ZALMAN 9700 LED

[Pbirmingham1988]

Originally Posted by screwballl

as a PC Tech of about 15 years now, overclocking is one of the fastest and easiest way to kill a system, if not immediately then down the road. A stock clocked system can been seen running 5-10+ years down the road, yet the expected lifespan of any overclocked part is around 1-2 years, even if 100% stable the entire time. Some parts are able to OC for long periods of time provided proper cooling the entire time.
I myself am giving my E6600 a small bump but nowhere near where you or others have theirs. I don't feel like flushing away my hard earned money

That scares me a bit cuz it took me 4-5 years to get this computer i got... It was my christmas present after my parents gave me their car but i crashed it one night cuz i was a lil intoxicated. I totaled it straight into a pole with 6 people in my Nissan Sentra 2004. I was tryin to drift on a 25 mph turn but my wheels were already losing traction n BOOM! I was scared ****less about what my parents were gonna do. COps never came but it was cool cuz the tow truck driver came up helped us out n then smoked us out. It was a crazy night, but back to computers, i hope my computer lasts more than a year .... Screwball what ghz are u runnin at?? And panda man i added u but it says ur offline

[Panda Man]

Originally Posted by Pbirmingham1988

And panda man i added u but it says ur offline

Sry, I didn't mean now :P I'm at work, I won't be home for another 5 hours or so.

[Pbirmingham1988]

ok cool i started downloading all those software patches for vista so ill c if it changes anything

[screwballl]

my E6600 now is at stock 2.4 but I figure I will kick it up to around 2.8 and leave it there.

[Gig-O-Ram]

Originally Posted by Pbirmingham1988

That scares me a bit cuz it took me 4-5 years to get this computer i got... It was my christmas present... i hope my computer lasts more than a year .... Screwball what ghz are u runnin at?? And panda man i added u but it says ur offline

It's good to hear that you're willing to respect the risk of overclocking...It will help you in your quest to find out the right way to go about it, and to make sure you don't make a costly mistake if that's the road you decide to take. I'm overclocked 38%, and I think about it quite a bit. My wife always comments to me that I'm always looking at my temps and other readings, but she doesn't know I'm oc'd. I'd never hear the end of it I just tell her that I like to keep an eye on things... What screwballl said is true enough, no faster way to kill stuff than to oc, but I've been oc'd for over a year, and no issues. I hope it stays that way.

[Quakindude]

I'll admit that overclocking can cause issues sooner rather than later. But as long as my system lasts 2-3 years, I'm happy. I don't keep computers around much longer than that without upgrading. That being said, I'm running my E6600 at 3.2Ghz 24/7 and 1.325V. My temps are around 54*C loaded. As soon as I get my computer into a new Antec 900, I expect those temps to go down 3-4*C.

[Panda Man]

Pbirmingham1988 has learned the essence of rebooting!!! I talked to him on MSN and we got ATI Tool working

[Pbirmingham1988]

yes my problems have been fixed thx to pandaman. Thx for the help all of u and to comment on quake my temps at full load are 54-55C @ 3.6ghz now. My 8800gtx is oc'ed too 630/2050. Temps are low so im good ive set all my fans on 100%... I dont mind the noise though. It doesn't bother me at all. Im very proud with my system and i have u guys to thank cuz i learned a lot. Ati tool pissed me off for a while but panda got it to work