What computer do you use?

Jul 31, 2004 at 7:02 PM Post #152 of 157
Desktop
Asus A7V333 mobo
AMD2200+
128mb ATI 9700pro
1536mb PC2700 ram
Audigy
80G + 120G HD, 160G external HD
3com NIC
Linksys 54G WiFi
NEC 2510A Dual Layer DVD+/-RW
Samsung SD-616Q DVD-Rom

Laptop
Dell Inspiron 8600
Pentium-M 1.4Ghz
768mb PC2700 ram
30G HD + 40G USB2 External HD
Samsung 16X DVD 24X CD-RW combo
Nvidia 128mb 5650FX
Intel 802.11b wifi
3com 54g wifi (when needed)
D-Link Bluetooth
15.4" 1680x1050 res widescreen
5.1 Sound
 
Aug 1, 2004 at 1:57 AM Post #156 of 157
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Originally Posted by CSMR
What's all this overclocking on this forum? Won't it increase heat and therefore noise?


Heat may very well be increased, but usually noise will only go up via the thermal control on the CPU fan. As the case starts to overheat you end up changing the CPU heatsink & fan and case fans. The only real solution is to go from 80mm fans to 120mm fans which output more air at less dB.

Overclocking is just that - clocking the CPU front side bus higher than default, or clocking the AGP or PCI bus beyond 66 MHz and 33 MHz respectively, or clocking the memory beyond its SPD settings.

Some people have been able to get a P4 2.4C which runs at 533 MHz to run at 800 MHz, or 3.6 MHz. Some people have been able to get a 3.0C/800 to run at 250 MHZ fsb or 1000Mhz (1GHz) for an end result of 3.6G.

I of course point to the economics of overclocking. I say that if you buy the fastest CPU with stock mem and an non-overclockable mobo, that you will come out ahead financially.
 
Aug 1, 2004 at 1:13 PM Post #157 of 157
Yes, but not just the CPU fan but also the PSU fan will be noisier for any fans you get. (Assuming they are set as low as possible to give adequate cooling.)

They are all into underclocking at SPCR. Just as much fun as overclocking! Not that I would be up to either!
 

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