i7-920 OC'd to 3.5
no problems... (at stock Doom4 suffers sometimes)
and remember to remove the lid of cpu with a razor-blade
>>343758442
>that image
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING NIGGER
>>343758591
i come fron /g/. we do stuff to technology
Remember to defrag at least once annually
>>343758705
>remove leftovera
A wonderful kek
>>343758442
My i7 920 just died last week.
I have replaced it with a i7 6700K
I don't recommend upgrading your CPU if you have a i7 920 or newer. It's not fucking worth it.
Try to use your current CPU until it dies. Intel are scammers.
this can't be real.. the benefits of those guides don't worth the risks..
>>343758442
had an i7-950 @ 3.7 until recently. bought a xeon x5660 on ebay for $80, have it at 4.2 right now. also sold the i7-950 for $50. cheap upgrade, didn't have to get a whole new system. gained like ~1k points in firestrike, cinebench went from 426 to 870. i recommend it if you still have a lga1366 mobo.
>>343759180
Why did decide you go with a 6700k over an i5 6600k?
I need to defrag my SSD now that you mention it
>>343759180
why it died? did you raise the voltage? what was your ghz?
>>343759201
btw this was the thread that got me interested in getting a xeon - http://www.overclock.net/t/1461359/official-xeon-x5660-x58-review-discussion-and-xeon-l5639-benchmarks-inside
>>343758442
i7 4770k @ 4.5ghz
1.195 vcore baby, won the binned lottery
i5 3470. Handles pretty much everything I throw at it really damn well.
>>343758705
This fucking image goddamn
>>343759243
I was desperate and needed a new computer ASAP the i7 6700K had faster delivery time.
>>343759367
I have no fucking idea why. perhaps there was some design fault in my stepping which resulted in hardware failure over time or something.
>>343759501
I agree that it's a little redundant in places, but it's a pretty comprehensive guide. I've defraggled this way several times now.
>people itt never heard of delidding
Clench those anuses
https://youtu.be/kwv_EsY07Wg
>>343759398
this senpaitachi
Have this baby for like 7 years I think
Phenom II 965
Definitely needs an upgrade sooner or later
Guys if I know fuckall about overclock getting a K is useless right?
>>343759613
>25C drop in temps
Oh fuck.
2500k at 4.6ghz with 16gb ram still no reason to upgrade.
i7 6700k at 4.6 ghz
The build was done last autumn. I use my PC for work, and some software that I use is demanding. Hence the specs.
E8400 Duo Core
To poor and cant be fucked up upgrade yet.
Give it 3 more years and ill finally have to.
>>343759694
Well yes, but overclocking with a K is literally just changing a number in the bios to the highest you can until you find one that doesn't bsod.
You can't really break anything.
2500k masterrace reporting in
i5-750 at 3.7
>>343758591
some people think you get better temps with the lid removed.
This was only true with the 3rd gen 1155 socket series.
>>343759694
Well, not exactly as easy as >>343759921 says, you need to find proper voltage at which the overclocked frequency works, preferably without BSODing or frying the CPU. But you can look up what other people have used, and with what kind of cooling.
4670k at 4.5ghz
I doubt I'll need to upgrade for a few more years, I might do it though.
i5 3570K at 3.40GHz
Should I upgrade or not?
I5 4460 at stock
>>343758705
I make sure to defrag my SSD weekly
Have CPUs hit the ceiling?
Will Intel freeze the prices forever until new technology arrives?
>>343760197
Personally I havent run into any real problems with comparable specs on my 3470. Just keep using it until it croaks. CPU requirements on games these days are usually overblown.
>>343760197
no.
>>343758442
i5 2320
>>343760280
>Intel
>Stop being jews
:^)
i74790k
Always invest in a better CPU than a video card when building a new computer. New video cards come out as soon as you buy them, but the PCI slot is usually never changing. With a strong CPU right out the gate, the only real upgrade youll have to worry about in 3-4 years in the video card. the rest is still decent.
4690k at 4.5Ghz
Should last me a while yes? Just built it last year.
i5-4440S at 2.80GHz
FX 8350 @ stock. Have never needed to unlock and I could easily if I wanted
i7 3770k
it's fine but seems to run hot even with better coolers, but that could be something unrelated to thr cpu
>>343758442
Why do I need to do that? I just bought an I5 and I put it in without doing that. Should i be worried?
Are AMD CPUs any good?
I have never tried anything newer than an Athlon
I run a 3570k, stock for now. About 4 years.
I have another that runs an FX 8120 made of nothing but used parts.
