Dolphin PC buying guide

eosos · 08-26-2009, 03:52 AM **#151**

Im going to overclock the i7 to around 4.0 GHz. That should help I suppose.

jasong · 08-26-2009, 06:00 PM **#152**

You could equally take an E0 920 and oc it to 4ghz and it would perform IDENTICALLY to the extreme.

Iulius · 08-26-2009, 06:15 PM **#153**

you guys talk like 4 ghz is easy with i7.

funny that most dont manage to get this with air-cooling.

i7 just doesn't oc as easy as c2d/q, you have to live with that.

maybe the new ones will do better, but who knows.

jasong · 08-26-2009, 06:37 PM **#154**

It isn't easy but it's attainable.... Paying an extra $600 to reach it is a bit OTT though Smile

eosos · 08-28-2009, 02:08 AM **#155**

I mentioned that I had Liquid Cooling in my post I believe. I will prolly even be able to get it higher.

jasong · 08-28-2009, 05:43 PM **#156**

It's not just about cooling.

eosos · 08-29-2009, 12:44 AM **#157**

Then what is it about?

Supe · 08-29-2009, 01:59 AM **#158**

Voltage. Its also about voltage.

Voltage too high threatens the CPU. I don't know if that's a problem with an i7 though, all I own is an E8400.

eosos · 08-30-2009, 05:31 AM **#159**

No it isn't. It's mainly about cooling. Anyways I have 1250 watts of power. I don't get why some of you think overclocking is difficult...

CacoFFF · 08-30-2009, 06:46 AM **#160**

(08-30-2009, 05:31 AM)eosos Wrote: No it isn't. It's mainly about cooling. Anyways I have 1250 watts of power. I don't get why some of you think overclocking is difficult...

I dare you to increase voltage (>0.3) on a cpu without even touching the clock speeds, come back in 6 months and tell us if it's still working.