Is it safe?
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Gday Manu,
i wouldn't recommend overclocking your processor if you haven't got a aftermarket cooler, once you get a aftermarket cooler, you should be able to overclock through your motherboards BIOS (basic input output system)
A SSD card if im thinking of what your saying is basically a SSD drive that uses a pcie lane for even more performance,
i wouldn't recommend overclocking your processor if you haven't got a aftermarket cooler, once you get a aftermarket cooler, you should be able to overclock through your motherboards BIOS (basic input output system)
A SSD card if im thinking of what your saying is basically a SSD drive that uses a pcie lane for even more performance,
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Overclocking is not safe - You will loose your warrenty - so It's kind of a game - The lifetime of you hardware may be shorter than normal (maybe like 5-7 years lifetime).
When that is said. You can gain alot of ekstra power from you system, while overclocking, because you practicaly are "tuning" the hardware. Typicali CPU, GPU and RAMs.
If you think yourself about, holdning an eye on your temepratures are not too high (Not above 75c while under a heavy load I would say as a rule of thumb). Then you SHOULD be okay - this is not a garuantee though.
If you are willing to take the risk, then read about how to, the basics and such. You can find alot of information in this forum, and I'm sure there is other people with same hardware as you that are overclocked.
And as other people say - please don't push your hardware on stock cooling - those are only designet to cool the hardware as it is stock - get some aftermarket.
Don't push you hardware too much at the time, and keep an eye on temperatures, and you should be fine!
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.. Best of luck.
For myself: I have been overclocking for years - Only ONCE blew up some hardware - it was an old TNT2 graphic card, for those people who can remember them - But I pushed it way beyond what you would normally do.
And an SSD is a Solid State Disc - It's a very fast way to read and write data to it compared to a normal harddrive that have spinning magnetic plates.
Additinal information can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive
When that is said. You can gain alot of ekstra power from you system, while overclocking, because you practicaly are "tuning" the hardware. Typicali CPU, GPU and RAMs.
If you think yourself about, holdning an eye on your temepratures are not too high (Not above 75c while under a heavy load I would say as a rule of thumb). Then you SHOULD be okay - this is not a garuantee though.
If you are willing to take the risk, then read about how to, the basics and such. You can find alot of information in this forum, and I'm sure there is other people with same hardware as you that are overclocked.
And as other people say - please don't push your hardware on stock cooling - those are only designet to cool the hardware as it is stock - get some aftermarket.
Don't push you hardware too much at the time, and keep an eye on temperatures, and you should be fine!
For myself: I have been overclocking for years - Only ONCE blew up some hardware - it was an old TNT2 graphic card, for those people who can remember them - But I pushed it way beyond what you would normally do.
And an SSD is a Solid State Disc - It's a very fast way to read and write data to it compared to a normal harddrive that have spinning magnetic plates.
Additinal information can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive
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look people keep saying its not safe, but thats only if you dont know what your doing. the only risk in overclocking your proccessor is frying it with too much voltage or reducing the lifespan with voltage.
but heres the thing. you can overclock your cpu without increasing the voltage. with my cpu I can hit 3.8ghz with stock voltage. so there is no danger or risk in it, but I gain an extra 20% in performance!!!
and your warranty is only void if you tell them you have been overclocking. there is no way for them to actually know that the cpu has been overclocked.
heres a guide, give it a read then make your decision. dont listen to any of us, make up your own decision
http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/477151-how-overclock-i7-920-a.html
but heres the thing. you can overclock your cpu without increasing the voltage. with my cpu I can hit 3.8ghz with stock voltage. so there is no danger or risk in it, but I gain an extra 20% in performance!!!
and your warranty is only void if you tell them you have been overclocking. there is no way for them to actually know that the cpu has been overclocked.
heres a guide, give it a read then make your decision. dont listen to any of us, make up your own decision
http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/477151-how-overclock-i7-920-a.html
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