Hope this is not off topic...

No_Style · Jan 28, 2003, 02:18 AM

How did you get into Overclocking/Modding?

My first overclock was when my Uncle tried to push my P120 to a P133. It didn't work, but that was my first. It took another 3-4 years, when I got my PIII 866 and started to O/C it. I don't recall how exactly I got interested in it, I guess I was browsing the net looking for tweaks and such and I stumbled upon an O/Cing page. I pushed my 866 gradually higher and higher, I landed on 950 and left it that way. Then I bought my latest PC which has a P4 1.7Ghz running at 1.99 Ghz. O/Cing video cards came naturally when I was looking around and stumbled on Omega drivers and this forum.

Memories~...

Share your story~!?

P.S - It's Overclocking related so I thought I'd post it here.

ToshiroOC · Jan 28, 2003, 02:29 AM

I started getting interested when I was looking around for what parts to get for this current computer that I'm on - I had an un-overclockable Dell before that, and I was a Mac person (oh the horror!) before that (its like brainwashing, but worse!)... anyway, this was the first overclockable machine I had, and I overclocked it for all it was worth... which was very little, given my worthless ram and terrible AXP stepping...

DriveEuro · Jan 28, 2003, 05:07 AM

I wanted to do it back in the day when we got our first Pentium 133. But it was a retail bought computer so I couldn't overclock it (that was when I was 14 years old.) That was also back when a new computer system costed 4500$.... With a printer (that printed 600 x 600dpi) and a whopping 15" monitor.

digitalwanderer · Jan 28, 2003, 05:20 AM

...I cranked me Packard Bell from a 60Mhz Pentium to a 66Mhz Pentium, I thought it was THE SHIT!

DriveEuro · Jan 28, 2003, 05:23 AM

That was the first pentium processor. I remember.....I think that Pentiums first came out in May of '96 or '95.

No_Style · Jan 28, 2003, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DriveEuro
I wanted to do it back in the day when we got our first Pentium 133. But it was a retail bought computer so I couldn't overclock it (that was when I was 14 years old.) That was also back when a new computer system costed 4500$.... With a printer (that printed 600 x 600dpi) and a whopping 15" monitor.

Yeah, computers were so expensive back then.

digitalwanderer · Jan 28, 2003, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DriveEuro
That was the first pentium processor. I remember.....I think that Pentiums first came out in May of '96 or '95.

I think it was a little earlier than that...I'm pretty sure I had it in Feb of 95 and it wasn't the newest CPU out.

WyreTheWolf · Jan 28, 2003, 02:13 PM

First overclocking adventure was overclocking a 486 DX4/100 to 133Mhz, and then taking a frozen 486DX4/133 to just a hair over 168Mhz... that last overclock didnt last very long... but it was an adventure!

RIV@NVX · Jan 28, 2003, 03:13 PM

Well, I had celly 400 and FIFA 2002 wasn't smooth enough... hmm... I decided to OC processor a bit, and it worked (FIFA worked a lot better)

Frodo301 · Jan 29, 2003, 01:22 AM

My first real experiment with OCing was taking the celery 300a to 450. I had played around before this time, but never had the nerve to keep it OC past a day for fear of burning out the processor

. Hard to believe that old celery is still rolling along at 450 without a hiccup after all these years.

Erroneus · Jan 29, 2003, 10:14 AM

Celly 300a til 504, Celly sure was a nice cpu. But my new Tbred looks promising

reno · Jan 29, 2003, 03:25 PM

First actual overclocking was done on a 200MMx pentium, clocked that biatch up to 75mhz FSB (from 66) and got a crazy fast 233 out of it. Then, I overclocked my Pure3d Voodoo 1 from 50mhz ram clock to 60mhz...whew! That thing FLEW in Jedi knight one!

~~craig588~~ · Jan 29, 2003, 04:58 PM

The first time I overclocked was to show up a friend who kept bragging about his new pIII 933. I built a water cooling system using a freezer and a fish tank water pump (seriously). I was able to bring my pIII 700 to 980.

Mystik · Feb 8, 2003, 12:17 PM

My first overclocking adventure (that I vaguely remember) was
my 486dx2/66.. though, i can't remember what i got it up to..

DallasStar · Feb 9, 2003, 01:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DriveEuro
I wanted to do it back in the day when we got our first Pentium 133. But it was a retail bought computer so I couldn't overclock it (that was when I was 14 years old.) That was also back when a new computer system costed 4500$.... With a printer (that printed 600 x 600dpi) and a whopping 15" monitor.

