i have a amd k-3 400 and now it's a 450

[webmagic4]

Going to stop there i think it's a waste of time to get any more out of the chip! I Will-letyou guy's and Girls fry your chips up ! If i want more juice i will switch to a K-7 ! by the way i did try 475 it didn't work! At .26 volt's. Leaving it at 450 and volt's at .26 did run on .25 at 450 though! Have Just bought the k-6 3 400 and DFI MotherBoard , WHere is the k-6 3 500 Hiding i know AMD Make's one! they make the 533k6 Why not just buy the chip instead of jurking yourself off!

[alpha]

Why not just buy the chip? Can I afford the chip? No. Why buy the chip when a cheaper one can do the same stuff. I can see this post turning into another hampster. Though I do agree with you about frying chips. A lot of people run their chips at stupidly high speeds and burn them out, but hey, if they didn't burn chips, we'd never know what ours could do!

[topflite51]

The price difference between a K6-3 500 and an Athlon 500. Why bother with any K6-3? As far as the comparison of overclocking to jerking off, IT's FUN.

[scotter]

omg HEEEEEEEELLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPP I'm going blind, hair is growing on my palms, I'm going bald, I'm getting cross eyed, I'm only 4' tall I stoped growing. Ma all ways said this is what would happen and me being the hard head would not listen lol http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[brockway]

Scotter...
How do you find your jumper pullers?

[scotter]

jumper pullers ? whats that I just plug it into a 220 line lol omg does that ,make it go fast lol http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif just kidding lol http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

NOTE: DO NOTE PLUG YOUR COMPUTER INTO A 220 LINE unless you live where there built for that lol http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[wee96]

A 400 at 450 wont fry the chip, unless you use some sort of silly voltage like 2.9 without premo cooling, I had a 266 at 400 perfectly stable at 2.2v for several months.

[Ed_S]

webmagic4, if you've just bought the 400 then you KNOW why we o/c! Why didn't you get a K7?
Maximixe your performance dollars. If you fry it, get another, you're still ahead of the game - that's why!
BUT reasonable o/c'ing won't hurt it. Reduce it's life, possibly. But who here is gonna run the same one for 10 yrs anyway??

Scotter - What's that about jumper pullers, & just WHAT did you plug into that 220?? http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif

[yammahoppy]

it is kinda like the old proverb "why climb a mountain? cause it is there". what would have happened if henry ford stopped with his little motor he put in the model a's? you would have a 25mph mustang.why would i spend $500 or $600 on a 600mhz cpu when i can spend $200 on a 450mhz and make it go 600!
it would appear we are not jerking OURSELVES off but the cpu manufacturers are jerking THEMSELVES off.

[Ed_S]

Gotta disagree.
The manufacturer's know exactly what they're doing. Remember that they sell hype to the masses & most folks don't even know what overclocking is. Most non-comp types I know just buy the latest & never open the case.

We upgraders & o/c'ers are a small part of their sales. Almost like we're just a place for them to dump the leftovers.
I like leftovers!