies . He probably knows but there is a big forum here www.overclockers.co.uk , but be warned they also sell loads of hardware so your pocket may get lighter . Its all a bit geeky in the scheme of things but then again are'nt most hobbys . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene molloy Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 All depends on if you overclock the fsb or if the cpu has an unlocked multiplier. I am overclocking with an Athlon 64 coupled with 2 Raptor hard drives in raid 0 and 1gig of ram and the computer flies BarrieO, Good man, I'm glad you made that clear. Eug ('Kinajax, awa' ya bass, stickin' out, eh?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 BarrieO, Good man, I'm glad you made that clear. Eug So am I , must rush out and buy one. Do they do them in several colours or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrie0 Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 Nice bit of sarcasm boy's , no wonder this forum's starting to go a bit quiet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyni Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 overclocking is not for the computer illiterate, the information is out there if anyones cares to read up on it. www.overclockers.co.uk forum would be the place to start. I bought my hardware for my PC from them Top end PC for half the price you would pay from the likes of PC world ( :yp: PCWorld) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Overclocking... great fun but can have nasty side effects. My brothers in to that and hes just got an amd64 3000+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadSpringer Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Overclocking... great fun but can have nasty side effects Looks like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Overclocking... great fun but can have nasty side effects Looks like it! NWA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Madspringer that was funny They sure are NWA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyni Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Overclocking... great fun but can have nasty side effects Looks like it! ROFLMAO absolute cracker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_88 Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 **** :blink: :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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