Same here

('cept i was younger than you were)

DriveEuro · Feb 9, 2003, 01:48 AM

Actually it was 7th grade....... So that makes me.....12 or 13. I wasn't think about it back then. I think I was 13....but still.

vk2amv · Feb 10, 2003, 03:22 AM

My first overclock was a Cyrex 6x86L. I overclocked it from 150Mhz to 200Mhz. But to be honest at the time I didnt even realise what I was doing. It was a accidental overclock as I had thought the PR200 chips meant 200Mhz and I didnt realise they were only 150Mhz with 75Mhz BUS. My first real overclock was my K6-2 350Mhz up to 380Mhz. I remember how proud of it I was then because it was the first time I had tried anuthing like it. Aside from the accidental overclock of the cyrex that I didnt discover that I even did it til a lot later.
AREA_51

No_Style · Feb 18, 2003, 04:30 AM

Don_1 · Feb 18, 2003, 05:07 AM

My first time was taking an AMD 586 133 to a speedy 150.
My friend told me I was going to blow it up. It kept on running till
I got my next upgrade.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Feb 18, 2003, 06:44 AM

my first system was a Commadore 64 a whopping 1 Mhz... LOL
but my first overcock was on a pentum 60... to 66 mhz .....
The funny this is I still have it on the shelf here ...(in working condition too!)

JCLW · Feb 23, 2003, 04:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Erroneus
...Celly sure was a nice cpu...

Don't you mean "Celly sure is a nice cpu"?

My i4004 doesn't o/c. Well it might, but I'd have to get it out of the attic and do some soldering.
My TRS-80 (Z80 based) is also in the attic. I have a 300baud modem for it and the lower case expansion pack

I don't have my 8088 nor my 8086 any longer, and I never o/ced them
My grandfather has my 486-33, but it's never been o/ced
My uncle has my P-200MMX, which runs happily @233 without a fan

My PIII-500 ran forever @600 on an Asus P3B-F, 'til I put in a Tualeron 1.2 @1.44 and gave it to my mom

My Tbird-900 would hardly do 1000 on an Asus A7V

My dual PIII-800Es have run at 900 each forever and havn't crashed since september - september 2001 that is

My Tualeron 1.2 @ 1.74 is suiting up to be immersed in chilled di-electric oil sometime this spring

- JW

Desert_Siege · Feb 25, 2003, 01:02 AM

Had 64MB of EDO and a Voodoo....Man I was the schiznit...heh.
Next came the 333A Celery @ 550 at default voltage on a Soyo SY6VBA 133 and a Voodoo 3 3000 and again I was the man. Then came the "Slot A" Athlon 750@1000 with the aid of a GFD and an ABit KA7-100. Then My trusty Epox 8K7A+ and the XP1600+@1750 (completely skipped the socket A Tbird processors) too my current rig. The first system I ever had was a Commodore 64 with external 5 1/4 inch floppy and an okidata dot matrix printer on my 19" color TV. I think I was 16 when I got that thing in 1984?? Could have been 85, but man I remember some of those games like I had just played them yesterday.

No_Style · Feb 25, 2003, 09:48 PM

I was just learning how to stand up when you got your Commodore 64

DriveEuro · Feb 26, 2003, 12:54 AM

Same here, I was only 2 years old.........sheesh.

Jan 28, 2003, 02:18 AM	#1
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	Hope this is not off topic... How did you get into Overclocking/Modding? My first overclock was when my Uncle tried to push my P120 to a P133. It didn't work, but that was my first. It took another 3-4 years, when I got my PIII 866 and started to O/C it. I don't recall how exactly I got interested in it, I guess I was browsing the net looking for tweaks and such and I stumbled upon an O/Cing page. I pushed my 866 gradually higher and higher, I landed on 950 and left it that way. Then I bought my latest PC which has a P4 1.7Ghz running at 1.99 Ghz. O/Cing video cards came naturally when I was looking around and stumbled on Omega drivers and this forum. Memories~... Share your story~!? P.S - It's Overclocking related so I thought I'd post it here. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Jan 28, 2003, 02:29 AM	#2
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	I started getting interested when I was looking around for what parts to get for this current computer that I'm on - I had an un-overclockable Dell before that, and I was a Mac person (oh the horror!) before that (its like brainwashing, but worse!)... anyway, this was the first overclockable machine I had, and I overclocked it for all it was worth... which was very little, given my worthless ram and terrible AXP stepping... __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

Jan 28, 2003, 05:07 AM	#3
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	I wanted to do it back in the day when we got our first Pentium 133. But it was a retail bought computer so I couldn't overclock it (that was when I was 14 years old.) That was also back when a new computer system costed 4500$.... With a printer (that printed 600 x 600dpi) and a whopping 15" monitor. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Jan 28, 2003, 05:20 AM	#4
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	I remember it well... ...I cranked me Packard Bell from a 60Mhz Pentium to a 66Mhz Pentium, I thought it was THE SHIT! __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Jan 28, 2003, 05:23 AM	#5
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	That was the first pentium processor. I remember.....I think that Pentiums first came out in May of '96 or '95. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Jan 28, 2003, 02:13 PM	#8
WyreTheWolf Wolfish Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cave; Ozark Mountains Posts: 2,110 Rep Power: 0	First overclocking adventure was overclocking a 486 DX4/100 to 133Mhz, and then taking a frozen 486DX4/133 to just a hair over 168Mhz... that last overclock didnt last very long... but it was an adventure!

