upgrading CPU

[Stephie_Girl]

but is it possible that it might burn out the mb and kill it

Okay when I overclocked my HD 7850, I was lucky, it took the max overclock .  I messed around with an HD 7770 and I got a TON of black screens, blue screens, green screens and lines, prolly like 50+ times.  Usually, this stuff has built in fail safes to protect you, but you should somewhat educate yourself so you kinda know what you're doing.  The general rule, at least for me is to slowly do it, and watch for temps . For CPU, as long as you slowly change the voltage, and watch the temps you'll be okay.  I know for Intel, they offer a warranty that costs like 20 bucks that protects against overclocking and they replace a chip in case you kill it .  Hope this is a lil useful xD.  

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Steph

[TheSLSAMG]

but is it possible that it might burn out the mb and kill it

 

Yes. I just searched it and that is what will most likely happen. Disregard what I have said and buy a better board. @Stephie_Girl 's looks good.

[Dking25]

Hey hun, the thing that I linked included the HD 7950 so keep that in mind.  However I want to point 1 thing out if you don't mind.

 

Most benchmarks I've seen shows the GTX 760 such as the Direct CU II does a bit better than the HD 7950 at stock speeds with GPU Boost 2.0.  You have to overclock both cards to have the HD 7950 winning, at 1080p.  But it is cheaper and def has a lil more Vram which helps with things like AA and higher resolutions .  

yah i was planning to get that asus card

[Stephie_Girl]

yah i was planning to get that asus card

If you're afraid to overclock, NVidia offers a better option as they do it automatically .  At the same token, the I3-3220 beats the FX-6300 by a super small margin at stock speeds.  But the FX-6300 like mine can overclock rly well and give you a super nice performance increase!!  The plus side is, an I3-3220+B75/H77 board is a lil cheaper, so if you rly don't want to overclock, a GTX 760+I3 would be a better option

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Steph

[Dking25]

Okay when I overclocked my HD 7850, I was lucky, it took the max overclock .  I messed around with an HD 7770 and I got a TON of black screens, blue screens, green screens and lines, prolly like 50+ times.  Usually, this stuff has built in fail safes to protect you, but you should somewhat educate yourself so you kinda know what you're doing.  The general rule, at least for me is to slowly do it, and watch for temps . For CPU, as long as you slowly change the voltage, and watch the temps you'll be okay.  I know for Intel, they offer a warranty that costs like 20 bucks that protects against overclocking and they replace a chip in case you kill it .  Hope this is a lil useful xD.  

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Steph

but lets say i pop in the chip and turn the computer on what are the odds of it dying on the stop and what are the odds of it take my mb down with it right be for i can even check the temp

[Stephie_Girl]

but lets say i pop in the chip and turn the computer on what are the odds of it dying on the stop and what are the odds of it take my mb down with it right be for i can even check the temp

Well overclocking a chip takes a little research.  Usually what I do is leave it on auto and run mebbe like AIDA 64 and watch the voltage.  If it say hits 1.32V, then go into the bios and set it to about that.  Slowly increase the speed by 100MHz until it errors out.  Watch the temps on the board and CPU though, chances are, it will error due to not enough voltage.  So you slowly increase the speed until you HAVE to up the voltage some.  Honestly, I run AIDA 64 or prime 95 for maybe 1-2 hours.  Reason being is, being at 100% load 24/7 it may error due to something rly stupid, the real test will let you know in an hour or 2 .  Each chip is totally different and in some cases, you might get 4.5GHz on like 1.35V but others may take 1.4V on 4.2GHz.  I don't know a lot about AMD CPU's and their limits tho, so you'll have to ask around, my chip is super awesome and took very little voltage xD.  I think a chip just won't die all of a sudden if the temps are good (VRM and core temps at least) after you know it's stable.  Yes, the life span will def be lower, so instead of 10 years you'd probably get like 9 years or so, but we def upgrade more often than that

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Steph

[Dking25]

Well overclocking a chip takes a little research.  Usually what I do is leave it on auto and run mebbe like AIDA 64 and watch the voltage.  If it say hits 1.32V, then go into the bios and set it to about that.  Slowly increase the speed by 100MHz until it errors out.  Watch the temps on the board and CPU though, chances are, it will error due to not enough voltage.  So you slowly increase the voltage while increasing speed.  Each chip is totally different and in some cases, you might get 4.5GHz on like 1.35V but others may take 1.4V on 4.2GHz.  I don't know a lot about AMD CPU's and their limits tho, so you'll have to ask around, my chip is super awesome and took very little voltage xD.  I think a chip just won't die all of a sudden if the temps are good (VRM and core temps at least).  Yes, the life span will def be lower, so instead of 10 years you'd probably get like 9 years or so, but we def upgrade more often than that

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Steph

alright

[WoodenMarker]

Okay when I overclocked my HD 7850, I was lucky, it took the max overclock .

You're probably less lucky than you think--the 7850 is a fantastic overclocker.

[Stephie_Girl]

You're probably less lucky than you think--the 7850 is a fantastic overclocker.

Well like, the max OC on my card is 1050 and 1450.  I mean I got it on a Super Special during Christmas for 145 after rebate .  2GB version xD.

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