Looking to upgrade the Amd. Should I stick with AMD or go Intel? I've always been a strong believer in Intel being better for games. But a few benchmark charts say an amd fx 8350 is better than my 3570k which I find hard to believe.
i5 2550k @ 4.2ghz
It's pretty old, should I upgrade?
I7 860. Its old and I'm due for an upgrade but it mostly gets the job done.
>>343758591
Theres a theory that the cpu manufacturers use shitty thermal paste when making the cpu, so its common practice amongst pc enthusiasts to delid your cpu, replace the thermal paste with some of a higher quality to get that 2-5c better temps
>>343760671
Just for mid-end, they can't keep up with Intel at high-end anymore.
>>343759921
Don't even need to do it through bios anymore, most boards come with a program so you can do it from your desktop, including voltages.
>>343760613
drink half a bottle wine & do it. i did so
>>343760197
Also 3570K
No, it holds it's own just fine
>>343758442
I have the official meme cpu aka 4690k
Do I need liquid cooling for CPU OC? If I dont want want a pc that sounds like a jet engine, that is.
>>343761180
it depends how far you are OCing.
bumping from 2.8 to 3.0 no. Bumping 2.8 to 3.5 yes
are you the PCucks guy
>>343761410
any problems bro? my wife just got double teamed by 2 syrian immigrants
i7 2700K @ 4.2 GHz
This and my NH-D14 are probably going to last quite a while.
>>343761570
tell her i said hi
>>343758442
i5-3570k 3.5 gHz, haven't actually oc'd it yet waiting to get a better cpu fan
>>343761729
mark? you the guy who tore her colon?
>>343758705
This picture reminds me of something, I have a hard drive with a head that needs replacement. Do you really need to be in a super clean environment to do replace it or is it just some boogeyman trick to get you to pay 1k+?
>>343759398
i5 2500k @ 4.6
1.46v. Lost the lottery hard as FUCK. As far as I've seen, it's one of the worst 2500ks made.
>>343761914
have you finished downloading gta 5 yet
>>343762171
i paid my wife's breeder $70 to torrent it for me. i am still waiting
>>343759367
computer components will eventually wear out and start producing hardware failures regardless if no other reason than entropy itself
typically it happens first because of failing caps though, which is odd for the cpu to show signs of failure so early, he probably had a bad one
I had an i7 860 and it definitely couldn't keep up in modern gaming.
Do you guys keep your CPUs running overclocked all the time?
>>343762952
i do, why?
>>343763010
Just wondering since I've been running my 3570k at 4GHz for the last few years and I'm not sure if this is good for the CPU or not.
Don't exactly have the cash right now to replace any of my parts if they fail.
>>343763108
you're cooking on high heat versus medium heat, this does have a greater impact but you may never experience problems related to your cpu or even the entire rig for over a decade
the caps however, they also take more impact from OCing and they are more prone to failure over time, which will result in more frequent blue screens as they are no longer able to hold a smooth voltage
>>343759841
Duo-Core upgrades are cheap on Ebay though
an E8600 is only $15
>>343763316
So...should I turn off the OC or not?
Don't know if its particularly affecting anything right now. Don't really play any intensive games but I may be interested in emulating on Dolphin.
>>343763453
you shouldn't really OC unless your GFX card is bottlenecked or your application needs more CPU - thread related for instance an old i7 920 with a 580 should be OCed to make full use of the card
simply put, if you don't need it don't do it
>>343761974
Data on an hard disk are so packed that even a single speck of dust can ruin the disk.
>>343761974
if the information on there was so important then you should have made backups
it can be fixed but if the data is important you should let a professional handle it
>>343758442
3570k here. Is it time to buy a liquid cooler and bump this bitch to 5ghz?
>>343764093
if you need that much computing speed then you should invest in a system with parallel processing
a supercomputer
i5-4690K at 3.5GHz. Haven't OCd yet
FX-8350 with no OC because i was dumb and bought a shitty motherboard M5A97
>>343763724
i decided to oc my i7-920 running on factory oc'd 750ti. doom4 started getting bottlenecked. now its mostly snooth. i got an overclockers mobo. left cpu voltage untouched at 3.5ghz
>>343758442
you should get a trip code
>>343758442
2960xm OC'd to 4.0 all cores, no problems so far... but I only play touhou.
>>343758442
>FX 6300, stock speed
I-it was a b-bu-budget build ;_;
i7 2600K
stock 3.4, currently 4.5 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm a little peeved though. I wanted to set my desktop as a type 1 hypervisor and run both Linux and Windows as VMs, but my processor doesn't support GPU passthrough. You know what does support it though? The not overclock model, i7 2600.....
>>343764781
(((voltage untouched at 3.5 GHz)))
you're killing me
PHENOM II 1090Tfml
>>343767370
Wow that's insane bad luck m8.
