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Re: Bios Question
Yeah, that's a really good point, the power circuitry to the motherboard is not really capable of the loads and heat that would be produced from an overclock. In fact, today, a major consideration for people building overclocking systems, they must consider how many phases the power circuitry has and what kind of cooling there is on the chips involved.
I've never heard of anyone overclocking a factory system. Sure, I'll bet it has been done, but it isn't worth it, no where near so.
The truth about overclocking is that it is partly done so that guys can get good benchmarks to show each other. An overclock isn't always all that noticeable to the average Joe or Jane user.
I can overclock my s939 Toledo from 2400 to 3000 and more (I no longer push it that hard, I have it at 2880) and I can't say I've noticed much, to be very sincere.
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| Thanks guys...I just wasn't sure of the reasons.
I built mine and have my Q6600 running at 3.4GHz
Runs solid and with a very noticeable speed improvement. Haven't seen a BSOD in months.
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| I am thinking about getting the wife an HP. Just a standard a6710t with an E7400 2.8GHz. Think there would be a problem dropping 2 - 2GB Corsair 6400C5DHX ram mods into it. (have them left over from my build)
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