Overclocking old tech - worthwhile??

[Mirrixx]

Hi,
My question...Is it worthwhile overclocking the CPU (whilst buying a CPU water cooler) & buying a SSD drive and PCI card. Total spend about £250.

I have a Intel E6600, std clock of 2.4(stock CPU cooler) on a Gigabyte N650SLI board, 8gb of DDR2 Kingston Hyper Blu, x2 WD Raptor (RAID) & 8800GTX - good in its day! (thro' small upgrades).

Just added another video card and SLI'd them.

Comments much appreciated....

Thx

Mark

 

[Mirrixx]

Hi,
Thx for quick response...can u please clarify? Overclocking CPU ok - with existing stock cooler or just buy water one?

While typing/posting, j.col posted too..hence the amendment...yep read that....2006 advice!!!

TIA.

Mark

PS. Obviously, just new to forums, need to find out how to change my details

 

[Mirrixx]

True...It is just I have a dilemma.. obviously can't afford new i series system & am looking to extend life of current system
If I was to add just the water cooler (£50 or so), is this an acceptable spend for the increase in speed??? Or if adding SSD drive would be even better!!!
- Win 7 performance show everything at 6.9, 'cept hdd 5.9!!! (even with raptors raided!!)
graphics are a 7.3 when SLI
I use computer for games (MW2 & pending MW3 in Nov & for working with photos..FYI)
Regards,
Mark

 

[Mirrixx]

hhmmm...k
General advice is don't buy new tech to put on old tech...
Perhaps new air CPU cooler and 'tweak' for now
Until I can get new PC...do like the 'dinosaur' range!
Mark

 

[Mirrixx]

Hi,
Thx for all info & advice...will not be posting for a while as I will take in the advice info above & have purchased Zalman CNPS5X CPU Cooler, couldn't find other one....
Regards,
Mark