G4 overclocking?

xypexype
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Any info on just how much one can overclock a G4 without loosing stability or risking a fried CPU?? I just read on slashdot that some Finnish geeks overclocked the pentium4 to 3500+ mhz (which is about the speed the CPU will hit this year) and got interested. Although I'm looking to get a powermac sooner or later I'll have a budget of $2500 or less and I want raw power for 3d rendering - thus thinking of either overclocking a bit or going dual AMD...

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  • Reply 1 of 2
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    People have are already been overclocking G4's past 1 GHz.



    If you're a beginner at OC'ing, DON'T START WITH THE G4. It's way too expensive to replace if you screw up. Build a cheap PC box and OC some Celerons first.
  • Reply 2 of 2
    xypexype Posts: 672member
    [quote]Originally posted by starfleetX:

    <strong>People have are already been overclocking G4's past 1 GHz.



    If you're a beginner at OC'ing, DON'T START WITH THE G4. It's way too expensive to replace if you screw up. Build a cheap PC box and OC some Celerons first.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I would probably only overclock it after a year and a half (or so), I was just interested in the potential - the 1ghz was probably a 867 machine..
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