My latest project. Stupid, yeah.

[MacFromOK]

Does it identify as a computer or as a coffee maker??

Asking because I'm thinking about a gun with a light that identifies as a Flashlight....

Hmmm... how about one that identifies as a laser pointer?

That should be quite a conversation starter at office meetings...

 

[xseler]

Hmmm... how about one that identifies as a laser pointer?

That should be quite a conversation starter at office meetings...

Nah, that one has already said that it wants to be known as a Cat Toy.

 

[MacFromOK]

Nah, that one has already said that it wants to be known as a Cat Toy.

Ah dude, I had to set down my coffee cup on that one. Thankfully, I wasn't taking a drink yet...

 

[John6185]

I hope for your sake the feds don't hear about your machine!

 

[tRidiot]

Got a new toy for it tonight. This might mean something to some of you, most probably not:

 

[xseler]

Doesn't that let the motherboard process faster than it's designed? Overclock? It's been quite a while since I was immersed in this...

 

[tRidiot]

Overclocking is increasing the speed or capability of your various components. Raising the clock speeds on the processor and GPU allow them to do more work faster - with the tradeoff of generating more heat, usually, and potentially imparting some amount of instability.

The idea is to tweak all the parts, components, settings and software to achieve as much performance as possible to get the most out of your system while maintaining integrity and keeping things cool.

Kinda like supercharging an engine.

<edit> So my 16-core processor has a base clock speed of 3.5GHz and can bounce individual cores up to maybe 4.5 or so. With proper manipulation, I've been able to attain pretty stable performance at reasonable heat levels with all 16 cores running 4.4, slightly less stable at 4.5.

 

[xseler]

Overclocking is increasing the speed or capability of your various components. Raising the clock speeds on the processor and GPU allow them to do more work faster - with the tradeoff of generating more heat, usually, and potentially imparting some amount of instability.

The idea is to tweak all the parts, components, settings and software to achieve as much performance as possible to get the most out of your system while maintaining integrity and keeping things cool.

Kinda like supercharging an engine.

Looks like you've got the 'keeping things cool' covered in both of the meanings!!


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