Everytime an article is written about overclocking, hundreds of messages get sent across the internet about how bad it is, wasting all this bandwidth and causing all us hundreds of readers extra CPU time to go through and read the messages, which is the damn reason us O/C'ers do it in the first place.
The message regarding tighter code, this glove fits on your hand too.
Look, I have a dual 366 running at 550, was running for months on standard fans, $0 expense extra for %150 performance.
I went out and spent AU$40 on 2 big heatsinks and fans in the hope I could pull somewhere like 733 out of them, but alas, only the die-hard O/C'ers can do that.
Oh well, no matter it brought the temperatures down, and all that good stuff, yay.
So I'm practically running a 1.1GhZ machine, which I brought at the end of the Celeron 366 reign, I grabbed like the last 2 from the shelves when they were out of stock, they were like AU$100 each, at the time, the highest spec processor was like a 700, yet I had a 1.1Ghz machine 100% stability for what AU$200 for the cpu's ?
My next upgrade will go from the BP6 to a VP6, purely for the onboard raid and higher cpu capability, I have a celeron 733 at home, it has 100% standard fans and everytihg and by simply pressing a few buttons it jumped up to 825Mhz, perfect, 915Mhz, perfect.
It hasn't gotten to over 1Ghz which I'd like, but I might try again another time, I believe it can do it with 100% stability, and will only run it at that speed if it is 100% stable.
And a celeron 733 atm is AU$180.
When it comes down to about AU$120-130 I'll buy 2 of them, and have a Dual 773 running at somewhere between 1.83Ghz and 2.22Ghz.
You show me somewhere that in about 1-2 months or so you get an un-overclocked CPU with 100% reliability of that capability for ~AU$250.
Morale of the story is, (and most of this has been said by the O/C'ers who have already replied)that overclockers do it because they want the most out of their machine, and to get the most you have to have 100% reliability.
There are a whole range of overclockers out there, people like me who just want to get the most out of the engine with simple tweaks making the most out of what they have in front of them, like a backyard mechanic doing up his car, and it extends all the way to the other end of the spectrum where you have the thermal cooling, refrigeration powerhouses, etc. They are nothing more than the people out there who drag-race there 600kw supercharged nitrous funny cars.
So try to understand that overclocking doesn't have to cost money and it doesn't have to cost reliability.
A conclusion far too many people jump to because they haven't tried it themselves, or because they have had or heard of a bad experience due to doing something wrong.
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Everytime an article is written about overclocking, hundreds of messages get sent across the internet about how bad it is, wasting all this bandwidth and causing all us hundreds of readers extra CPU time to go through and read the messages, which is the damn reason us O/C'ers do it in the first place. The message regarding tighter code, this glove fits on your hand too. Look, I have a dual 366 running at 550, was running for months on standard fans, $0 expense extra for %150 performance. I went out and spent AU$40 on 2 big heatsinks and fans in the hope I could pull somewhere like 733 out of them, but alas, only the die-hard O/C'ers can do that. Oh well, no matter it brought the temperatures down, and all that good stuff, yay. So I'm practically running a 1.1GhZ machine, which I brought at the end of the Celeron 366 reign, I grabbed like the last 2 from the shelves when they were out of stock, they were like AU$100 each, at the time, the highest spec processor was like a 700, yet I had a 1.1Ghz machine 100% stability for what AU$200 for the cpu's ? My next upgrade will go from the BP6 to a VP6, purely for the onboard raid and higher cpu capability, I have a celeron 733 at home, it has 100% standard fans and everytihg and by simply pressing a few buttons it jumped up to 825Mhz, perfect, 915Mhz, perfect. It hasn't gotten to over 1Ghz which I'd like, but I might try again another time, I believe it can do it with 100% stability, and will only run it at that speed if it is 100% stable. And a celeron 733 atm is AU$180. When it comes down to about AU$120-130 I'll buy 2 of them, and have a Dual 773 running at somewhere between 1.83Ghz and 2.22Ghz. You show me somewhere that in about 1-2 months or so you get an un-overclocked CPU with 100% reliability of that capability for ~AU$250. Morale of the story is, (and most of this has been said by the O/C'ers who have already replied)that overclockers do it because they want the most out of their machine, and to get the most you have to have 100% reliability. There are a whole range of overclockers out there, people like me who just want to get the most out of the engine with simple tweaks making the most out of what they have in front of them, like a backyard mechanic doing up his car, and it extends all the way to the other end of the spectrum where you have the thermal cooling, refrigeration powerhouses, etc. They are nothing more than the people out there who drag-race there 600kw supercharged nitrous funny cars. So try to understand that overclocking doesn't have to cost money and it doesn't have to cost reliability. A conclusion far too many people jump to because they haven't tried it themselves, or because they have had or heard of a bad experience due to doing something wrong.