Asus Unveils Standalone Overclocking Device

[tenor77]

I'm not some guru OCer but
A. Looks badass
B. What's with the haters? If they're cool with the risk why come in lecturing people? Do you actually think they don't know that they could brick their PC? Thanks Captain Obvious.

 

[Kill@dor]

I hope it works better than the OC palm. Not that the OC palm doesn't work, but it needed more attention and detail.

 

[ViPr]

what about if people overclock and use folding@home? couldn't the processor start generating corrupted data and then send that faulty data to the scientists which will confuse them and cause them to end up killing people by accident?

 

[drunknmunkys]

you can kill people by folding@home? I don't think they use the data for targeted covert missle strikes. But that is a good idea. I'm gonna write that one down.

 

[fatedtodie]

The thing that mr luddite was trying to make is a "25-50% increase" of Ghz on a CPU does not traslate to a 25-50% increase in everything the computer does.
SOME things get a great deal of benefit, games for instance. Others like ripping dvds (which is illegal and therefore an invalid arguement) get a benefit but can't be used as a selling point. Realistically does it matter that you can rip a cd/dvd in 1/3rd the time? if you need your a-team video on your ipod that quick, you might want to look into therapy as you are an addict.

Other than gaming there is barely any real world useful gains to OC'ing as mr luddite tried to say.

On the other hand EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO OVERCLOCK this product is just in the "nifty" category and nowhere near the "useful". Yes you can OC via a cute little toy, but qaside from using it for maybe 30-45 minutes on a computer... what then? you get your gains and then it becomes a paperweight.

One last note, as I know this will be rated down because I didn't bendover to the OC gods,... some of you need to unplug a bit as you are wound way way way to tight.

 

[Guest]

It's really what EVERY pc needs. A display with the most pertinent info. The fact that this information can be 'adjusted', so to speak, is perfect for all those e8500 moments @ >4GHz.

 

[danbfree]

Overclocking haters: Overclocking can be an actual HOBBY, dumb asses. Ever heard of a computer ENTHUSIAST? It's like modifying a $25,000 car to outperform a $50,0000 plus car: I say it's more fun to go with the cheaper car up front and modify it. A lot of us don't want to be some uptight dude buying the Beeme/Lex/Inf then turn around and laugh at us for building some nice systems for cheap. Go read pcmag or something and let us enthusiasts discuss our craft!

 

[rocket_sauce]

[citation][nom]drunknmunkys[/nom]you can kill people by folding@home? I don't think they use the data for targeted covert missle strikes. But that is a good idea. I'm gonna write that one down.[/citation]
Haha! that was good...

 

[radnor]

I've been overclocking since my Pentium 133 mhz. So far i have never burned out a CPU. I change CPU every 2/3 years. I have a 4800 X2 reaching 2 years of use, and i had to take the OC off temporarly, because it wasn't taking the continuoes sessions of Astropulse (Seti@home).

There are 120 hours continuos sessions. Of 100% CPU usage.

I think it is my crappy mobo giving out, because it got a 500mhz OC (2.5 to 3.0) with a 1.350v. The default is 1.325v. Done with a bit of sense ( goodthermal paste and non-stock cooler) OC'ing is safe. Hell i got a Athlon 1500+ that was "transformed" into Athlon 1800+ and to this day ( more than 5 years) still works flawslessly. My little brother still plays wow on it.

Now, OCing is free performance. And doing it right, knowing a bit about it, represent no problem.