Overclock old PC?

[Kaiser Soze]

Hey guys

 

I am visiting my parents for the summer and they have this old PC of mine from 2009, mostly used for internet nowadays and for the past three years after I left.

 

The specs are

 

CPU: i7 860@2.8Ghz , turbo 3,46Ghz

MB: Gigabyte P55A UD3R

RAM: 4GB 1333Mhz CL9

PSU: Corsair HX650W (7 year warranty)

GPU: Radeon HD5850 1Gb

CPU cooler: Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B

Case: Coolermaster CM 690 II

 

 

It has been running stock settings since day one with turbo enabled...never been oced.

 

I was wondering: Is it safe to mildly OC(3.8-4 or sth if possible)  the CPU  just for fun or degradation of capacitors,etc would make it risky after all this time?

I am planning to check one of the new noctua industrial fans on that CPU cooler and see the difference also.

What do you think? Could it be left 24/7  if it proves stable??

[TheSLSAMG]

I wouldn't bother. Chances are, your parents don't understand how to fix it if it goes wrong and it will become unstable some day.

[Askew]

What's the point if it's a browsing PC?

 

IMHO I'd leave it be, perhaps check the temps on the CPU and put some new paste as it's been 5 years I don't know how good what you used was but that's all I'd do apart from give the system a good clean.

 

Your main task that's actually worthwhile will be removing all of the garbageware that has likely been accumalated from the internet in your absence.

[Askew]

Oh BTW it's Keyser.

[TheRetiredSlave]

Yeah give it a decent cleaning if that hasn't been done in forever. Otherwise, personally I never OC something that isn't going to be used by me, because chances are that a different user might not be able to fix it if turns out to be unstable.

[Jumper118]

Hey guys

 

I am visiting my parents for the summer and they have this old PC of mine from 2009, mostly used for internet nowadays and for the past three years after I left.

 

The specs are

 

CPU: i7 860@2.8Ghz , turbo 3,46Ghz

MB: Gigabyte P55A UD3R

RAM: 4GB 1333Mhz CL9

PSU: Corsair HX650W (7 year warranty)

GPU: Radeon HD5850 1Gb

CPU cooler: Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B

Case: Coolermaster CM 690 II

 

 

It has been running stock settings since day one with turbo enabled...never been oced.

 

I was wondering: Is it safe to mildly OC(3.8-4 or sth if possible)  the CPU  just for fun or degradation of capacitors,etc would make it risky after all this time?

I am planning to check one of the new noctua industrial fans on that CPU cooler and see the difference also.

What do you think? Could it be left 24/7  if it proves stable??

that board is ok, the cooler is great and the psu is fine. you should overclock it a bit. as it is 1156 you should probably use the base clock. if its stable with a few hours of prime then it should be good for ages, just run an extra 0.1v over what it needs to be stable to keep it in check for a long period of time.