Installing an OS overclocked

This came up in mIrc last night and I was too tired to get into it with John and I think here might be a better place to discuss it. My current rig will not overclock... the cpu itself is right on the edge of it's max speed and so I might be able to get 200mhz out of it with a ton of tweaking... so its not really worth it. Also the OS corrupts itself almost immediately.

I have OC'd in the past since the 440bx chipset which some of the older members would know was a legendary chipset.

The one thing i knew back then and to this day was never install an OS while overclocked... you ran the potential of having corrupted data on a fresh install leaving you with the possibility of an unstable OS before even trying for a max stable OC. I honestly thought this was just general knowledge however it appears it is not.

Todays software makes it easy to re-install an OS quickly if it becomes corrupted while tweaking... programs like Acronis can have you back up and running inside 20 minutes...

I'm curious as to what some of the pro overclockers feel on the topic.

[enaberif]

I've always installed on a overclocked system and never had an issue.

Biggest reason for corruption is unstable memory not cpu.

[Jake_HT]

I've done it quite a few times with no troubles... although that's my stable 24/7 overclock.. (did it 2 nights ago)

If you're talking about the AMD 6k? Yeah don't do it... I had one of them and it was a finicky bitch to get even 100MHz out of it...

If it's 24/7 stable I don't see why not but.. if you don't think it's stable better off not taking your chances and making more work for yourself!

[Mark]

Unless the OS was already installed in a completely stable system ( prime95 24hour, OCCT, 3dmark, run a few games for a few days, fold, whatever ) then it's fine to install the OS. Otherwise, corruption is inevitable.

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by Mark

Unless the OS was already installed in a completely stable system ( prime95 24hour, OCCT, 3dmark, run a few games for a few days, fold, whatever ) then it's fine to install the OS. Otherwise, corruption is inevitable.

Not true as you could do say a 5% or 10% increase in a overclock and still be perfectly fine.

90% of the time people forget to properly setup their ram which is the biggest reason for failure.

If your memory is meant to run at 2.1v and its set at 1.8v because you didn't change it.. corruption is yes then inevitable.

[Chilly]

As long as the OC is, or at least seems stable? Its usually (95% of the time )fine, even if you haven't stablity tested it yet.

I do it all the time and I've never had an issue, perhaps not the smartest idea, but its not harmful either.

[Jonwall]

Actually i never even attempted to install the os overclocked, the entire system was at stock settings while i was installing. I was overclocking AFTER doing a fresh install using STOCK clocks.

[Supergrover]

I voted No, I install running stock settings, once installed I load my overclocked profile.

I have done it this way for years.

[Eldonko]

I install OCed all the time, but only when I know it's 100% stable. If you are not sure about that dont do it.

[sswilson]

Originally Posted by Eldonko

I install OCed all the time, but only when I know it's 100% stable. If you are not sure about that dont do it.

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What he said..... :)