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Fritzjavel

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I have a AMD 5000 BE O/C to 2.9ghz.. I can hit 3.0 but the thing is my CPU Voltage is at 1.392V. basically the CPU is made for 65W but i'm at 74.75 W... Is this bad for my CPU?... my PC is mostly on 24/7 and if it's not on it's in full sleep... is that okay?
 
Tne new model cpus as well as boards tend to be more suitable and made easier for ocing while that will still place a stress on hardwares. For brief periods you wouldn't expect any problems since you are not raising the voltage. That would tend to be an tiem of concern since bringing that up would be more hazardous.

For simply leaving a system running on a 24/7 basis ocing is best done for limited periods of time and then returned to stock. You certainly want to keep an eye on temps and those low while the system is left unattended.
 
PC eye said:
Tne new model cpus as well as boards tend to be more suitable and made easier for ocing while that will still place a stress on hardwares. For brief periods you wouldn't expect any problems since you are not raising the voltage. That would tend to be an tiem of concern since bringing that up would be more hazardous.

For simply leaving a system running on a 24/7 basis ocing is best done for limited periods of time and then returned to stock. You certainly want to keep an eye on temps and those low while the system is left unattended.
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If you read the OC faq, you will see, it says that its not the overclock that kills the CPU, but rather the voltage increase.

So it is bad yes. Also your CPU is running the whole time, which provides added stress. Also, Ive heard that sleep mode is bad for the computer.

Rather switch it off.
 
Computer_Freak said:
If you read the OC faq, you will see, it says that its not the overclock that kills the CPU, but rather the voltage increase.

So it is bad yes. Also your CPU is running the whole time, which provides added stress. Also, Ive heard that sleep mode is bad for the computer.

Rather switch it off.
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Whenever you clock up a cpu it will run warmer as a rule. That's even with the stock voltages. I don't need a sticky to know that cranking up voltages can cook hardwares easy enough. But where someone is new to ocing you always emphasize the word "caution".
 
I'm running @ stock 2.6 now until my games come in the mail... I kept my Onboard graphics o/c though... But why is sleep bad for the PC? I thought sleep was good.. LOL
 
You take some risk

Any time you make something do anything it was not designed for you take some risk. :D
 
yea that true, but i o/c it easy at 230 FSB X 13.0 multiplier, i have a 680 PSU, so i have no worries...:D 2.9 O/C easy!... LOL.. i could hit higher, but i never bothered too...
 
The main thing to look at is how stable a system is once you clock things up a bit. You want to find the ideal not just any since the clock is faster. Otherwise you would soon end up with a list of problems.

Constant ocing on a system left unattended and on for 24/7 will take a toll sooner or later. You can't know what the temps are like while asleep. The AMD model here will run about 36C when idle.

The one thing noted for the stock cpu is seeing the temps drop 3 or 4C when going to run a game or an app that will grab resources. It gives the second core something to do like the system idle process does for the single core cpus.
 
Fritzjavel said:
I have a AMD 5000 BE O/C to 2.9ghz.. I can hit 3.0 but the thing is my CPU Voltage is at 1.392V. basically the CPU is made for 65W but i'm at 74.75 W... Is this bad for my CPU?... my PC is mostly on 24/7 and if it's not on it's in full sleep... is that okay?
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Its fine as long as you keep your temps down. For the life span of the CPU, that little bit of overclock the CPU will be way outdated before that takes it out, and might not at all. Your just talking about 3 or 400mhz here with not alot of voltage.
 
If you only overclock it to 2.8-your memory will run at normal speed-do you use the bios or a software based program to overclock?-I found the easiest way to overclock was by just adjusting the multiplier to 14-that gave me a speed of 2.8 with cpu voltage at 1.376
 
That's no surprise since they use essentially the same die as the 6000+ stock at about 3.014ghz. The lower to mid models generally are the better ocers for that reason over the fastest stock.
 
With a regular 17-18hrs of on time here running a stock system the idle temps have remained the same for almost a full year already. I simply shutdown daily rather then using any sleep or hibernation mode.

With ocing involved you will expect to see a wider range of temps as you go into standby and then return. The other build(XP only) connecting the dsl router is set for the display only to see that and occasionally loses ISP information knocking things out temporarily.
 
Sleep isnt as bad as shutting down. Someone i know who runs a server farm told me that 1 reboot puts as much wear on a pc than 6 hours of use.
 
StrangleHold said:
Its not the same die essentially. The 5000BE is a Brisbane 65nm. core. The 6000 is a Windsor 90nm. core.
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You missed the point being made there. If you take the top model and lower models with the same core you still end up seeing the lesser models being the better ocers.
 
I didnt miss anything. Not necessarily, maybe with the BEs but its at 2.6 already. I overclocked alot of Athlons and true you come across a lower ghz model that overclocks better but in general those were under clocked to supply demand for a certain model. But overall they dont, you dont think AMD is going to under clock higher yeild models and sell them for less when they could get more out of it, if it ran at a higher ghz at stock voltage. So no that statement in general is untrue with a few execptions like I said above.
 
in my opinion, dont bother overvolting unless you have liquid cooling or better. overclocking does stress a cpu quite a bit btw, just not nearly as much as people think. overvolting is actually adding power to it allowing for more clockspeed potential. ultimately not worth the amount of heat that it adds.

overvolting is always more dangerous than overclocking
make sure you have the proper cooling when overvolting
 
Any time you raise the voltage for any hardware it should be for a very brief period of time only. If you push things to hard and too long you otherwise end up with damaged or toasted hardware(crispy critters :eek: ).
 
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