what is the best ever processor to overclock, your views

[grieve]

I used to have a lot of fun with the old Athlon's... the lead pencil trick.. untill i melted everything in my machine.

Easiest processors are the recent ones, Q6600, Q9450/Q9550 are really simple.

 

[coleman]

they may be simple but are they the best lol
clearly the best results, but are they the best overclock ratio, we have had 400% i doubt that will be beaten

 

[grieve]

they may be simple but are they the best lol
clearly the best results, but are they the best overclock ratio, we have had 400% i doubt that will be beaten

Hmm.. I answered going by the title of this thread

"what is the best ever processor to overclock, your views"

 

[ZOldDude]

The -best- overclocker I myself have used are the one listed in my (outdated) forum profile.

The AMD Optron 146 came out of the box @ 2Ghz and with Ram,MB,Chipset(s) and CPU on 100% stock voltage would do 3Ghz+ or a full 50% OC.
Some people with fluid coolers would boost voltages and push 3.4/3.5Ghz+ or a true full 75% OC.

Just befor they stopped makeing the socket 939 MB's and CPU's you could pick the Optron 146's up for as little as $48 USD!

 

[coleman]

best ever, meaning best results but like i said in the first post, all opinions will be counted.

(sorry if i sound rude)

 

[Shadow703793]

The best ever? The Intel Celeron 300a comes to mind. By changing the FSB from 66MHz to 100, you turned your cheap 300MHz CPU into a fast 450MHz CPU. At the time, Intels fastest ran at 450-500MHz, so this was a big deal. Another good Intel CPU to overclock would be the 805. For awhile, it was the only dual core CPU that existed that was under $100. People could overclock it to 4GHz, though you really needed water cooling to do that. (and even then it ran hot as h3ll.) People later realized that using the 820 was better.

AMD had their 2500XP. This one was simple, change the FSB from 166 to 200. Many 2500s could handle this, and you turned your lowest end Barton core CPU into the highest end 3200+. There were many other popular Athlons, including the 2100+ or the 1600+.

If you mean current CPUs, the Q6600 and 7200 would be current favorites. Many of these are able to hit close to 4GHz. Considering the price you pay compared to other chips, they are good deals.

From personal experience

Current cpu's : E2160, E8400

Old tech : Celeron 300A, Pentium 166 (I ran mine @ 233 with custom cooling)

+1.

 

[coleman]

thanks again for all replies, keep them coming in intrigued

 

[1haplo]

The Celeron Coppermine 566 on the ASUS CUSL2 .. (One of The Best MB in a long while).. . Change the FBS to 100 and boom 850Mhz.....

IF you are going to buy a new processor for OC then:

AIR Cooling Intel 45nm CPU. The E8XXX and the Q9X50 are great with air cooling or AMD Black Editions

Water Cooling: most Dual and Quad cores and the Extreme/ Black Editions

LN2: any... 😉

1Haplo

 

[coleman]

if only i had a interest in computers from an earlier age i might actualy know about these processors lol

I will do my research and find out some more

thanks for the replies

 

[No1sFanboy]

I used to have a lot of fun with the old Athlon's... the lead pencil trick.. untill i melted everything in my machine.

Easiest processors are the recent ones, Q6600, Q9450/Q9550 are really simple.

I have to agree. If simplicity and shear speed make it a great overclocker my Q9550 has been my best experience.

This thing was way too simple. It took about 20 minutes to get to 3800 with a relatively inexpensive motherboard(p5e) and cooler (ACF7P). She booted at 1.30 and but to pass prime and Intel burn test I finished at 1.35 which reads as 1.32 and droops to 1.3 under load.

Basically a middle of the road proc and board with a cheap cooler and I have a 1ghz upgrade and a 1m superpi of 12.387. And this is all with c1e enabled.

 

[coleman]

nice, i think a cpu like that will be an upgrade after i upgrade my gpu

 

[cow_moo]

yeah the E8400 is a really good overclocker i have got it to 4.0GHz on air

 

[coleman]

4ghz is what i would like to achieve with my next cpu, but im not sure what cpu i will end up buying. i know 1 thing for sure i am going to Waite for, the release of nehlam before i upgrade, to save a bit of money

thanks for the reply

 

[iluvgillgill]

E1200 at the moment.3.2GHZ 100% OC.

 

[coleman]

100% is pretty awesome, if only you could get that from the modern processors

thanks for the post

 

[iluvgillgill]

http://cid-1532ae9d192e3fbe.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Helen%20PC

100% OC!thats achievable on moderm CPU.

 

[coleman]

impressive, nice rig as well, but i ment things like the q6600 up to 3.8 - 4 ghz,

 

[coleman]

i just found this, is that even possible?

 

[iluvgillgill]

what did you find??

 

[coleman]

sorry
http://www.overclock.net/hardware-news/321312-eng-6ghz-skulltrail-qx9775.html

 

[iluvgillgill]

yeah that is possible but its on LN2 i believe and if for everyday use then i dont think it will last even a month or maybe less?

 

[shortstuff_mt]

Yea it's possible for a suicide run. Notice the 1.9v+ voltage. That thing would last less than a day at that voltage. The post even said it BSOD'd on him before he could even run 3dMark. It sure makes for a nice screenshot though!

 

[coleman]

lol . . . . . who cares, that would be the fastest days/month of your life. i wonder what the processor can reach stable.


BRAGGING RIGHTS i believe is the correct term

 

[jamesgoddard]

As a package, the ABIT BP6 motherboard + 2 x 366MHz Celerons...

Whacked the FSB to 100MHZ, and had a dual CPU 550MHz rig for very little cash, with Win NT4.0 - it was faster then any standard high end system of the time....

Stunner!

 

[iluvgillgill]

i remember a Celeron 356 65nm reach 5Ghz on air!thats remarkable!i wish i still got the screenie for it.but you can google it many people achieve that speed.