is It worth Me overclocking These

[Julius_Caesar]

I have PC's which i can tamper with is it worth overclocking them

Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional UK with SP2 - English
Power Supply: Enermax EG701AX-VE (W) 600 Watt Power Supply SLI ready
Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-55 Processor with HyperTransport Technology (5.5Ghz)
Motherboard: Alienware® nForce™4 SLI™ Chipset Motherboard PCI Express
Memory: 2GB Corsair™ XMS Extra Low Latency DDR PC-3200 SDRAM at 400MHz - 4 x 512MB
Video Card: Dual NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7800 GTX PCX 256MB w/Digital and TV Out
Hard Drive: 800 GB Hitachi Deskstar 7K400 7,200 rpm w/8MB Cache (2x400GB)
Hard Drive Two: 400 GB Hitachi Deskstar 7K400 7,200 rpm w/8MB Cache
Optical Drive One: Plextor PX-716SA 16x DVD±R/W Drive - Black
Optical Drive Two: Plextor PX-716SA 16x DVD±R/W Drive - Black
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy 4 7.1 Pro
Network Card: Integrated High Performance 3Com® Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Pinnacle Liquid™ Edition Version 6 - English
Speakers: Creative® 7.1 THX® GigaWorks™ S750 - UK power supply
Keyboard: Logitech Internet Keyboard UK - Space Black
Mouse: Microsoft® IntelliMouse Explorer USB 4.0 - Space Black
Cable Management: Alienware® Cable Management System
Video Cooling: AlienIce™ 2.0 Video Cooling System - Fusion Red
Performance Optimiser: AlienAdrenaline: Video Performance

and I also have a lame laptop:

1.3Ghz Processor
256MB Graphics Card
20GB - Pathetic! Hard Drive
lame Sigmatel Audio
24x combo drive
15" TFT screen
Video Capture PCI Card
Dual IDE Channel
etc...

Should I overclock the laptop and/or the Desktop. I am not sure if I should actually bother with the desktop!

Please advise, also if I should then give me exact instructions on what to do!

Julius

[napoleonic]

HOLY! DUAL 7800GTX????

is it Alienware? Alienware sucka in price!

still wants to oc it? I say to you it is useless unless you're a maniac overclocker

[Julius_Caesar]

It doesnt lag unless I have Shogun, Mediaveal, Rome and am videoediting, i want to do al 4 at once

[mike^_^]

*somersaults into topic naked strumming the air guitar*

looks like someone wanted to show off their new computer

[squeaky]

It doesnt lag unless I have Shogun, Mediaveal, Rome and am videoediting, i want to do al 4 at once

I :wub: hate you

You have an FX55 and two 7800GTXs, yes, you could overclock them, but there really isn't any need, if you're running that many processes, a single threaded CPU and the amount of RAM you have is what's holding you back.
And you can't gain threads or physical RAM just by overclocking.

[Pent uP Rage]

:sign_stup

you COULD OC it if you wish, but unless you're trying for bench scores, theres no need. That's pretty much as good as it gets right now

[Julius_Caesar]

not particularly wondered whether over clocking was worth doing

and I was wondering how t9o do it on my lame laptop

[Julius_Caesar]

WHat about the Laptop, How should i do it?

[squeaky]

overclocking laptops generally isn't worth it.
The heat problems in desktops is amplified in laptops, plus the gain will be minimal.

but if you really wanted to... I guess you could check out the bios and tweak with it, assuming the maker allows the bios to be tweaked

[RusskiSoldat]

On the topic of idiots having ludicrously good computers and wanting to overclock them:
what programs can I use to overclock my RAM(2 gigs o' corsair) and Processor (FX55)?

[Pent uP Rage]

Btw, seeing as how the 7800 was only released a day or so ago(with very limited availability on the net and not much time for shipping), I'd love to see a pic of them....
with $1200 for graphics cards, you SURELY have a digital camera...

Not to mention, alienware is not shipping their systems with 7800's just yet.

Please forgive me if I'm a little skeptical. But PLEASE prove me wrong. IF you do really have them, post a 3DMark score with your pic, I really would love to see a couple of those and how they run.

[Julius_Caesar]

Pent Up Rage, ill get you the pic soon, I had an older processor, the one below it 4.2Ghz or something, but I ordered a new one from them so I am waiting for it to arrive, when it does Ill photo it and post a pic of the bench mark, I think it will be 3 weeks. When I said it harldy lags I meant the old one,

Julius

[squeaky]

Last I checked they were actually available when they announced release (gasp)
I even found them on newegg for 600$ a piece, alienware probably jacked them up to 700$ a piece
Yes, they're available at alienware, they were available on their website pretty much when Nvidia formally released the 7800GTX. Thank god for the end of paper releases...

And there's no such 4.2 ghz processor, are you thinking of the default 4200+ that Alienware selects with that aurora? The FX55 costs 100$ less than the X2 4200+, but it still won't need any overclocking.
And RAM isn't worth overclocking on a laptop anyway, nothing really is on a laptop unless you want to run into problems.

[napoleonic]

FX55 is not cheaper than X2 4200+

[Julius_Caesar]

You right and i was thinking of the X2 4800+ and thanks for the tips on the laptop

[squeaky]

Oi, I misread
the FX55 is -100 instant savings but is still a bit higher than the 4200+,
the FX55 is better for single threaded apps, the 4200+ for multi tasking and multi thread apps.
now the 4800+ is like having two FX53s, hot stuff

[gg_wong]

daaaaaaang thats a nice rig... how much it cost ya????? 6000+ gs?

[BeastG33]

bs.

"is it worth overclocking these?"

more like, look at the rig i spent $5000 on.

gimme a break.

[squeaky]

FX57 just came out. Bulk starting price is 1030$. Damn.

[MeKtHep]

No Need For Ovc man your system runs everything whats coming out untill we are reacht the unreal 3.0 engine and even that you could run on medium i think so dont be affraaid i know its hard to give in to your self that you got a nice sysstem im always upgrading *** well buyd this that 4 weeks later 2 months later o no i want this that i now how you feel but still i wouldent toutch your system its already a GODLIKE system

i can only play rome total war and san andreas @ same time ive i go surfing the net he gets little lag but not 3 games so consider yourself supreme