How successful have your overclocks been over the years?

[Spazosaurus]

So, how has overclocking worked out for you? Be sure to leave any comments below!!!

[Notnice]

So what part u destroy now? lol


Just so u make a topic like this

[Spazosaurus]

lol nothing failed, its just out of curiosity. Also trying to pull Wyatt into the dark side.

[phoenix31tt]

he is currently in the dark side... or more like the dark ages cuz he still feel overclocking unsafe lol...

i cant remember actually having a main component fail while in my machine period, i've had some doa's, and hdd's etc fail...

matter fact.. i might go so far as to say overclocking seems to extend the life of my components hehe

[Redfish]

Nothing failed here and did it since 2009??? I will continue to overclock as long as I have a pc

[MessiaaH]

overclocking since when, around 1998 or so, no failures yet.

[Arcmanov]

Only burnt (partly) a 850W PSU.  Still works though.

Other than that...no failures.  We rollin till the WHEELS fall off. 

[TriniXaeno]

I've been overclocking from before some of you could pronounce "suhuweat!!!!!!!"

So doh study awesome.

I don't overclock anymore for three reasons

1) System Stability (Overclocking can lead to random locks up and spontaneous reboots)
2) Warranty (overclocking voids your warranty)
3) Stock components are fast enough.

My last major overclock was taking a 300mhz processor to 450mhz. It made a world of difference. Certain games were unplayable @ 300mhz.

However, I've played down to Crysis 2 to completion on my current rig, stock settings. (3Ghz Dual Core, ATI 4870)

So there is no driving force making me want to overclock the cpu or gpu.

In fact, the only reason I am going to upgrade that PC is for Battlefield 3 and to wtfpwn some GATTers on the Vantage benchmark leaderboard. lol

[Spazosaurus]

lol @ own vantage thread. Not with stock hardware u dont, unless you're buying Extreme edition cpu's, and even then.

I agree with your 2nd point, but not so much the first and third.

Done right, an overclocked machine is rock solid stable. Random reboots are a result of not doing it right/pushing it too far. Finding your system's max is not an overnight task but is rewarding when done, which brings me to point 3.

OC gains are more than healthy, easily achieving an additional 20% improvement in performance across the board.

But dont take my word for it. Ppl, have your say.

[TriniXaeno]

by your very own admission in the above statement, it is not an overnight task to get the system stability right when overclocking.

That means you have to expose your system to unstable conditions in the quest for a few mhz more.

My OC swashbuckling days are firmly behind me. I'll leave that up to the more adventurous.

Question, how can you disagree with point three?

What game really calling for the horse power of an OC nowadays? Aside from the incoming Battlefield 3, my old rig has played every game out there with aplomb.

And lastly, I'm certain my stock upgrade will wtfpwn many a mofo on the Vantage leaderboard. Watch and see. lol

Expecting to jump up by about 10 spots. Not likely to break into the top 10, thanks to all these OverClockin' youngons....but a solid improvement worthy of spitting  nine hundred round per minute like the venerable P90

[phoenix31tt]

2 things wyatt..

1 he said to get MAX overclock is not an overnight process... but a modest overclock very well is

2. i dont overclock for games only... the overall performance of the pc is enhanced, from virtual machines to being able to convert movies to general snappines

overclocking is so easy a caveman could literally do it... of course there is always that line between casual, moderate, hardcore, extreme etc. nobody says Overclocking means you going to to very edge of what your hardware can do

[TriniXaeno]

phoenix, yuh not helpin'

lol

[Arcmanov]

2 things wyatt..

1 he said to get MAX overclock is not an overnight process... but a modest overclock very well is

2. i dont overclock for games only... the overall performance of the pc is enhanced, from virtual machines to being able to convert movies to general snappines

overclocking is so easy a caveman could literally do it... of course there is always that line between casual, moderate, hardcore, extreme etc. nobody says Overclocking means you going to to very edge of what your hardware can do

...like a BAUWSE!!! 

[Notnice]

phoenix, yuh not helpin'

lol

I'm not going to hep 2 ok

Wyatt you suck buddy !

Now go overclock that rock you have buddy

[Doomtack]

I just overclock CPU to keep up with GPU mostly (so that there is no bottlenecks).

So it's usually nothing EXTREME.. but still enough to get a decent extra umpfh out of my hardware.

[MessiaaH]

These days, anybody with ah i processor, getting to overclock for free, i mean literally all u hada do is flick ah switch and u done, performance enhancement PERFECTLY safe, no effort atal. and basically everythign else phoenix say.

D bottom line is this....

For a big hard back I.T. man AND gamer, and d Administrator of ah Gaming and Enthusiast forum.
Wyatt you are very gay NOT to overclock.

[Arcmanov]

^^^^ HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Boy, why you so? 

Lawd ave mercy.

[Redfish]

Good one Messiaah lol

[Spazosaurus]

Overclocking is made so noob friendly these days with all the thermal and other protection methods built in. Not like long time where if ur cpu gets too hot its instant death with no warning.

Hell, manufacturers even encourage the damn thing what with mainboards with fancyclock and voltage adjusters and cpu's that come out of the box with unlocked multipliers!

[TriniXaeno]

hahaha @ that pic.

but arc, with all de gay talk....how come the man in that co-sign picture looking like he wearing nail polish so??