Winter is coming, time to overclock your computer.

[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?

 

[AlienIsGOD]

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

 

[BarbaricSoul]

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?

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[BarbaricSoul]

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]

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]

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

 

[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!

 

[Slizzo]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

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]

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]

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

 

[johnnyfiive]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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