04-09-2004, 06:13 AM
one thing that you fail to realize is a fundamental law of electricity. when you lower voltage or increase load, you also increase the current in the circuit. what this means is when you up the output of your processor, memory, etc. without increasing the voltage, you are also increasing the draw through the traces feeding them.
This is the big problem I have always had with overclocking. You're essentially increasing the flow of the river without widening it. What happens? Advanced erosion of the riverbed (read: the traces).
The circuits are built to handle the tolerances in the specification. Can they run a bit faster? Sure, but they're also sure to not run as reliably or last as long. Think about bumping up the redline on your car about 3,000 RPM. Sure, it'll still run and you might gain 1 or 2 mph top speed, but in the end, your car is now going to last for about 50,000 miles instead of the 100K it was built to last.
Dance around the facts all you want. You built an experimental machine and you failed.
You say that once it started acting up, you put the settings back and it was still fucked up. That's like stopping in the middle of an intersection because you didn't see the red light... it's too little too late.
Admit your defeat.
This is the big problem I have always had with overclocking. You're essentially increasing the flow of the river without widening it. What happens? Advanced erosion of the riverbed (read: the traces).
The circuits are built to handle the tolerances in the specification. Can they run a bit faster? Sure, but they're also sure to not run as reliably or last as long. Think about bumping up the redline on your car about 3,000 RPM. Sure, it'll still run and you might gain 1 or 2 mph top speed, but in the end, your car is now going to last for about 50,000 miles instead of the 100K it was built to last.
Dance around the facts all you want. You built an experimental machine and you failed.
You say that once it started acting up, you put the settings back and it was still fucked up. That's like stopping in the middle of an intersection because you didn't see the red light... it's too little too late.
Admit your defeat.