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The Ultimate Newbie Guide And General Information Thread

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Hello all fellow new and old OCN members. This thread is it serve as a one stop give all thread that has the best of the best guides from all around OCN.

In order to protect myself:

I hereby do not claim ownership over any of these threads or guides. This thread is merely here to serve as a way to help everyone out. If you do not want your guide in this thread, PM me it will be removed promptly.

If you would like your guide added to this thread or feel I should add a thread, PM me please.

If any of the links are broken, please report them to me as well, either in the thread or in a PM and they will be fixed ASAP.

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Overclocking


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#2 ·
How about combining this with the one that already exists by mega?
 
#3 ·
Because I am selfish. <.< My thread my rules. >.> Although it is not a bad idea, it would be under Mega's name when I did all the work of searching for the threads (spent 2 hours doing it!).
 
#5 ·
Thank you for the suggestion. I will get around to that in the next day or so (been busy as hell here at home).....
 
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#7 ·
How about if I just add the thread itself lol.
 
#9 ·
Um... wrong thread but I will help you out.
 
#11 ·
:| That is a good qestion and I do not know the asnwer D:
 
#13 ·
Welcome anytime.
 
#14 ·
Very new to all this OCing. I have OC;d my pre to 1.4ghz from stock 500mhz with the internals but i have yet to learn how to do it to my ocmputer.

i am running an

asus p5qc pr
core 2 quad 2.8 (775) running at 3.4
6gb ocz ddr2
128gb ssd kingston
695gb wd
evga nvidia gtx 260 216 core sc

i am not sure were to begin i have read some and had no success ramped up voltages and fsb, multipliers and windows fails to boot i set back and go back to oringal oc bios setup

what some realistic expectations?
i am at 3.4 and maybe close to 4?
 
#15 ·
Wrong place bud. Also that isn't much information as to what quad you have. What is its model? Is it a Q8400? Q9650? There are like 20 different quads from intel's C2 line alone....

Post over in the intel overclocking section.
 
#17 ·
Sorry to be an ass, but use your head. Intel CPU would work or intel general. Remember, as long as it is some intel CPU, you can put under either. Also I have heard of people hitting 4.0+ on that chip of yours. And how many sticks of ram are you running? 2 2GB and 2 1GB? Or what?
 
#21 ·
Yeah but you get around pretty easy.... but sometimes the goldmine threads are not the ones stickied, but the ones you just find and are buried in the archives.
 
#22 ·
This website is potentially the best resource I have found in a while (and I'm including the dance dance revolution forums!! heck yes)

I have what I consider a novice understanding of computer hardware and I wish to learn more everyday. This is a great compilation of guides. Thank you to everyone who contributes to this site.
 
#23 ·
Now i know this sounds stupid but how do you post a new thread?
 
#24 ·
Click new thread put title and whatnot you need and done.
 
#26 ·
You mean an old thread or post? Go to your user profile and then go to statistics
 
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