Is there any point in OC'ing my PC?

spitzoid · 6 Sep 2008 at 17:12

Hi guys,
Just though I'd ask if there is much point in Oc'ing my system. The reason I ask is that I'm not sure if I'll see any actual benefit i.e. Will I notice any difference in speed etc or will it just be provable by looking at generate reports.

Here are my lame ass specs:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz
2 Mb Ram
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
ATI Radeon 2400HD

I'm not sure if you need any extra info but please let me know if you need anything more.

Thanks,
Spitzoid

Richdog · 6 Sep 2008 at 17:15

Well obviously it depends what you use it for as to whether you see any tangible benefits. With that graphics card i'm guessing it's not a gaming machine.

spitzoid · 6 Sep 2008 at 17:20

No, it's not a gaming machine specifically, although I do play games on it - obviously most on limited settings. I was more interested in if I will see an improvement in say; system start-up, programme start-up etc? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Richdog · 6 Sep 2008 at 17:22

No, you won't see an improvements in system start-up... lol....

spitzoid · 6 Sep 2008 at 17:23

What would make it start-up faster? Other than buying a new PC for 1000's of £

Richdog · 6 Sep 2008 at 17:24

A faster hard-drive and another 2GB of RAM.

TheCenturion · 6 Sep 2008 at 17:27

spitzoid said:
Hi guys,
Just though I'd ask if there is much point in Oc'ing my system. The reason I ask is that I'm not sure if I'll see any actual benefit i.e. Will I notice any difference in speed etc or will it just be provable by looking at generate reports.

Here are my lame ass specs:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz
2 Mb Ram
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
ATI Radeon 2400HD

I'm not sure if you need any extra info but please let me know if you need anything more.

Thanks,
Spitzoid

you mean 2gb of ram right? not 2mb

spitzoid · 6 Sep 2008 at 17:28

yes, sorry 2gb.

Richdog · 6 Sep 2008 at 17:29

Yes he obviously meant that considering the rest of the specs, but thanks for the post, it's always nice to have someone pointing out the bleeding obvious.

pegasus1 · 7 Sep 2008 at 04:34

Many people have lots of unwanted programs start up when they boot their PC, this will increase the start up time. Its worth having a look in Task Manager after boot up to see what is running and then you can decide on what needs to automatically start with Windows and what doesnt.

platinum87 · 7 Sep 2008 at 04:46

Richdog said:
A faster hard-drive and another 2GB of RAM.

indeed..

Samsung F1 320GB 640GB or 1TB depends on what u feel like

whatever ram u have try get same one

overclock that CPU to 3ghz?

thesnowdog1971 · 7 Sep 2008 at 04:59

Your best bet is to forget about messing around with Task Manager and do a fresh install of Windows every so often (making sure you back up everything you want to keep). Windows is generally a pile of old pants and over the course of time no matter how careful you are the registry gets full of unwanted rubbish. Registry cleaners are okay (Crap Cleaner being the best free one) but you can't beat a fresh install imo, I tend to do one once per year.

lol, love the siggy platinum87