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Ashman · #7 02-05-2002, 11:36 PM

If overclocking video card, just make sure it has adequate cooling, and go up in little increments at a time until it destabilizes, then go back in speed until it stabilizes.

If overclockign your CPU, then make sure you have proper cooling and ventilation, a proper large heatsink with the right kind of thermal grease inbetween the processor and the heatsink. Up the computer's BUS speed until the processor is not stable, then back off until it is stable. IF you want to go even higher, you can increase the voltage in little increments, but do not go too high. The preferable method is to leave the voltage at default levels, otherwise you can fry your processor.

I had my P3 750 slot 1 running @ 900 mhz for several months before it fried. Intel will replace it for me, but instead I bought a 950 Mhz AMD Athlon as my Motherboard blew out from a severe power surge that killed my backup battery too and a hard disk.

That was it for me with intel as I got the AMD processor and board for $150.00 and I was able to get my system back up and running for way less than replacing it with the intel processor.

Intel processor @ 950 would have been around $200 or so, and a new board, like the one I had, with built in raid, would have been at least $150 just for the board. so I managesd to save a few hundred switching to AMD.

Only reason I switched is because I broke a customers AMD processor, and had to replace theirs, then AMD replaced the broken one for me as a one time swap, and so I just decided to go with it. I am very happy so far.

I wont be overclockign my system again as I have no need lately. I don't play games that much anymore, I mainly just use my computer for music, movies, videos, cd burning, DVD playing, web browsing, and e-mail now. But I can still play most games out anyway.

playing games isn't all about the cpu and memory, I was able to play Max Payne on a p2 400 with 512 megs of ram and a geforce 2 with perfectly acceptable framrates.

Ohh and Dan, if you are looking for a processor for a good deal, E-mail me and I will see what I can do to help you locate some good prices, I deal with many vendors of computer hardware, and some might have some lying around they will sell for cheap.

BTW, for less than $80 you can pickup a Geforce 2 MX 64MB with TV out, I've seen them myself.

Alon