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From: RnR on 2 Jun 2010 07:28 On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:33:27 -0500, BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >RnR wrote: >> Ben or William are better qualified to answer this but way back when, >> you risked a hotter cpu sometimes causing erratic behavior. So if >> you should overclock make sure you monitor your temps more closely. >> Also some components may experience a shorter life cycle when you >> overclock due to the heat. Now I don't know if this applies to a >> 9000 but I've seen ads showing coolers you can add to pc's to help >> make them run cooler. I don't know if they work tho. >> >> Just curious why you want to overclock the 9000? > >I am surprised there isn't a bigger interest in underclocking. As if you >play around with clocking speeds, you quickly learn that overclocking by >say 30% doesn't even give you a lot more of a performance boost. And >most of the time it isn't even noticeable. > >The same is true of underclocking. Underclock by 30% and you barely even >notice the loss of CPU performance. Plus the risk of overheating is >virtually impossible. In fact, in many cases you can do away with the >CPU fan altogether. > >These Asus Celeron netbooks are underclocked straight from the factory. >You can clock them back up with third party software, but you don't >notice much of a gain anyway. And the last 5 minutes or so, the CPU >usage has been running at about 70%. DPC usage mostly being too close to >other WiFi equipment. Nonetheless the CPU temp only tops out at 134�F. >To me, this is very exciting. ;-) Interesting point Bill. I have to agree with you as I don't recall ever reading about "underclocking" a system and I could see a need for old games or maybe a "hot" (temp) running system. One day I may have to check out those netbooks <g> tho a bigger priority for me now is to upgrade my cell phones into the 21st century. My daughters, especiallly one, got a nice HD2 phone. Impressive. |