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Originally Posted by itgoesto11
HAHA, you called it a baby. When I was driving with my son's rig in the car yesterday I looked over at it and it flashed in my mind, I wonder if I qualify for the carpool lane. Because it is like a little person.
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Lol, just don't start teaching it how to talk, n take over the world n stuff..
Grats on the build n welcome to the forums.
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Originally Posted by itgoesto11
Very good question. I don't think he really understands the process yet, but I could be wrong. I don't get it myself, and since I don't game, I don't understand the logic for pushing a system so hard you could burn it out. So, he's prepared for it, and he built the system to endure it, but I asked him to get a system that didn't require overclocking right away... something he could run and enjoy without it. I understand it could potentially do a whole lot of damage again, if you don't know what you're doing.
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You won't burn it out, if you understand what the safe limits are and what is pushing it.
Taking a 3.2 ghz cpu to 3.6 or 4 ghz, is relatively easy and sometimes requires no voltage adjustments at all.
You will still run hotter though, due to electron migration and all, but nominally so.
Take baby stapes, read up on the system in detail, safe voltages, average gains from other people with the same build, overclocking guides, etc..
There's a wealth of info out there.. In 2007 I came here, having only ever played on consoles. These guys gave me a lot of info and now I not only build pc's. I fix other peoples pc's and they pay me to do it..lol..
Ease into watercooling, don't run before you walk imo.. Get comfortable just working in the confines of a pc or you may end up with a multi-thousand dollar paperweight..