Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Overclocking CPU causes segmentation fault

[Nilesh Govindrajan <me@nileshgr.com>]

On Wednesday 23 January 2013 07:52:03 PM IST, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 23/01/13 14:09, Dale wrote:
>> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>>> On 23/01/13 03:55, Dale wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>> I tired overclocking once a good while back.  It just wasn't worth it.
>>>
>>> I've been running a Core 2 Duo from 2.4Ghz to 3.4Ghz for over three
>>> years.  Instead of a new CPU, I only bought a €30 cooler.
>>>
>>> Oh, it *was* totally worth it.  Mainly for games, where the
>>> performance difference was really dramatic.
>>>
>>
>> I doubt most get that lucky tho.  After all, overclocking is mostly
>> luck.  Some CPU's won't overclock that much long term because of either
>> the CPU itself or some other component that can't handle the increase.
>> When you overclock, you are searching for that weak link.  Most of the
>> time, you find that weak link.
>
> In my experience, most of the time you can overclock.  The issue is
> with the user not knowing exactly how to do it.  You need to
> understand a few things and how they affect each other.  It's not just
> a knob you can turn.
>
>

That pretty much applies to me. I don't know much about hardware stuff.
Regarding your 1 Ghz overclock, you probably have good components in 
terms of RAM & SMPS.
When I bought this rig in 2008, I knew nothing about good components, 
blindly trusted local vendor... also internet shopping wasn't advanced 
here.
So pretty much substandard components.

Now that I know stuff, I'm thinking of assembling my own AMD FX8350 rig 
soon by buying components from the web.
So, let's close this topic  :-)

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Nilesh Govindarajan
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