I'd be very appreciative if a few of the many folks on the board who overclock could pass along some of their Homer Simpson moments when overclocking, in part to help prepare me for my first attempt, but mostly just for fun. While I understand the basics, and can find plenty of excellent guides, I'm curious to hear some first-hand, possibly humorous, possibly tragic stories about OC'ing for the first time.
I finally took the plunge, thanks in large part to SerpentRoyal, when the HP branded DDR2-667 he recommends dropped to $8.95/GB AR (http://www.techonweb.com/produ...detail.aspx?id=D30292) and the Abit IP-35E he recommends dropped to $69.99 AR at newegg (http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16813127031). I really couldn't pass up 3GB of memory for $27.00 and a good P35 MB for $70; add in a 2140, and I'll be ready to play around in a few days.
Though it's not OC-related, I had my own Homer Simpson moment a few weeks ago.
After convincing a friend that it was far easier and more cost effective to build a high-end system himself, I walked him through the setup over the phone, but while his PSU would power on, nothing would happen.
After more than 45 minutes of going back and forth, reconnecting all of the cables, etc., I had my own 'DOH', as I realized that I'd never told him to hook up the CPU power cable...
Cheers.
I finally took the plunge, thanks in large part to SerpentRoyal, when the HP branded DDR2-667 he recommends dropped to $8.95/GB AR (http://www.techonweb.com/produ...detail.aspx?id=D30292) and the Abit IP-35E he recommends dropped to $69.99 AR at newegg (http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16813127031). I really couldn't pass up 3GB of memory for $27.00 and a good P35 MB for $70; add in a 2140, and I'll be ready to play around in a few days.
Though it's not OC-related, I had my own Homer Simpson moment a few weeks ago.
After convincing a friend that it was far easier and more cost effective to build a high-end system himself, I walked him through the setup over the phone, but while his PSU would power on, nothing would happen.
After more than 45 minutes of going back and forth, reconnecting all of the cables, etc., I had my own 'DOH', as I realized that I'd never told him to hook up the CPU power cable...
Cheers.