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Question

Overclocking

Apr 9, 2017 10:23AM PDT

I'm thinking of overclocking my CPU. It's a dual 2 quad core q6600 and I'm thinking of overclocking it from 2.4 Ghz to 3 or 3.4Ghz. However, I'm concerned about the fact that I might totally lose my sh** and be left without a PC. Please Help ASAP.

Specs:
8 GB SDRAM
Asus p5b Motherboard
Radeon 4600 (planning on getting a 1050ti, which is the whole reason of OC'ing.)
A good cooling fan.

Thanks already!

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I strongly advise against this.
Apr 9, 2017 10:27AM PDT

The motherboard and more has aged. Also, the GPU will NOT be held back by this CPU. The old i5-2500 could drive 3 GPUs. Your rig will drive one.

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Apr 10, 2017 8:36AM PDT

I wasn't going to use 2 GPU's I just wanted to learn if I would bottleneck too much and if the CPU would hold back the GPU. Thanks a lot! Grin

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I use the i5 and 3 GPUs as the example.
Apr 10, 2017 9:14AM PDT

I hope you see if the i5 2500 drove 3 GPUs then your CPU pushing 1 GPU should be fine.

Sure you can try overclocking but get it working first. Stability is what most folk crave.