capran said:
Hi, I'm not (yet) an owner, but I'm wondering about the possibility of overclock on the new Intel Core (2) Duo iMacs. Has anyone attempted this yet? I did a quick google search and only came up with people OCing the ATI X1600.
MacAddict usually has articles about this kind of thing, and there's a forum there as well so it might be worth your while to check that out.
Having said that, I'm not sure the speed bump you'd get is really worth the effort. Overclocking from 1.5Ghz to 1.66Ghz (for example) isn't likely to give you a noticeable boost, and getting an iMac apart is, well, a b*tch. I
think, however, that the Intel processor in the iMac is socketed and
not soldered, and IMHO if you're really looking to enhance your clock speed you'd be better off spending the money for a
core duo processor, which I
think (that word again) can be dropped right into a core single socket with no firmware modification. They aren't that expensive and a price drop is expected soon, so you might think about that instead...
just my opinion