Is Overclocking Over?

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Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, 2011 @10:41PM from the greased-lightning dept.

MrSeb writes "Earlier this week, an ExtremeTech writer received a press release from a Romanian overclocking team that smashed a few overclocking records, including pushing Kingston's HyperX DDR3 memory to an incredible 3600MHz (at CL10). The Lab501 team did this, and their other record breakers, with the aid of liquid nitrogen which cooled the RAM down to a frosty -196C. That certainly qualifies as extreme, but is it news? Ten years ago, overclocking memory involved a certain amount of investigation, research, and risk, but in these days of super-fast RAM and manufacturer's warranties it seems a less intoxicating prospect. As it becomes increasingly difficult to justify what a person should overclock for, has the enthusiast passion for overclocking cooled off?"

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First post! by Anonymous Coward · 2011-12-21 22:43 · Score: 5, Funny

Why? Because I've overc locked, so I'm faster than y'all!
Re:No by StripedCow · 2011-12-21 23:17 · Score: 5, Funny

That's why you should have overclocked your battery too.

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Re:No by Anonymous Coward · 2011-12-21 23:18 · Score: 5, Funny

I overcock my
And that little slip right there says everything about the reasons for overclocking.
I bet you're the life and soul of a party by Viol8 · 2011-12-21 23:27 · Score: 5, Funny

[Sultry babe walks up]
"Hello, and what do you do?"
[nasal voice]
"I compile distros all day. Yes, did you know that Slackware on average compiles 20% faster than Debian for 64 bit but if I overclock my Core i7 by raising power rail voltage and tweeking the quantum flux capacitor.... hello, where are you going..hello? Hey, come back, did I mention its a 2600K? Hello?"
Re:No by justsayin · 2011-12-22 00:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Maybe his l key is sticky? I wont go into any valid reasons for sticky keys,...
Re:It's not dead, it's fun! by VinylPusher · 2011-12-22 00:53 · Score: 5, Funny

All I do these days if I'm feeling daring is activate the 'high performance' power profile in Windows.
Re:No by thisnamestoolong · 2011-12-22 00:58 · Score: 3, Funny

That's why you need to be careful when overcocking...

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Re:No by Anonymous Coward · 2011-12-22 01:44 · Score: 5, Funny

My ex-wife overcocked and ended up divorced because of it.
Re:No by kimvette · 2011-12-22 06:01 · Score: 3, Funny

Is your name Lorena?

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Re:It's not dead, it's fun! by LordLimecat · 2011-12-22 06:09 · Score: 4, Funny

Can we quantify "care" with units? Im still having trouble grasping this.