[Pc_Support] AM2 Based motherboards, Overclocking & Linux

[Patrick]

David Simmons wrote:

>Have been reading alot of reviews of AM2 motherboards...in anticipation of
>the AMD X2 'fire sale' coming up next week:
>
>http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2800
>http://digitimes.com/mobos/a20060612A1001.html?www.dailytech.com
>
>...and I'm interested in the 'overclocking' aspects of the reviews.
>
>Has overclocking become mainstream and a 'suggested' way to run a
>computer?  I've liked the idea, but have always shyed away just from a
>stability point.  From many of the reviews - it seems almost 'expected'
>that you would be overclocking your CPU and Memory.  Is this true?
>
>I can see a bit more from a 'tuning' aspect with today's DDR2 RAM...that a
>'sweet-spot' needs to be found based on the variety of memory controllers,
>mother-board implementations, not much standards on the higher end, the
>alignment of the moon & stars...etc, etc, etc....but is this really
>considered 'overclocking' for the ram?
>
>Any problems/issues with running one of these boards (AM2) with an AMD X2
>(socketed for AM2) - with a SuSE 64bit OS (host) with VMware for 'other'
>OS'?
>
>thanks for any insight - dave
>
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The  real problem with overclocking is that the PCI buss gets over 
clocked, also.  Many peripheral device cards just can't take it.

What do you want to accomplish that can't be done with the available 
hardware on the market? 

for stability and longevity, I don't clock my stuff (though, I have, in 
the past), because of issues with cooling, noise, and, eventually, 
instant reboots, when least expected, and unwanted! 

And, now, I am very much encouraged, with the availablility of great 
hardware at low prices, to cluster two or more systems!  Check out the 
distros for clusters, over at http://livecdlist.com in a search for your 
hardware type.