Overclocking

[SwiftSniper232]

I was wondering how to over clock my CPU? Is it dangerous and am I fooling with somthing I shouldn't? Thx

Swift

[Steve]

dangerous, hmm well you could kill your computer :/

it's ok as long as you read alot and carefully, and take it steady.

some ppl give it a miss and say it reduces the life of the components. this is true to an extent but the part will be obsolete before it dies from overclocking so i say fry the chip

example my 2500+ can run the equivalent of a 3600+ chip. thats a heck of a boost for no extra money

[SwiftSniper232]

what do I use to overclock it??

[Steve]

your motherboard and it's BIOS usually

[SwiftSniper232]

could you give me a rather quick walk-though?

[atholon]

Make sure you get a lot of fans or it is going to lock up a lot.

[Steve]

sry never overclocked an intel chip, just google it there is 100's of guides

[SwiftSniper232]

OK..one more thing...what kinda fans and stuff do I need to keep my comp cool?

[Steve]

if you still have your stock cooler on, i.e. you haven't boutght one yourself, then it probably won't be up to the job of a large over clock.

generally there is a a setting in the BIOS to auto shut down the comp at a certain temp.

you would have to check intel.com to see what the temp is rated to on your specific chip.

you can also check the temp in your BIOS, to see if things are getting hot.

50 degress C is warm, but if it starts getting highter then keep an eye on it. e.g. 60 + you def. need a new cooler

[SwiftSniper232]

man i cant find anything on recomended temp or a processor on intel...

[SwiftSniper232]

never mind I found it

[Hellfighter]

i got the intel chipset it boost it up some, you have to look up the type of chip and the MHZ it running at.

i seem to boost it like 500mhz most for me. it very on the chip CPU you are using. it will not over clock all it do is reset it to run even better.

like all thing a chipset is already in your system, but some times they release a new virsion of it.

the chipset is item that is auto-set, you can't use it to reset the setting with. preset.

[SwiftSniper232]

Just figured out it seems that I cant over overclock it because SONY VIAO doesnt enable that option. Screw SONY. Please correct me if im worng. Is there any way to do it without the BIOS?

[Hellfighter]

you can ask them if you can call tech-support ask them what chipset your system is using and if there a update for it.

call the tech support team who build your system MFG or who you pay

Intel chipset listing "Click-here"

my is "Intel® 815 Chipset Family" it was updated around 12/2004, Intel 4 1400MHZ

got my system back in 2001 Gateway 1400 serials it was a rip off. USD-2.800.00 could got more option/items for 1.600.00

[SwiftSniper232]

OK...well I use an Intel Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel ~2792 Mhz...I dont think that will help bud. SONY doesnt like people getting in and messing with the BIOS...Im lookin for a way around SONY.

[Mauser 98K]

im curently runing a p4 origonal speed is 2.80ghz got it clocked up to 3.0ghz, got the memory from 333mhz to 355mhz and the graphics card from 250mhz to 301mhz with the memory of the graphics from 160mhz to 204mhz got fans on all the heatsinks even if it didnt come with one, got 2 the size of a silver dollar 1 on the graphics card and one on the heatsink on the mobo, got a 5inch fan in the case door with another 1 in the power suply and another behind the cpu cooler blowing cool air close to the cpu runing a 400w powersuply to run everything and cpu never gets over 41.c

[atholon]

Ask Sony for the Motherboard specs...if you can't disable it in BIOS there is usually a motherboard jumper.

[SwiftSniper232]

could you give me a better idea of what a motherboard jumper is...

[teej]

if you are going to overclock, i would suggest you buy fans and fill all your slots. You can get good fans for real cheap at newegg.com If you are lucky, you can fine them for about $1.00 each. But for a decent working fan, you are looking around maybe $3-4