>>343758442
>tfw i5 2500k died last month
hoped it would have lasted longer. I had it on stock for the last 3 years, too.
2009 I5- 750 @ 4GHZ
I really got my money worth out of that bitch
is a skylake i3 good enough for modern games?
is i5-6600k really worth more than twice as much?
>>343768065
The best performance for your budget is fucking buy a i7 920 for 20 dollars.
It maxes out every fucking game. It's much better than ANY i3.
People dislike buying used stuff so they refuse. But it's the best price/performance ratio there is.
i5-6600k is good but it's like ~30% faster than a i7 920 for 10x the price.
>>343760230
you disgust me.
>bought a k version of the processor
>probably never gonna overclock it
:^)
>>343768893
You can just pick overlocked mode in the bios. It's just 1 press of a button then never look at it again.
>>343767290
thats a shame anon
at least you could probably sell it to save for a FX-8350 or something
i was lucky, when i broke a pin in my FX-8320 and sent it to AMD, they sent back a FX-8350, althought the warrantly clearly states that broken pins are not covered
FX 8320
Is it even worth upgrading to 8350?
>>343769253
Is it the same on all motherboards? Pretty sure that I've never seen a overclock mode.
>>343758442
amd fx 8350 lord of fire.
works great as long as you replace the cooler
Delidded my 3770k and cleaned it up, removed the TIM and the rubber adhesive. Put in Cool laboratory Pro on the die and seated the whole thing back. Gained absolutely nothing. The worst part is all my cores vary by huge amounts in temp. I just want them all to be even so I have a better idea of my total cpu temp. Considering lapping my heatsink and going bare die.
>>343769431
It depends on the motherboard, for example MSI's bios has an automatic overclock mode where it does a very tame and safe overclock.
stock 2500k, still doing alright.
>>343769668
I actually have MSI's bios holy shit, will look into that later.
Thanks mate, was kind of afraid of fucking up something with the cpu.
>>343764076
Ironically enough, the hard drive was primarily used as a backup.
And no, the data isn't that important. I mainly used it to backup PS2 games and game saves from games that I'll never play again.
>>343769610
Good to know its not just my 3770k that has heat issues seemingly with no fix
I'm still using a stock i7-920 that I got when they first came out like 11 years ago.
I5 6600 @ 3.30ghz
Satisfied with it so far. It's my first build I made myself, hope I did good.
>>343758442
I've been wanting to build a PC for the longest time. What should I know and consider before I start buying parts? My friends have been telling me to get Asus parts for basically everything but the GPU.
My budget is $1000-$1500.
i3 4170. Need to upgrade to an i5 soon but it's working fine enough for now.
>>343770712
my advice is this
if you aint gonna pirate pc gamed JUST buy a ps4
>>343771101
But what if I want to play games at more than 15fps?
>>343771101
stfu you slavic poorfag
>>343771101
I already have a PS4 and a Wii U, I just want a PC as well for online shooters and other stuff.
4790k. I'll be good for a while.
>>343771206
Impossible with this budget
>>343770712
Get an SSD and a mechanical drive
Get 16 gigs RAM
Get a modular or semi-modular PSU and don't cheap out, read reviews
Don't overspend on a motherboard for features you don't need
Consider an all in one liquid CPU cooler
>>343758642
/g/ knows about computer as much as my granny
>>343758591
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvS_qgn7OSs
>>343768798
why?
>>343771472
and she's DEAD
>>343771396
Oh and by "don't cheap out" on the PSU, I mean get a quality one, not necessarily a high wattage one. You probably won't need a super high wattage PSU, there are calculators out there to find how much power you will need
>>343768283
The only issue is that getting a x58 mobo is expensive since they're becoming rare
No idea how come my MOBO is hot.
>>343758642
All /g/ does is masturbate over dual boots and linux.
>>343771660
because the rx480 is destroying it
>>343758705
>IDE HDD
Jesus christ from what fucking year is this
>>343771859
It's not, it was exactly like that before when it had a GTX 570 there, this morning.
>>343771660
>Windows 10
>>343758705
>I GOTTA LICK THE HARD DISC
>I GOTTA DATE THE HARD DISC
>I GOTTA SMELL THE HARD DISC
>I GOTTA BEEEEE THE HARD DISC
i7 940 @3.720ghz since first day and it just doesn't die, I would like to upgrade but this thing still holds.
8350@ 4.4Ghz
i'm able to overclock to 4.7 on my zalman cooler but honestly the fps difference in games is minimal and the temperatures go through the roof.
People can say what they want about AMD but i never needed to buy a motherboard and a CPU at the same time.
