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31 Dec 2010
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| | Win 7 64 Ultimate 129 posts |
W7U Pick Me up! Been running W7U about a year now,, it performs well,, I like to tweak things and i have my system running quite well i think but it still seems to just lack that wow factor. I dont have my system overclocked nor do i have my Geforce overclocked but i know iwth my set up i could probably easily gain some performance but would i see a noticable difference?
I have read the how to overclock tutorials and i guess i have to admit im lazy i wanna just make some small adjustments in the bios to get me up a few more Mhz's so as not to create to much more heat and or instability issues. so my questions are:
#1 am i better off over clocking the processor? Ram? Or my graphics? or should i do a little bump to all 3?
#2 What tweaks have worked the best for you? where you actually noticed a performance gain during normal everyday use?
Mind you i'm not a gamer,,, i mainly surf, email, chat, webcam and do some graphics and website work.
Heres my main system specs | My System Specs |
| Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number JRockZ OS Win 7 64 Ultimate CPU AMD 8350 Bulldozer 4ghz Motherboard Asus M5a97 R2 Memory 6gb Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5770 Sound Card Board Monitor(s) Displays Dual Gateway 19" Screen Resolution 1440X900 PSU 750 Watt Thermaltake Tough Power Case Diablotek EVO Mid Tower Case CPA-6170 - 8X 120mm case fans Cooling Corsair Liquid Cooled Hard Drives OCZ Agility SSD Antivirus NAV Browser Always IE |
31 Dec 2010
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| | Windows Server 2008 R2 2,363 posts |
Honestly, with what you stated your main uses are, you'd probably notice the most improvement by switching to an SSD drive (at least for the OS partition). I doubt CPU, RAM, or a graphics overclock are going to give you a huge boost, but switching from a mechanical drive to an SSD will show a huge improvement, especially in day-to-day tasks. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Z400 workstation OS Windows Server 2008 R2 CPU Intel Xeon 3550 @3.06GHz Motherboard HP Memory 16GB DDR3 Graphics Card Nvidia Quadro 600 Sound Card Realtek ALC262 Monitor(s) Displays 2x Hanns-G HG281 Screen Resolution 1920x1200 Keyboard Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 7000 Mouse Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 PSU HP Case HP Hard Drives 1x Samsung 160GB SSD
2x WD 1TB (RAID1) |
31 Dec 2010
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| | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) 9,925 posts South Australia |

Quote: Originally Posted by cluberti Honestly, with what you stated your main uses are, you'd probably notice the most improvement by switching to an SSD drive (at least for the OS partition). I doubt CPU, RAM, or a graphics overclock are going to give you a huge boost, but switching from a mechanical drive to an SSD will show a huge improvement, especially in day-to-day tasks. +1. Well said. Go SSD - you won't regret it. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3 OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13 Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24) Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB Sound Card Realtek Integrated Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080 Keyboard Logitech G110 Mouse Logitech MX518 PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
3*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID5;
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0 Internet Speed Not fast enough!!! Antivirus MSE and Malwarebytes Pro Browser Chrome Version 27 Other Info Laptop: ASUS X54C, Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, Intel HD on-board graphics, Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64), LinuxMint 14 (x64), PepperMint 3 (x86) |
31 Dec 2010
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| | Windows 7 Home Premium 269 posts Home of the Missouri Mule. |
I did the overclocking thing for a short time, mainly because I just wanted to know how to do it, and to see the results for myself. My conclusion was: For the few seconds that things may have been faster, it wasn't worth the extra heat that my CPU was generating. Sooner or later that is going to shorten the life of the processor and ram, and to what gain?
I kinda have to chuckle to myself when I see posts about someone griping because his Windows takes 15 seconds longer to boot than it used to. There are 86,400 seconds in a day. How big a hurry are we really in?
To my naked eye apps didn't load quicker, games didn't play better, graphics were not better. The cause and efffect wasn't worth it to me, but I do know there are lots of people that want to take it to the limit.
Guess it's no different than fine tuning yesterday's muscle cars to the ultimate. The need for speed.
SSD's no doubt are the way to go. I'm just the type to hang on until they are cheaper with more capacity. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Self build OS Windows 7 Home Premium CPU Intel Core i5 3550 Motherboard ASUS P8Z77-V LX (LGA1155) Memory Corsair Vengeance DDR3 16GB Graphics Card Power Color Radeon HD 7850 Monitor(s) Displays Hanns-G 23.6", Acer 17" Screen Resolution 1920x1080, 1440x900 Keyboard Logitech MK300 Mouse Logitech MK300 PSU Antec 650w Case Cooler Master Centurion 534 Cooling COOLER MASTER GeminII S524, 3 120 mm case fans. Hard Drives Sandisk SSD 256 GB
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Seagage Ultra + 1TB ext.
BWD 800GB
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