Edward Schernau wrote:
> Steve Underwood wrote:
> >
> > You are talking about something totally different. A part gets marked as 550MHz,
>
> No, I am not. The standard OC myth is that Intel is marking processors
> slower to sell them cheaper to beat AMD out of the budget market.
>
> > not because it staggers to life at 550MHz, but because it is in spec. at 550MHz.
>
> Definte "in spec"...
Spec. : A thing that vendors supply, which says if you do X to our part it will do Y
for you, consistently.
In spec. : To comply with the good sense contained in the vendor's spec.
> > Very few overclocked processors are operating in spec. Why else would you need
> > exotic cooling and other tricks to keep them alive. I was only talking about
> > properly spec'ed behaviour.
>
> The reason they flake is thermal variation. So if you keep them
> cool, you can overclock. See kryotech for details.
>
> > I see people on the list say things like "it falls over straight away at 107MHz,
> > but its rock solid at 106MHz". That's BS. A small change in room temperature could
>
> It is, huh? I can run my system at 45-50 C at 94 FSB, but the same
> temps or lower at 100 MHz lock it up. Which merely points to the
> uselessness of those temp gauges.
I haven't a clue what this is supposed to mean. Could you explain more coherently?
> > > INCIDENTALLY, I dropped my FSB to just < 100, and its been solid as
> > > a rock. How do I remove the green heatsink on the BX so I can goop it?
> >
> > A large hammer and a good solid chisel works wonders.
> >
> > Steve
>
> Yes, and I think I know where to apply it.
Steve
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