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Overclocked Memory Breaks Core i7 CPUs
arcticstoat writes "Overclockers looking to bolster their new Nehalem CPUs with overclocked memory may be disappointed. Intel is telling motherboard manufacturers not to encourage people to push the voltage of their DIMMs beyond 1.65V, as anything higher could damage the CPU. This will come as a blow to owners of enthusiast memory, such as Corsair's 2.133MHz DDR3 Dominator RAM, which needs 2V to run at its full speed with 9-9-9-24 timings."
Lets see, motherboards automatically overclock for you, video cards come standard overclocked now a days, this new core will automatically overclock itself. AMD sells a black edition cpu which has an unlocked cpu multiplier for the sole reason of overclocking.
About the only thing you don't clock today in a computer is the storage and the case. Everything else is tweakable/overclockable.
Do you only run your car in gears 1-3 when it has a 4th? Or do you try and get every cent out of the stuff you purchase?
And no, not everyone is running out of spec gear with no2.