Junkhead Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Hey I don't know much about it, only that it apparently increases performance and how to do it (saw a few videos). My CPU is an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.00GHz. And no, I don't have money to buy a new one. Is overclocking risky? Will it make my computer shut down or explode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skynstein Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Of course it is. It's making the part run at higher clocks. Higher clocks = more heat = less durability. Most people who overclock don't do it on stock cooling. Get a better cooler or you risk frying your CPU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkhead Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 Oh crud, thanks for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sentacotus Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 (edited) Yeah theres a bit of risk to it. Another thing you could do is apply Arctic Silver 5 on your CPU they sell kits on amazon for both the thermal paste and the remover. Just make sure you remove the old paste (its likely the default shitty kind that comes with thats all hard) before you apply the new one. There's also tutorials on youtube and around the web on applying it. Its cheap too like 12 dollars for a complete kit (paste, cleaner, remover) EDIT: Heres the kit itself: http://www.amazon.com/ArctiClean-3-5grams-Arctic-Silver-Compound/dp/B002DILLMS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1423795602&sr=8-2&keywords=Arctic+Silver+5 Some application tutorials and instructions: http://www.arcticsilver.com/intel_application_method.html# https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdHMsDXpvew&spfreload=10 Edited February 13, 2015 by LordTaco42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celice Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 If you are on a prebuilt computer, your motherboard may have been budget may not even support that great of overclocking. Your mileage may vary according to your temp overhead and motherboard. That is a fairly old processor, so don't expect it overclocked to really improve it much for today's standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirmola Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 (edited) Try buying new ram or a new video card. Both of these may increase performance for less than the price of a new computer (especially the video card, assuming that the reason for the update is that you want to play new games. However, a ton of research is required to find something compatible with a 4+ year old computer) Additionally, old computers are often slowed down by years worth of utilities and programs that run in he background. It all you want to do is speed your computer up to the speed it used to run the same programs on, a through software cleanup, which can be done using free programs, should fix what ails you. What do you want to do precisely? Edited February 13, 2015 by sirmola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyranny Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Overclocking aslo might void the warranty on your computer or parts of it so there may be other risk besides just overheating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuki Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Overclocking generates a lot of heat, so you need a powerful cooler/thermal paste if you don't want to completely fry your PC. Honestly there's better ways of increasing speed than overclocking. Overclocking aslo might void the warranty on your computer or parts of it so there may be other risk besides just overheating. Breaking into your PC and changing anything voids warranty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirmola Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Overclocking aslo might void the warranty on your computer or parts of it so there may be other risk besides just overheating. His computer is at least 4 years old. There is probably very little in the way of remaining warranty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnd Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Yes, overclocking is risky if you do it carelessly*. That's why you do research on your motherboard and cpu first, use decent cooling, overclock in small increments and do a lot of lengthy stress tests while paying attention to the system's temperature. * No, it shouldn't make your PC explode. But different processors and mobos deal differently with overheating - some will simply shut down (a PC shutting down out of nowhere is a classic overheating sign), but others might fry. That's why you need to know about your equipment's specs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magical CC Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Yes, of course it's risky. That's why you dont overclock your pc yourself. Let someone who know what he is doing do it. Really, dont try this at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skynstein Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 TBH just get a new CPU, a 2.0 GHz Core2Duo is too old to do anything useful with. Breaking into your PC and changing anything voids warranty. Well, if you assemble your PC from different parts, all of them have their own warranty. And I *think* (not sure) certain GPUs take OCing into account in their warranty terms. There are also CPUs which are built for OCing. Every Intel "k" series processor is like that for example, and Intel offers special warranty in such cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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