Winter is coming, time to overclock your computer.

D1RTYD1Z619 · Oct 17, 2012, 05:14 PM

Every Winter I always overclock my Pc because it runs cooler and the extra heat it produces keeps my living room nice and warm. Anyone else do this?

AlienIsGOD · Oct 17, 2012, 05:24 PM

I used to, but now I use winter to do WCG 24/7 as the temps are much cooler

BarbaricSoul · Oct 17, 2012, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by D1RTYD1Z619

Every Winter I always overclock my Pc because it runs cooler and the extra heat it produces keeps my living room nice and warm. Anyone else do this?

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Originally Posted by AlienIsGOD

I used to, but now I use winter to do WCG 24/7 as the temps are much cooler

I bring my OC higher in the winter and I run WCG 24/7/365

Phusius · Oct 17, 2012, 05:43 PM

My house is set for 70 year round, air con kicks in if it goes above that, and heater on if goes below that so the seasons are irrelevant to me.

AlienIsGOD · Oct 17, 2012, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by BarbaricSoul

I bring my OC higher in the winter and I run WCG 24/7/365

having an i5 2400, I dont bother with the limited o/c'ing. It games well and crunches just fine

However my GFX is overclocked 24/7/365 and HCC ati units appreciate it as well

Delta6326 · Oct 17, 2012, 05:53 PM

Yes I will be OCing my Q6600 as it gets hot and usually start back up with WCG.

BarbaricSoul · Oct 17, 2012, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by AlienIsGOD

However my GFX is overclocked 24/7/365 and HCC ati units appreciate it as well

Oh, I definently know about the HCC ati units(got my first peice of pie the other day), and my 7970 is OC'ed to 1100mhz on the core and 1400mhz memory.

cdawall · Oct 17, 2012, 08:09 PM

Nope I do however dabble in tossing the PC outside to hit a couple of higher benchmarks now and then.

24/7 clocks on mine.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Oct 17, 2012, 08:14 PM

same clocks all year for me. I also run WCG 24/7/365

sneekypeet · Oct 17, 2012, 08:21 PM

I have an anual ritual where I open the windows in the room and spend a night with beers on the window sill all bundled up. Got some new kit on its way, and I will likely repeat again this year with it. Nothing like -5*F ambients!

Slizzo · Oct 17, 2012, 08:38 PM

Just run 4.5GHz all the time. Haven't tried pushing it further than that as I don't see a need for my PC currently.

AlienIsGOD · Oct 17, 2012, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by sneekypeet

I have an anual ritual where I open the windows in the room and spend a night with beers on the window sill all bundled up. Got some new kit on its way, and I will likely repeat again this year with it. Nothing like -5*F ambients!

^ This. i plan to o/c the A10 5800K once I get the system built

Just for shitz and giggles i want to see how high i can go with the lowest temps possible. It gets up to -30c here in Ontario, Canada

punisher186 · Oct 17, 2012, 10:56 PM

I opened my window last winter and got my Phenom 955 down to 19C on the stock heat sink. TMPIN0 and TMPIN1 got down to 17C. Hopefully in the coming months I can beat my record.

Don't mind the Chrome logo.

qubit · Oct 17, 2012, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by D1RTYD1Z619

Every Winter I always overclock my Pc because it runs cooler and the extra heat it produces keeps my living room nice and warm. Anyone else do this?

That sounds like the geekiest reason ever to overclock.

xxdozer322 · Oct 17, 2012, 11:06 PM

i did that this passed winter, although winters in socal really arent winters -_-, so now that i have a good pc to oc, I REAALLY hope we have cold days this year.

manofthem · Oct 17, 2012, 11:16 PM

Winter in south Florida is nothing to be overly excited about, save a few cold days when a cold blast comes down. Air is always on as its too hot without it, so my temps don't change all that much. But if a nice cold front comes, I'll open my windows since my PC is close to one and see if it can do me good

KainXS · Oct 18, 2012, 12:04 AM

I used to do it and did have some perks but not anymore

TacoTown · Oct 18, 2012, 12:36 PM

I'm kind of sad, I never got to spend a winter with my 955 and see what it could do in the below freezing area. Oh well, let's see what intel can do! :3

xBruce88x · Oct 18, 2012, 01:25 PM

before I got my window A/C unit I used to overclock in winter... well i still do but only now it stays overclocked even in summer. Before I had A/C i was even limited to what days I could game at stock clocks. During the winter i'd o/c... if I wanted to get real crazy i'd throw in the window fan and turn it on low/med.

tacosRcool · Oct 18, 2012, 01:51 PM

Yep. Definitely overclock my pc in the winter. Nice and toasty!

johnnyfiive · Oct 22, 2012, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Phusius

My house is set for 70 year round, air con kicks in if it goes above that, and heater on if goes below that so the seasons are irrelevant to me.

Damn, wish I had the seasonal temps to do that. If I did that in the summer, I'd have a broken a/c and $300+ electric bills.

To the OP, YEP. "Winter" in Tucson isn't exactly, Winter though. But, there are some cold nights. I usually crack open the window and put the tech station nearby. 18-20c ambient's make for some nice overclocking results. I'll be playing with 5ghz on the 3570k once it gets colder here. Right now, I've been running 4.8GHz and its been solid since day 1.

