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About LinkBacksRead more.Or is overclocking losing its appeal?
Overclocking's like a drug, and I'm addicted. Bring on the nitrogen!
I've been known to overclock, but nothing too crazy
I used to overclock, but I don't anymore
I've never overclocked my PC, but I might consider it
I've never overclocked my PC, and I don't think I ever will
Read more.Or is overclocking losing its appeal?
Nope. Stock clocked hardware is plenty fast enough these days, and now that I'm older and wiser, I prefer accurate computations to sooner erroneous computations.
Oh yeah, and the poll wont let me pick an entry, again.
Yea i've got an overclocked pc for gaming, as OC the graphics card still has quite a performance jump. As for the erroneous computations, prime 95 for 24hrs is more than enough in my book
I usually only overclock when I need to. Usually when encoding video. Using Q6600 and Q8300 CPU's
how come i cant vote?
I cannot vote too.Originally Posted by aidanjt
overclocking is free and means you can pay mid-range price for top spec components
q6600@3.6ghz and 560ti@975mhz FTW
(I can't vote either)
Commenting from an i7 2600K overclocked at 4.8GHz
Folks, apologies for the broken poll. It's being looked into and should hopefully be up and running soon.
Depends.....mostly I overclock as far as I can @ stock voltages.......occasionally I do a proper overclock (which I am running at the moment on my main rig due to necessity)
Main PC: Asus P8Z77 WS / 3570k @ 4.4GHz / 8GB Vengeance Black / 2x GTX 580 / Areca 1680 / X-Fi Titanium / Corsair: HX 850 / 600T / K60 / M60 / HS1A / 2x Dell 3007 / 2 x 256GB Samsung 830 (RAID0) / 2 x 128GB Kingston V100 (RAID0) / 240GB Corsair Force 3 (RAID0) / 4 x 1TB Sumsung F1 (RAID5) / Multi-boot: Win 8 x64 Pro, Win 7 x64 Ultimate, Ubuntu and OS X Lion
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Spare/Loaner: Gigabyte EX58-UD5 / i950 / 12GB RAM / GTS 450 / Corsair 300R / Silverpower 700W modular
Server Setup: HP ML110 G5 / 8GB RAM / Areca 1210 RAID / 2 x 300GB (RAID1) / 2 x 250GB (RAID1) / 3 NICs / Windows Server 2008 R2
2 x ESX 5.1 Nodes: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 / AMD FX 6100 / 16GB XMS3 / 500W Mushkin Volta / 160GB SATA HDD / 5 NICs
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TBH, no.
I'd probably overclock my components out of curiosity of what they can do/casual benchmark fun (Hexus 3Dmark for example) rather 24/7.
As suggested in the article, CPU's are so fast now that overclocking isn't really needed - especially with things like Turbo CORE/Boost. Add to this the added cost, whether that be noise, better cooling or the electric bill - outside of casual messing about, there isn't much appeal for me personally. Undervolting and underclocking on the otherhand...
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for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.
Same here, bought a 2600K just because it would overclock and remain stable well past 4.5Ghz, paid a third of the price of a 980X and am getting the same perf.
What could possibly necessitate a 4GHz i7?
Kalniel: "Nice review Tarinder - would it be possible to get a picture of the case when the components are installed (with the side off obviously)?"
CAT-THE-FIFTH: "The Antec 300 is a case which has an understated and clean appearance which many people like. Not everyone is into e-peen looking computers which look like a cross between the imagination of a hyperactive 10 year old and a Frog."
TKPeters: "Off to AVForum better Deal - £20+Vat for Free Shipping @ Scan"
for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.
A couple of games struggle at anything below 3.5 (console ports running at 2560x1600 with everything maxed can cause quite a cpu strain) and it's about 0.1v between me being stable at 3.5 and 4.0....so 4GHz it wasWhat could possibly necessitate a 4GHz i7?
Main PC: Asus P8Z77 WS / 3570k @ 4.4GHz / 8GB Vengeance Black / 2x GTX 580 / Areca 1680 / X-Fi Titanium / Corsair: HX 850 / 600T / K60 / M60 / HS1A / 2x Dell 3007 / 2 x 256GB Samsung 830 (RAID0) / 2 x 128GB Kingston V100 (RAID0) / 240GB Corsair Force 3 (RAID0) / 4 x 1TB Sumsung F1 (RAID5) / Multi-boot: Win 8 x64 Pro, Win 7 x64 Ultimate, Ubuntu and OS X Lion
HTPC: GA-Z68A-D3-B3 / i5 @ 3.6GHz / 8GB XMS3 / GTX 570 / Tevii S480 / SST-LC20 / Antec TP-550 / PS50C6900 / 2 x 64GB SSD (RAID0) + 3 x 1.5TB / Win 7 x64 Pro
Spare/Loaner: Gigabyte EX58-UD5 / i950 / 12GB RAM / GTS 450 / Corsair 300R / Silverpower 700W modular
Server Setup: HP ML110 G5 / 8GB RAM / Areca 1210 RAID / 2 x 300GB (RAID1) / 2 x 250GB (RAID1) / 3 NICs / Windows Server 2008 R2
2 x ESX 5.1 Nodes: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 / AMD FX 6100 / 16GB XMS3 / 500W Mushkin Volta / 160GB SATA HDD / 5 NICs
NAS 1: HP Microserver N40L / 10GB RAM / 2 x 3TB + 80GB Intel SSD (Hybrid) + 2 x 1TB / 3Gbps || NAS 2: HP Microserver N40L / 10GB RAM / 2 x 3TB (RAID1) + 2 x 640GB (RAID1) + 80GB Intel SSD (Hybrid) / 3GBps || Network: TL-WR1043ND w/DD-WRT + Dell PowerConnect 5224
Flight Simulator XWhat could possibly necessitate a 4GHz i7?
Some games seem to scale linearly with CPU clock speed, unfortunately. The more the merrier, quite literally.
You should know better than anyone.What could possibly necessitate a 4GHz i7?
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