http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.o0o.it For $600 you can upgrade your system to an 8 core 3.0GHz.... then sell your old chips on ebay for $500.... Stock heatsinks work just fine! ]]>Jun 29th 2008 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 30th 2008 3:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/
I remember the one time I tried it, I set the new bus speed, and hit 'apply.' Exactly at that moment, my MacBook shut off and wouldn't turn back on. I panicked for a bit, until I realized that the battery had chosen to die exactly then :D]]>Jun 29th 2008 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/that was funny]]>Jun 29th 2008 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/
I already have my graphics over clocked by hacking the ROM (and converted from a PC only card, as if I was going to pay for a 'Mac Version')

The cooling in the Mac Pro is rather good, Will hopefully get 3.4Ghz or so out of this :) ]]>Jun 29th 2008 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=507454&page=3]]>Jun 29th 2008 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/
So this utility turns Mac Pro's into a time machine? Sounds like a bonus feature to me.]]>Jun 29th 2008 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/
Internal audio works fine, and I've now had it at 3.5Ghz for an hour or so under load which is none too shabby! :)

On another note why is there so many commenting about Macbooks/MBPs?!? The title clearly states Mac Pro, you laptop users need not apply!]]>Jun 29th 2008 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/
That's what happens when you over-clock]]>Jun 29th 2008 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 30th 2008 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/
http://www.supplierlist.com/photo_images/30540/Industrial_Fan.jpg

I turn the head of the fan to vertical position, then prop the laptop on it.

Cooled it to 20-30 degrees centigrade.]]>Jun 29th 2008 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/
...seriously folks, I see the potential for TONS of overheating.]]>Jun 29th 2008 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/
"Marketing Bus Clock" - haha, so true

But Engadget chops off anything with an angle bracket in it instead of properly escaping comments.]]>Jun 29th 2008 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 30th 2008 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 30th 2008 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/
This doesn't look like it gives you a chance to play with memory timing or processor and chipset voltage, these ajustments are essential to a stable overclock.

Can you use aftermarket cooling on a Mac?
]]>Jun 29th 2008 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/I never knew it was so hard to overclock a mac...
Well I'm sticking to my overclocked PC]]>Jun 29th 2008 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/
i dont get why you'd want to overclock a Macbook or any lappy. do you want to burn a hole in your pants?]]>Jun 29th 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Haiku...
Sucks and...
Prominently displays...
Your rabid...
Fanboyism...]]>Jun 29th 2008 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 30th 2008 3:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/
Also, my experience with overclocking has always reminded me to spend more and sit back knowing I have a warranty rather than raping every last mhz out of a cpu. I learnt the hard way when I was a student.

Don't do it! Buy some bigger cpus and bigger heatsinks, forget software overclocks. ZDnet is being insane]]>Jun 29th 2008 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/yeah!]]>Jun 29th 2008 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/a mbpro is even worse, heated metal = really hot.

and the mac pro doesn't need to be overclocked... if you're really into squeezing a little extra performance out of a cpu u shouldn't be software OC'ing.

i use macs on a daily basis, but i've yet to figure out is there a wy to enter bios? i mean there has to be... it's just not apparent when i turn the damn thing on.

if you could install a new bios that allows a HARDWARE overclock, then i could see this being a good idea.

and aquiluz, that's a pretty sick... until your lappy falls off the non flat surface, or you try to type ;-)
but if you could keep ur mac pro open.... and have that thing blowing right into it... sure it'd be loud... but think of how cool it would be inside, so long as it doesn't interfere with any of the fans/heatsinks.....]]>Jun 29th 2008 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 29th 2008 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 30th 2008 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/29/been-itching-to-overclock-your-mac-pro-no-problem/Jun 30th 2008 7:30AM