SoF · Nov 2, 2012, 09:35 AM

Sure winter is the best time of the year - I miss my balcony but still have a room I can freeze down to get the last out of the compressor or GPU

Capitan Harlock · Nov 2, 2012, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by SoF

Sure winter is the best time of the year - I miss my balcony but still have a room I can freeze down to get the last out of the compressor or GPU

http://img.techpowerup.org/121102/benchoutside1.jpg

but systems specs? 50c is good but what cpu?

Aquinus · Nov 2, 2012, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Capitan Harlock

but systems specs? 50c is good but what cpu?

That's -50*C unless I'm reading it wrong. 50*C is extremely high for phase change and could be an indication of a problem. Phase change should be keeping it under 0*C or at least under room temp, but that either means that you're running the compressor at lower power or there is a problem.

That's also very good for phase change if it is -50. You would be hard pressed to get it lower than that without paying out the nose for the hardware and refrigerant to do it.

I suspect that is the temperature right after the compressor or is that at the CPU?

SoF · Nov 2, 2012, 10:23 AM

That picture is a bit older. Must be one of the first 2600K together with 480 GTX or something like that.
What you see there is evap temp - directly from the copper that cools the CPU.

Usually you have 20K higher temp on the CPU in idle - so something around -30°C idle and -25°C load.

Here is some real frost

Oct 17, 2012, 05:14 PM	#1
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Oct 17, 2012, 05:24 PM	#2
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Oct 17, 2012, 05:43 PM	#4
Phusius Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 1,262 (2.95/day) Thanks: 621 Thanked 380 Times in 208 Posts System Specs	My house is set for 70 year round, air con kicks in if it goes above that, and heater on if goes below that so the seasons are irrelevant to me.

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cdawall where the hell are my stars Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: some AF base Posts: 16,027 (6.42/day) Thanks: 457 Thanked 2,755 Times in 2,224 Posts System Specs	Nope I do however dabble in tossing the PC outside to hit a couple of higher benchmarks now and then. 24/7 clocks on mine. __________________

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Oct 17, 2012, 08:38 PM	#11
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Oct 18, 2012, 12:04 AM	#17
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Oct 18, 2012, 12:36 PM	#18
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Oct 18, 2012, 01:25 PM	#19
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Oct 18, 2012, 01:51 PM	#20
tacosRcool Join Date: May 2012 Location: WR, Georgia Posts: 770 (2.05/day) Thanks: 65 Thanked 58 Times in 50 Posts System Specs	Yep. Definitely overclock my pc in the winter. Nice and toasty! __________________ I like nachos and frozen yogurt. -Fred Fredburger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haoqEv9q_eo

System Name:	Computer of Computerness
Processor:	i7-2700K @ 4.22 Ghz
Motherboard:	Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3
Cooling:	Cooler Master Hyper 212+
Memory:	Samsung 8 GB DDR3 OC @1866 Mhz
Video Card:	Gigabyte GTX 670 OC
Hard Disk:	240 GB Kingston V+200 SSD, 1 TB Hitachi 7200 rpm HDD, 1 TB Samsung 7200 rpm HDD
Optical Drive:	Pioneer BDR-205
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung ToC SyncMaster P2250
Case:	NZXT Phantom 410, Red
Sound Card:	Asus Xonar DG 5.1
PSU:	Corsair TX750 V2
Software:	Windows 8 Pro
Benchmarks:	3DMark 11: X3325 P9191 3DMark Vantage: P29926

System Name:	K6-II 8320
Processor:	FX 8320 @ 4.7GHz (1.476v)
Motherboard:	Gigabyte 970 UD3
Cooling:	Corsair H100
Memory:	GSkill Ares 1866 8GB
Video Card:	Gigabyte 7870
Hard Disk:	Intel 330 120GB
Optical Drive:	LG R/W+/-[0_o]/
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell UltraSharp U2713HM
Case:	Corsair 400R
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	Corsair GS700
Software:	Windows 8 Professional 64-Bit

Nov 2, 2012, 09:35 AM	#22
SoF Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: c:\windows Posts: 28 (0.02/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 29 Times in 11 Posts	Sure winter is the best time of the year - I miss my balcony but still have a room I can freeze down to get the last out of the compressor or GPU __________________

Processor:	intel core 2 quad q9400 @ 3.2 ghz
Motherboard:	MSI P45 Neo-F socket lga 775
Cooling:	Thermalright Archon +Ty 140mm\|2 front-1top-1rear-1bottom
Memory:	8gb ddr2 Kingstone 800mhz @960mhz
Video Card:	xfx hd 6950 1gb xxx edition dual fan oc 900/1450 v1.100
Hard Disk:	seagate barracuda 7200rpm 2tb sata + western digital caviar green 1tb sata
Optical Drive:	external dvd burner lg double layer
CRT/LCD Model:	Asus ML229h 21"5 1920x1080
Case:	Fractal design Arc midi
Sound Card:	realtek hd integrated + 5.1 BHT1100 BLUESKY,Corsair Vengeance 1500 usb,Creative live 24 external usb
PSU:	Thermaltake toughpower xt 775watt modular
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit