Hey y’all! How are you all doing? Everything is awesome here in Knoxville! Ok, class is decent, but everything else is great! So last Saturday, I thought about doing something different for a change. On notebookreview.com, there is a thread in the forums about running calculation of pi on your machine (to see how it compares to other computers). Well, I decided to take on the challenge with my server/desktop that I built last summer. A picture of the computer is below.





The specs of my build are:

Asus P5W DH Deluxe

Pentium D 940

2gb Corsair DDR-2 800mhz XMS2

74gb Western Digital Raptor

Asus ATI x1300pro

So in the beginning, my Pentium D at the stock speed of 3.2ghz scored 61.265 seconds on the 32M section of the wPrime benchmarking program. I thought that was pretty good for a Pentium D, but I knew that I could better. This is where risk comes in. (stuff that I’ve been learning in business ethics.) I decide to overclock. I’ve never overclocked before, so I didn’t know what I was getting into. Basically, I started increasing the bus speed of the processor (increase of bus speed * multiplier = faster processor clock). From 3.2ghz, I overall got to an impressive 4.389ghz at vcore of 1.4 volts. I ran the test again, and I got 43.297 seconds on the 32M section of wPrime. While running the benchmark, I flirted with the max temperature before thermal protection kicked in. During the test at 4.389ghz, the processor temperature was 53-54 degrees celsius at idle and at full load was 68 degrees celsius. The thermal protection of the processor is 68.8C (yeah, I was just that far off lol!) (Also, the thermal protection does work, I got the blue screen in Windows tons of times ). So that was my Saturday. To most of you out there, you would think, “why Chris would you risk of blowing up you computer?” I just think of it as just experimental testing on how fast my little Pentium D can run. Pictures/screenshots of my testing are at the end of the blog entry with a extra picture of how I tried to increase cooling of the processor lol.

God has been teaching me alot over the past couple of days. Stemming from my frustrations, God has giving me more stuff to think about other than the frustrations. The more stuff is about engaging the world. This past year has been crazy and awesome (getting to know Jesus so much is like a O’Charleys roll. It is so tasty, warm, delicious!), and I feel like it’s time to share what God has done in my life. If you knew what I’ve been through, I went from nothing to something+Jesus, which is really awesome. I just want to share that with anybody who wants to hear it. Also, I’m thinking of becoming a member at church. I feel like that is the next major step in my testimony. But hey, I get to work with JC Neely on the College Life website, collegelife.fefc.com. There are tons of stuff In store for me, and I think that I am ready for this ride that God is about to put me on. In other news, can you please pray for my friend Rick; he hurt his foot pretty badly while on Loudon lake last Sunday. I pray that he gets better as soon as possible! Anywho, I hope you all have a great week!

A screenshot of the benchmark running at stock speed of 3200mhz.

A screenshot of the benchmark running at a overclock of 4389mhz

A picture of my extra cooling I tried lol!

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