pin mods?

Zombeast · 08-07-2008, 11:48 AM

people keep telling me to pin mod my celeron 2.0 ghz, but whne i overclocked my p4 3.0 ghz, i fryed it and i was left with a pIII 600Mhz for like 2 or 3 months, should i pin mod it to get the most out of my games or should i just leave it, and what is pin moding

**wrench97** · 08-07-2008, 01:26 PM

Pin moding is when you jump across the cpu pins to hook them together or remove a pin in hope of being able change settings on locked multipliers.

I would not recommend it for the inexperienced without a supply of replacement CPU's and motherbaords.

Depending on your MB you may be able to pick up a faster cpu cheap.

**stressfreesoul** · 08-08-2008, 03:00 PM

Agreed. The Celerons are very feeble gamers anyway. Not enough (if any) L2 cache.

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wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,658 OS: Win7	Re: pin mods? Pin moding is when you jump across the cpu pins to hook them together or remove a pin in hope of being able change settings on locked multipliers. I would not recommend it for the inexperienced without a supply of replacement CPU's and motherbaords. Depending on your MB you may be able to pick up a faster cpu cheap. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

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stressfreesoul Semi-Absent (life, eh?) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: County Durham UK Posts: 1,852 OS: XP, Win7 RC x64, Ubuntu x64 multiboot My System Blog Entries: 7	Re: pin mods? Agreed. The Celerons are very feeble gamers anyway. Not enough (if any) L2 cache. __________________ TSF Folding@Home, find out how to do your bit in the fight against Cancer "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" xbox Live tag: storiedmedal Warning!! GTA IV addict! Join my game at your peril!