over-clocking your processor

[Montu]

yes you can damage things when over clocking..but you should be fine if your careful.

I'm still running my trusty i7 2600k @ 5ghz on air 24/7

[Cowboy T]

As others have said, yes, you can damage things if you go too far, but as long as you're careful, you should be OK to a point.

However, given the sheer horsepower of modern CPU's, why would anyone bother anymore? I could understand it back in the pre-GHz days, 'cause I did it with an AMD K6-2+ processor on an ASUS P55T2P4 motherboard (that's goin' way back). Heck, I also did it with a Pentium-133 running it at 166 MHz. But nowadays, we have 3+ GHz 8-core CPU's that are actually affordable, so what's the point now?

If your answer is, "because I can", and you just want to tinker and learn stuff, then that's a perfectly valid reason, too.

[wdsonny]

Once took a PIII 800MHz to about 1166MHz. That was cb0 stepping and a Vapochill Socket Cooler. Fastest home rig for about 6 months, then technology went GHz.

I got a Duron 600 to 900 once. Wicked fast.

[blazeaglory]

Once took a PIII 800MHz to about 1166MHz. That was cb0 stepping and a Vapochill Socket Cooler. Fastest home rig for about 6 months, then technology went GHz.

Maybe you were the first? 1166mhz =1.166ghz!

Congratulations!

[catmman]

Gave up on doing this many years ago. Everyone tells me I should try it again but to me there are always enough issues on a computer without having to worry if I am adding to them on purpose.