I'll be sad if the next generation of processors doesn't support AM3+
>>343762052
Tell me about it
6700k @ 4.6 and 1.45vcore
I shouldnt have fell for the Skylake meme
>>343771980
>he still uses "le windows 10 is evul!" meme
>>343772261
Enjoy paying more for equal to less performance of the 4000 series. Good goy.
>>343772365
DELETE THIS
but yeah I knew about it and just wanted to throw some money at a new motherboard+cpu+ram
my old 2500k was getting bottlenecked in some games
>>343772006
Good old i5-2500K
I've never tried overclocking, so it's been running perfectly fine at 3.3GHz since 2011.
My 2 year-old PC (minus the new graphics card) has been going into hibernation mode (The monitor goes into power save mode and the sound stutters/cuts off) unexpectedly and there's no way to get out of it besides holding the power button until it turns off. (The monitor goes into power save mode and the sound stutters/cuts off) It's been happening for about 2-3 months now. I don't think it's an overheating problem because temperatures remain normal. It's never happened while playing a game, oddly enough. Just while doing whatever else, at unpredictable times.
could it be a motherboard issue?
>>343771980
I need DX12. I also have a Debian laptop so don't worry.
>>343769274
Nah, I probably won't upgrade the CPU any time soon. Besides, I'm planning to make an Intel build when money isn't as tight.
>>343772657
cut off power. open case and remove bios battery for 5 minutes. put it back in & keep using pc
thanks me later
2500k / 7950 HD Master Race
>>343772313
>Switch to 10 from 7 to play Killer Instinct with my friend
>Constantly freezes and crashes
>Don't have time to bullshit around with it and troubleshoot
It's shit.
>>343772913
How does that do anything? Like sure I'll do it but why does it work
Gtx 1080 with i5 4460.
Will it bottleneck?
>>343773109
Resets the BIOS
>>343759613
You're right, my butt really did clench there.
>>343760038
>I dont know what im talking about, but ill post anyways
>>343758442
i5 750 @ 3,2
can't go higher because I have a shitty stock Intel mobo
>>343758442
Core 2 Duo P8700 @2.53
>>343758705
>datachisels
made me look just for the kek of it
>>343758705
the mere thought of scrapping a disk with steel wool makes me cringe like nothing else damn
i5 750 OC'd to 3,6 Ghz. It's old and sometimes I think about upgrading it, but it's just not worth it when GPU is still the limiting factor for performance 98% of time.
That one Pentium OCd to 4.2
6700k, probably gonna overclock pretty soon.
A10-7850K APU here, things run beautifully especially considering how cheap my build was. I thought I'd be able to run the APU in tandem with my 270X but it can't do that. Performance is still solid, I can play every game that's come out this year no problem, usually on ultra or near-ultra.
>>343758442
5830k
FUTURE PROOF
>>343759640
>>343759685
my niggas
965 black edition here, running strong for years
>>343760038
>>343774058
but he's absolutely right
delidding is a meme and a dangerous one at that and also one that people pushed heavily with ivy bridge chips
>stock 2500k, no oc
>stock 970 gtx, no oc
>mostly unstable 60fps on overwatch @ ultra 1440p
I think I'll have to upgrade to an 6700k soon.
>had to buy a 3570k because my grandma lost my 3770k during a move
>>343781120
just overclock if you are already willing to replace it if something goes wrong anyways
>>343758442
Got an unlocked FX-8370 and brought it up to ~4.6ghz without too much of a voltage increase.
The thing runs cooler than many intels at stock voltages, I love AMD.
>>343781965
But 3570k is still good.
>>343782241
yeah i know i just didn't want to have to spend another ~$200 on the 3570k
gonna overclock it once i clear my PC backlog and get back into emulation. gonna try out Dolphin 5.0
>>343782550
you don't even need to oc to run most shit in dolphin well.
>>343759260
i r8 1/10
>>343769415
If you're comparing the two then no not really, but I got the 8350 so cheap two Black Fridays ago so why not ($110)
>>343760760
be a good goy and give money to the jews
I have whatever came with my computer four years ago. Really wish I knew more about this stuff so I could get a better one.
>>343784717
download cpu-z or speccy, they will tell you more about your computer
>>343760537
Have the same cpu and its pretty decent for the price. Got mine stable at 4.7 ghz with 1.35 v. Lucky with the chip I guess.
It's not an i7, but meh.
>>343785479
I've used Speccy, all I know about my CPU is that it's an AMD A8-6500, and I'm going to doubt that's any good considering it seems to be three or four years old and came in a fairly budgety computer that I've been upgrading for about three years.
Are Gigabyte mobos good or just memeboards?
>>343786450
probably the best ones you can buy. if anyone tells you to get asus make sure you ignore that person for the rest of your life.
