Someone help me overclock my AMD 9750 Quad ~2.4

[Zaran]

In my experience, don't do it if you don't need to. You risk loving up the cpu and you'll have to buy a new one.

In other words: Don't do it. A light overclock of 0.05 GHz or something is fine, but otherwise, no.

Oh I'm sorry, did I hurt your feelings?  Those don't specifically apply to you.  You made general assumptions and attempted to show expertise.  If your system isn't capable of handling the significantly higher temps than you cannot provide any form of reliable information.

I lost all credibility in the post at this point.
Also lol, what a waste of money, you don't NEED an i7 CPU at 4.0Ghz.

I lost all of my credibility because I did something you can't comprehend?  Makes perfect sense.  All 2-core and 3-core processors have disabled cores.  In fact, AMD starting selling Phenom II X3's when one of the intended processors cores had issues.  Now they just disable cores for the name X2 or X3.  Some cores are broken, some aren't.  The processor I bought had a high possibility of success due to the fact that AMD started disabling cores.

And I don't find buying an i7 and having fun with it a waste of time or money.  I happen to love messing around with my equipment and upgrading it.  You think I'm bad, one of my friends already has his i7 clocked to 4.0 GHz and is now thinking of spending $700 on new equipment for water cooling so he can boost it up higher.  It happens to be fun for us nerds to mess around with this stuff.  Right now I'm soddering LED's together to light up my roommates case.  I already used one wrong resistor too, waste of 5 LED's.

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[Tom]

You must be pretty spoiled to "mess around" with expensive equipment.

[Zaran]

For one thing, I know what I'm doing.  Maybe "mess around" wasn't the best choice of words.  It's more like, experiment with cool stuff.

I'm hardly spoiled.  I'm a poor college student.  I was lucky to get a job for part of last summer, and they've hired me back for Christmas break.  The money for the i7 comes from Christmas presents, as I can't afford to spend my savings on anything other than tuition.

[Tom]

For one thing, I know what I'm doing.

I already used one wrong resister too, waste of 5 LED's.

I think someone who knows what there doing would know to double check a resistor chat when hooking up LEDs.

[General Nick]

-butthurt-

I'm pretty sure AMD disables cores when they're broken and broken only.

You can take the tree out of your ass now.

[Zaran]

Using a resistor is kind of odd some times.  I never do the math on the spot, but do some reasoning in my head.  They aren't that expensive either, and I usually get it right.  I used too small a resistor first try, big whoop.  Hell it might not have even been that.  I may have used the correct resistor, but accidentally put an LED in backwards.

I'm pretty sure AMD disables cores when they're broken and broken only.

You can take the tree out of your ass now.

Holy stuff Gen. Nick.  If the cores were broken, I wouldn't have a loving quad core.  You really think AMD would stop making money by discontinuing their X3 processors?  If it was just a matter of a broken core, there wouldn't be too many X3's on the market.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/phenom-athlon-ii-x2_15.html

That is exactly what I did.

[TheArchitect]

I want a 3.0 :C

I have a Phenom II x4, 3.2ghz :D and you can successfully overclock to 3.6 with stock cooling.

[General Nick]

Holy stuff Gen. Nick.  If the cores were broken, I wouldn't have a loving quad core.  You really think AMD would stop making money by discontinuing their X3 processors?  If it was just a matter of a broken core, there wouldn't be too many X3's on the market.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/phenom-athlon-ii-x2_15.html

That is exactly what I did.

Well I'll just say two things. One; you can remove the bloody tampon from your vagina now, mr. butthurt, and two; Great for you. I've never used an AMD dual core in my life.

[Tom]

Using a resistor is kind of odd some times.  I never do the math on the spot, but do some reasoning in my head.  They aren't that expensive either, and I usually get it right.  I used too small a resistor first try, big whoop.  Hell it might not have even been that.  I may have used the correct resistor, but accidentally put an LED in backwards.

Yep, defiantly experimenting. Lots of trial and error. I hope you somehow manage to break putting in your new processor. Sure its simple, but if you can mess up the polarity of LEDs, you could probably somehow fail to install a processor.

I know I'm being harsh, but why do you need to experiment expensive computers, when you can have just as much fun trying to extend the abilities of lesser hardware. Some people are lucky to have a computer to barley run Blockland, and your getting top notch hardware just to see how much you can overclock it.

[Niliscro]

I have some stuffty stock hardware that came with my Dell D:

[General Nick]

I know I'm being harsh, but why do you need to experiment expensive computers, when you can have just as much fun trying to extend the abilities of lesser hardware. Some people are lucky to have a computer to barley run Blockland, and your getting top notch hardware just to see how much you can overclock it.

Well it's not like it's food he's burning to see what color the fire will be.

You can donate the food you don't need but who the hell would donate a top-of-the-line computer?

[Duckmeister]

You should only overclock if you have a third-party heatsink.  I have a core i7 920, that I'm planning to take to 3.2ghz.  If I had stuck with the stock heatsink I would fry it, but instead I got a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus, that works really well, and I should be able to take it to 3.6 if I wanted.

[Otis Da HousKat]

Haha people get so angry when someone has a better computer than them.

Shut up Tom and Gen. Nick. Need I remind you of what happened the last time you made it sound like you knew what's what about computers?

Comparing the amount of attention paid to $0.20 components to how much would be paid for $300+ components is a horrible argument and only made to act like a smug jerk.

[Zaran]

Yep, defiantly experimenting. Lots of trial and error. I hope you somehow manage to break putting in your new processor. Sure its simple, but if you can mess up the polarity of LEDs, you could probably somehow fail to install a processor.

I know I'm being harsh, but why do you need to experiment expensive computers, when you can have just as much fun trying to extend the abilities of lesser hardware. Some people are lucky to have a computer to barley run Blockland, and your getting top notch hardware just to see how much you can overclock it.

Sometimes, things go wrong.  You drop the LED and pick it up, not noticing that you've flipped it.  You grab the wrong resistor, it is dark in my room after all.  And then sometimes, you just forget up.  I don't always pay attention when dealing with insignificant pieces, such as LED's, because it takes all of 5 minutes to wire up another set.

I have no clue how you got onto the subject of installing CPU's, but a monkey could do that.  Am I supposed to feel bad that some people are too stupid/can't afford to build a new computer.  I don't see your point with that last sentence.  I AM getting top notch hardware just to see what it can do.  I'll be doing folding@home with my upgraded stuff, which is always fun.  Unlike my buddy going for water cooling, I actually use my computer for games.  While my current desktop runs them all exceptionally well, there isn't any harm in upgrading.

/agree with Otis.

[Inv3rted]

You should only overclock if you have a third-party heatsink.  I have a core i7 920, that I'm planning to take to 3.2ghz.  If I had stuck with the stock heatsink I would fry it, but instead I got a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus, that works really well, and I should be able to take it to 3.6 if I wanted.

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You can overclock pretty far on stock heatsinks.