Overclocking???

[Fonzijr1964]

Ok so up until today i did not know you could over clock your Mac but now i know u can i would like to try on my iMac (see signature [its a pre 3.06 iMac]).

Can anyone offer any advice / experiences with me.

Basically can you give me pros / cons and if you think i should do it
And if u think i should do it tell me the best way

Thanks

 

[brand]

What gave you the idea that you could overclock your iMac? As of right now the only Mac tat can be overclocked is the Mac Pro.

 

[cherry su]

well overclocking your computer makes it even hotter…and the current iMacs are already hot…so…

 

[alphaod]

Since there is no BIOS to change the multiplier, you can't overclock.

 

[bob vansteel]

your mac is already clocked at 2.8Ghz why the heck do you even need to overclock it....it's not like your trying to cure cancer! If it's for gaming, a new GPU is what you want, because overclocking isn't going to produce any better results as long as you have that GPU. The only reason i would overclock that imac is if i was doing some heavy 3D rendering...in which case I would have bought a Mac Pro.

 

[Fonzijr1964]

some guy in another form said you could "over clock to 3.06Ghz cuz thats all apple did" so i wanted to try it out.

I though you couldn't over clock a mac.

I had a PC that was over clocked at 15% so i wanted to try 10% on the mac but i guess not.

Although if anyone could tell my how to do it on a Mac Pro that would be great as i am getting one soon

 

[bob vansteel]

some guy in another form said you could "over clock to 3.06Ghz cuz thats all apple did" so i wanted to try it out.

I though you couldn't over clock a mac.

I had a PC that was over clocked at 15% so i wanted to try 10% on the mac but i guess not.

Although if anyone could tell my how to do it on a Mac Pro that would be great as i am getting one soon

NO it is impossible to overclock an iMac...as for the mac pro, there is alegendly a program that can do so...there was an article on it a few weeks ago, just run a search on it.

 

[rfruth]

I pretty much agree with (all the) above don't bother, but you may want to check out overclocking @ Toms http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum-29.html

 

[alxths]

People overclock the video cards on their MBP's, so it's likely possible on the imacs too. That'd probably be more worth your while, performance-wise. Although personally, I'd never play around of an irreplaceable component of a 1500-2000 computer.

 

[Dmac77]

1) Why the heel do you need more speed then that!?

2) If you need more power then that, why didn't you get a MacPro, they're only $200 more you know.

3) Do you like the smell of burnt coffee/burning silicon? Because you better if you want to try to overclock an iMac!

Don

 

[Fonzijr1964]

1) Why the heel do you need more speed then that!?

2) If you need more power then that, why didn't you get a MacPro, they're only $200 more you know.

3) Do you like the smell of burnt coffee/burning silicon? Because you better if you want to try to overclock an iMac!

Don

lol yeah

i thought as much