Overclocking

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Ive been reading you can over clock your cpu and vid card. Should you do it? How hard is it to do? Will it signifigantly inhance game play in MTW2 mp or anyother games? What are the dangers? Would you reccomened it?

[drone]

There are some good links in these threads:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=77594
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=67094

The dangers, of course, are fried chips. Cooling is probably the most important factor, if your case isn't properly ventilated, your system will be unstable at best. Some CPUs/MoBos are friendlier to overclockers.

I'm not really sure it's worth it these days, but I haven't really been following the tech. I'm looking at getting a water-cooled system, but mostly for the reduced noise. As the system ages, I may overclock it to slow down it's inevitable trip to obsolesence.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

The dangers, of course, are fried chips. Cooling is probably the most important factor, if your case isn't properly ventilated, your system will be unstable at best. Some CPUs/MoBos are friendlier to overclockers

Accorrding to the articles Ive read they say the E6600 combined with the motherboard Im getting can be overclocked to 3.75 with no extra cooling. Thats one of the advantages they say of the Core 2 is that it runs very cool.

[Judge]

the only thing G is u need a very good motherboard to overclock for the core 2 duo E6600 or any of the E series in fact

[Gawain of Orkeny]

the only thing G is u need a very good motherboard to overclock for the core 2 duo E6600 or any of the E series in fact

Well according to all i read the one Im getting is the best. It better be for 250 bucks.

[Ja'chyra]

Nice subject G, I was just about to ask the same question.

I just got my new computer which has this mobo and an E6600 processor. Anyone got any advice on if this is able to be overclocked and by how much, what I should change etc?