QOTW: is your PC overclocked?

[Millennium]

My i5 6600k is overclocked to 4.5GHz. 4.6 works but is slightly unstable (at least after the first 2 months).

Happy with it. As for GPU overclock, 390 not bothering at the moment.

[imadaily]

Yes, i5 3570k on 4GHz,
I didn't want to increase the core voltage and it crashed once when I had it at 4.2 so I dropped it down and haven't touched it since. In a couple of years, when it starts showing its age I might push it a bit further.

I would have loved to OC my e8400 C2D but sadly it had a dell motherboard with locked out BIOS if I could've overclocked that I might still be using it!

[Shane74]

Yes, i7 5960X Oc'd to 4.0ghz
Can easily do 4.4 even but there really is no need to for my usage. I also game at 1440p and 4k where cpu clock speed is less of an issue, gpu's are doing most of the work.
CPU cost me a fortune here in Australia 2 years ago so it needs to last with mild overclock!
Stupid thing is I paid AU$1209 back in 2014 and it now sells for AU$1549. lol

Keep it cool with NZXT X61 Kraken in a push pull configuration.
Ripped off the fans and put quiet led fans on it. Have it set to only 50% fan speed at all times.
Idles 5c higher than ambient room temp and averages in the low to mid 40's in games, Highest I have ever seen is around 52c and that was in summer with room being 30c

[Stuen4y]

Of course! i7 3770k at 4.5GHz, i5 4690K at 4.2GHz, and a R9 290X at 1080/1500 and R9 280X at 1100/1500 respectively.

[Bagpuss]

4690K @ 4.7Ghz, 1.3vlts for the last 2yrs.

[Marenghi]

Only overclocked my CPU, an i5 2500k from 3.3 to 4.1 as that is all it can handle without drastically increasing the voltage.

[LeetyMcLeet]

God, the length of some of these posts oO

Yes.

[GravitySmacked]

Yes, I can't help myself. Whenever I get a new CPU or GPU I spend a few days sorting the overclock and then leave it set.

[Spreadie]

I used to clock the nuts off my CPUs and GPUs but, nowadays, I can't be bothered. I don't chase benchmarks any more and it's been made so easy to do that the thrill of the challenge has waned considerably.

[gupsterg]

Yes I OC to gain performance FOC .

[OilSheikh]

I have shamefully never OC'ed.
Things are fast enough for me, don't need it any faster.

[fail_quail]

I don't think i've ever owned a desktop CPU that hasn't been overclocked...
For my now elderly FX-8120, the overclock is the sole reason it can still keep up in modern games

For GPU's though, for heat/noise reasons i generally only OC them as far as they'll reasonably go on stock voltages.
My R9 390 OC was so rock-solid i've actually baked it into it's BIOS so i no longer have to set it via utilities... (1010/1500 to 1060/1600mhz)

[chinf]

Yes, ever since the days when I had an Athlon 650. I don't aim for ultimate speed, my main focus is on stress testing a build at different voltages and frequencies to check for any problems and to understand where the edge of stability lies. I use this data to ensure stability and optimise low power consumption on one machine that's on all the time, and to give good speed and stability on the other.

[MercutioUK]

Currently a 2600K @ 4.5ghz.

My proudest was an XP2500+ (barton 1.83ghz) at 3.5ghz though, back in't day

[Biscuit]

Nope, been running stock for a while. On my old motherboard I clocked in some pretty decent numbers with this CPU, but cant see the benefits be worth the potential instability.

[Skorne]

Yeah there's always that point where you can't get more MHz without upping the voltage to a silly amount, that's where my CPU always sit. I've been doing this 10+ years and never had a CPU fail due to overclocking (I always use air cooling). As a gamer who likes to play the latest and most demanding games the hardware simply becomes obsolete before it ever fails.