Persuading my dad?

[Rackerz]

Sounds good to me .

 

[fini]

I find the best way to persuade someone is with a pair of pliers and their toenails.

 

[Hobgoblin]

ive always considered folding@home a great excuse, even if you dont run it. "look mum/dad, the faster my cpu go's the faster i can help cure diseases"

 

[Rich43]

Its pretty hard to break a cpu by overclocking i think, normally if you push it too much, it just wont boot. (But the hardware would be most likly ok)

 

[Cairnsey]

like said, high voltage and consistent high temps kill CPU's. so OCing to 2.6 isn't going to harm

 

[Steeps]

good luck with the graphics card arguement, instead they would reply with "why did we need to spend so much on the card if you can't use it?"

 

[dovey]

My e6600 doesn't break 60 degrees with the stock cooler running at 3.2 ghz, have to crank it upto 3.6 with 1.6 vcore to get it toasty, thats when it hits 80 and starts throttling!

Should be fine with the stock cooler if theres some decent thermal paste on it!

 

[helmutcheese]

Tell your Dad he is a n00b for buying a PC with a 2.0GHZ CPU with a 8800GTX in it (show him my post)

You would really need to OC that CPU for games that are CPU/GPU dependant as that CPU is currently a major bottleneck for such a powerfull GPU.

 

[Neal]

tell him these chips are pretty bullet proof as far as overclocking goes, i have abused mine and it still works away happily at 3ghz all day long (67% overclock) it would go higher (around 3.3ghz) im sure if I had bought some decent ram as i tested with my bro's crucial 800 ram.

I had never OC'd anything before the e2160, and found it to be simple, more than simple.

uped the fsb to 333mhz, set ram to ratio of 1:1 - off we go...

 

[melbourne720]

- Tell him the CPU will be silent with a better heatsink (true).

- Tell him the increase in CPU speed at possible expense to the CPU's lifespan will help you learn how to allocate risk/reward to a situation (mostly true)

- Tell him your mate's dad is boasting how fast he has got your mates CPU to, and that your PC is so slow (mostly false)

- Tell him overclocking is good for your computer, as all the other components don't have to be strained by the slower CPU (downright lie, but funny )