Overclocking

[sebz2]

Hi I recently bought a new Hard-rive - 1 terabyte, its 5200 RPM and I was wondering how I can overclock it to get it higher so I can have better gaming performance. Also should I upgrade my hard drive cooling system for overclocking it?

[BrinkGG]

Just now, sebz2 said:

Hi I recently bought a new Hard-rive - 1 terabyte, its 5200 RPM and I was wondering how I can overclock it to get it higher so I can have better gaming performance. Also should I upgrade my hard drive cooling system for overclocking it?

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[EmeraldFlame]

1 minute ago, sebz2 said:

Hi I recently bought a new Hard-rive - 1 terabyte, its 5200 RPM and I was wondering how I can overclock it to get it higher so I can have better gaming performance. Also should I upgrade my hard drive cooling system for overclocking it?

I'm not sure if you are serious or making a poor attempt at a troll. In the off-case this is serious. You can't. A hard drives speed control is hard coded into it's on-board controller firmware. The only way it would be possible to do this would be to write a completely custom HDD firmware, and even then that would be ill-advised as you'd be operating outside the tested parameters of the drive.

If you want faster storage, just go buy an SSD.

[sebz2]

Just now, EmeraldFlame said:

I'm not sure if you are serious or making a poor attempt at a troll. In the off-case this is serious. You can't. A hard drives speed control is hard coded into it's on-board controller firmware. The only way it would be possible to do this would be to write a completely custom HDD firmware, and even then that would be ill-advised as you'd be operating outside the tested parameters of the drive.

If you want faster storage, just go buy an SSD.

What it if I overheat it?? wont that make it spin any faster!

[sebz2]

Someone Help me no one here is being helpful

[cfair766]

2 minutes ago, sebz2 said:

Someone Help me no one here is being helpful

Return the HDD and get a SSD, you will get twice or even more speed than with a HDD

[Norman]

put a 220 volt line to it might get a little hot thou

[HelplmChoking]

3 hours ago, sebz2 said:

Someone Help me no one here is being helpful

Splice a SATA power connector into a wall outlet and see what happens (fire, smoke, bang, injury).

 

In all seriousness, this is not a thing. Your HDD will go at one speed only, no exceptions. Get an SSD, or at least at 7200rpm drive.

[SuperCookie78]

3 hours ago, sebz2 said:

Someone Help me no one here is being helpful

I believe that you can overclock  the sata bus through BCLK overclock but don't quote me on that but that won't help because you have hard drive get an ssd and storage doesn't effect gaming performance 

[sebz2]

20 hours ago, Rangaman42 said:

Splice a SATA power connector into a wall outlet and see what happens (fire, smoke, bang, injury).

 

In all seriousness, this is not a thing. Your HDD will go at one speed only, no exceptions. Get an SSD, or at least at 7200rpm drive.

Im typing on one hand the other won won't move after trying that.

[HelplmChoking]

Just now, sebz2 said:

Im typing on one hand the other won won't move after trying that.

I know the feeling, when I was a kid I stuck my hand in a light socket.

[sebz2]

2 minutes ago, Rangaman42 said:

I know the feeling, when I was a kid I stuck my hand in a light socket.

 rip

[HelplmChoking]

1 minute ago, sebz2 said:

 rip

Tingled like a bitch for a few hours.

[sebz2]

1 minute ago, Rangaman42 said:

Tingled like a bitch for a few hours.

Still cant feel in my hand

[Coaxialgamer]

Short answer : no.

 

You would need to replace the motor in the hard drive, and rewrite the firmware to compensate.

In theory ssd's can be overclocked ( the nand chips and controller at least) , but that brings only very small performance gains.

 

If you want faster storage , get an ssd , or at leasta 7200rpm drive. I know how it feels to use a 5200rpm drive for everyday use , and believe me , it's not a nice feeling