I OCed my Barton for a period of time before, for benchmarking. From 166*10.5 to 200*10.5 on a lock barton. Temperature never exceeded 50C. Then one day, my PC just sudden death. Like *poof* while I was surfing the net and chatting, then restart, nothing. After I check, the culprit was mobo. My rig was left in the corner of my room for 1 month. Finally when i got my new mobo, replaced it, and next the case fan and HSF led just lid for less than a second and stop, as well as the fan attempt to move then halt. Tried it several time, then *spark*, my ICUTE PSU kaput. Now running on enermax from garage sale, luckily my mobo and other component didn't fry with the PSU. End of the story.
I open up the ICUTE PSU, the fuse has shatter everywhere. I don't dare to change the PSU and try it again, who knows what would happen next. I learn an important lesson, PSU is as important as other component, and ICUTE = bad.
Long term effects of overclocking., Please share your experience.
Aug 3 2006, 11:14 PM
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