Jan 28, 2003, 03:13 PM	#9
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Well, I had celly 400 and FIFA 2002 wasn't smooth enough... hmm... I decided to OC processor a bit, and it worked (FIFA worked a lot better) __________________ -- Vedran

Jan 29, 2003, 01:22 AM	#10
Frodo301 Outraged Join Date: May 2002 Location: The mountains Posts: 584 Rep Power: 0	My first real experiment with OCing was taking the celery 300a to 450. I had played around before this time, but never had the nerve to keep it OC past a day for fear of burning out the processor . Hard to believe that old celery is still rolling along at 450 without a hiccup after all these years. __________________ The greatest thing you'll every learn is to love, and be loved in return.

Jan 29, 2003, 10:14 AM	#11
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,419 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	me2 Celly 300a til 504, Celly sure was a nice cpu. But my new Tbred looks promising __________________

Jan 29, 2003, 03:25 PM	#12
reno Painlord of Ichor Join Date: May 2002 Location: bloinkin! Posts: 1,610 Rep Power: 0	df First actual overclocking was done on a 200MMx pentium, clocked that biatch up to 75mhz FSB (from 66) and got a crazy fast 233 out of it. Then, I overclocked my Pure3d Voodoo 1 from 50mhz ram clock to 60mhz...whew! That thing FLEW in Jedi knight one!

Jan 29, 2003, 04:58 PM	#13
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	The first time I overclocked was to show up a friend who kept bragging about his new pIII 933. I built a water cooling system using a freezer and a fish tank water pump (seriously). I was able to bring my pIII 700 to 980.

Feb 8, 2003, 12:17 PM	#14
Mystik i'm an errand. Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 237 Rep Power: 0	My first overclocking adventure (that I vaguely remember) was my 486dx2/66.. though, i can't remember what i got it up to.. __________________ For as long as the sun shines, there will always be darkness. -- me.

Feb 9, 2003, 01:48 AM	#16
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Actually it was 7th grade....... So that makes me.....12 or 13. I wasn't think about it back then. I think I was 13....but still. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Feb 10, 2003, 03:22 AM	#17
vk2amv DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 73 Rep Power: 0	My first overclock was a Cyrex 6x86L. I overclocked it from 150Mhz to 200Mhz. But to be honest at the time I didnt even realise what I was doing. It was a accidental overclock as I had thought the PR200 chips meant 200Mhz and I didnt realise they were only 150Mhz with 75Mhz BUS. My first real overclock was my K6-2 350Mhz up to 380Mhz. I remember how proud of it I was then because it was the first time I had tried anuthing like it. Aside from the accidental overclock of the cyrex that I didnt discover that I even did it til a lot later. AREA_51

Feb 18, 2003, 04:30 AM	Thread Starter #18
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	Nice stories indeed. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Feb 18, 2003, 05:07 AM	#19
Don_1 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 134 Rep Power: 0	My first time was taking an AMD 586 133 to a speedy 150. My friend told me I was going to blow it up. It kept on running till I got my next upgrade.

Feb 18, 2003, 06:44 AM	#20
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	my first system was a Commadore 64 a whopping 1 Mhz... LOL but my first overcock was on a pentum 60... to 66 mhz ..... The funny this is I still have it on the shelf here ...(in working condition too!) __________________

Feb 25, 2003, 01:02 AM	#22
Desert_Siege Professional Slacker Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: KY Posts: 274 Rep Power: 0	I think my first one was a P200MMX to a whopping 227Mhz! Had 64MB of EDO and a Voodoo....Man I was the schiznit...heh. Next came the 333A Celery @ 550 at default voltage on a Soyo SY6VBA 133 and a Voodoo 3 3000 and again I was the man. Then came the "Slot A" Athlon 750@1000 with the aid of a GFD and an ABit KA7-100. Then My trusty Epox 8K7A+ and the XP1600+@1750 (completely skipped the socket A Tbird processors) too my current rig. The first system I ever had was a Commodore 64 with external 5 1/4 inch floppy and an okidata dot matrix printer on my 19" color TV. I think I was 16 when I got that thing in 1984?? Could have been 85, but man I remember some of those games like I had just played them yesterday.

Feb 25, 2003, 09:48 PM	Thread Starter #23
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	Dude... I was just learning how to stand up when you got your Commodore 64 __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Feb 26, 2003, 12:54 AM	#24
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Same here, I was only 2 years old.........sheesh. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024