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23. June 2008 @ 14:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey guys, I've had my PC for about ....6 months now and I just started overclocking it.

2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6750, with the Akasa Zen Freezer 7 Pro, overclocked @ 3.4GHz (425x8 FSB) 50'C @ 100% Load

And it was working fine for about 2 weeks but now it just keeps crashing after 10 minutes of gameplay, in any game, and I can't turn the game off because the screen just goes black so I have to restart.

Any suggestions?

Also, I'm using a Gigabyte Radeon HD3850 512MB and I overclocked it a little bit, recently I just set it back to default but increased the memory/core clocks slightly higher than default, I haven't tested it yet though.

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24. June 2008 @ 11:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
very simple STOP OVERCLOCKING YOUR MACHINE!!

You bought a 2.66 Ghz processor so clearly it is not capable of going up to 3.4 like you have it set. So either the machine is shutting off more then likely because it is overheating to the point where its trying to protect its self or you already did screw your machine up.

SO if you want a machine at 3.4 Ghz then buy one don't try and get one to go that high.
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24. June 2008 @ 14:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Wrong thread >.>

Clearly you don't know the capability of Core 2 Duos, I could get this thing upto 3.6 if I pushed, and I have about 3 fans in my tower and it's only going 50c. It's stable, I've ran 3D Mark 06 about 4 times and ORTHOS to stress both of the cores, nothing wrong.

CPU -Intel Core i5 750 @ 3.36GHz w/ F7P Rev 2
GPU -Gigabyte HD6950 2GB
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25. June 2008 @ 08:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
im with rogeball dont overclock, if you really wanted those speeds put out the money for it.

other then that, yea imma also assume its overheating and say its shutting its self down. so my advice "and i dont use intel" is to slow it down for a few weeks and see what happnes.

so do u think we will get hazard pay out of this ?
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25. June 2008 @ 09:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You guys are kinda noobs.

http://www.asusreviews.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=6

The problem was , I overclocked my graphics card.
I put it back to default.

Fine. Or it could've been something to do with the PC, I must've had to restart or something.

It works fine now...

Overclocking Ftw.

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9. July 2008 @ 10:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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You bought a 2.66 Ghz processor so clearly it is not capable of going up to 3.4 like you have it set.
LMAO. It is more than capable of 3.4GHz stable. I've had mine safely up to 3.8GHz which ran dual Orthos Prime for 80+ hours. And others have had it up over 4GHz stable on air cooling.

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im with rogeball dont overclock, if you really wanted those speeds put out the money for it.
Overclocking is perfectly safe if you know what you're doing. Besides, there is no currently available processor at 3.4GHz so I see no point in your statement.

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You guys are kinda noobs.
I wouldn't put it so harshly, but yes you guys are. Do your research before you decide to give advice.

Oh, and for the record, don't ever OC your graphics card. They aren't as OC friendly as CPUs.



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9. July 2008 @ 10:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
They are noobs, but chrono, your system's crashing like that probably because you overclocked your GPU without testing. Leave the GPU stock to test the CPU.



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9. July 2008 @ 10:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I recommend you don't OC your graphics card at all. I have mine on a slight(50MHz) OC but generally it isn't a very good idea. The performance increase is usually not worth the price of a new video card if something goes wrong.



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9. July 2008 @ 10:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Indeed, overclocking a graphics card is nothing like overclocking a processor. Soph was quite lucky and got a big overclock on his 3870, but rarely do you see significant gains.



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11. July 2008 @ 16:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by xChronox:
You guys are kinda noobs.

http://www.asusreviews.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=6

The problem was , I overclocked my graphics card.
I put it back to default.

Fine. Or it could've been something to do with the PC, I must've had to restart or something.

It works fine now...

Overclocking Ftw.
You call them noobs for giving you advice?
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12. July 2008 @ 05:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's harsh but true though, the solution to overclocking causing issues not just to 'not overclock', that defeats the point.



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