QOTD: Do You Overclock Your PC?

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I overclock and I'm proud of it... It's my decision factor on similar priced components. I have air cooling on my Q6600 and got a 0.6 Ghz increase with load temperatures of 55 ºC. Besides on today's economy if you don't consider overclocking you'll never get a bang for your buck. The only reason i could have for not overclocking it's if the system i'm building isn't designed to be replaced within 2 or 3 years of being built, because overclocking will kill your bits and pieces years ahead of normal...
 
I don't overclock because I don't trust my chipset with data integrity at overclock speeds and my system is insane fast already and I'm not even on an i7. This is the most impressive computer I have ever owned.

I have had bad luck overclocking in the past besides my P4 2.6 which could go over 3ghz on stock h/s and fan. I overclocked that one for a couple hours then put it back to stock speed.
 
Yep its so easy to do right now it makes no sense not to unless you have a specific reason to avoid it such as a small form factor case or a htpc
 
I used to really overclock my AMD's to the limit then find that happy medium. Overtime though I found that it just didn't seem to really give you that much of a performance boost in gaming or anything.

Sure, on paper and in benchmarks you get a bit more for the money but it just doesn't justify the extra work needed and risks taken to make it worth it.

I am perfectly happy using the i7 920 core at stock speeds with a stock cooler and 6GB of RAM at the P6T Deluxe's auto settings and my EVGA GTX 295 running at stock speeds (now with a backplate on it so it is about 20 deg Celcius cooler cuz damn that thing gets hot even in my Antec 900 case).

I figure if everything is made to be overclocked and I don't overclock at all then I won't come close to ruining any of my parts. Even if ruining it simply means it would only kill 1 little transistor that would make my computer only crash once every 356,789 hours of use... or whatever causes that kind of crap. Stability and longevity for the win...
 
Have a Q6600 OC'd to 3.2Ghz using a Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme heatsink.

I've hit 3.6Ghz stable but didn't like the VCore I had to set to maintain stability and have no problem running at 3.2Ghz. I prefer to keep my idle temps around 30-33C Range and Load temps under 50C. I know I could push possibly to 3.8Ghz but its just not worth it to me.
 
[citation][nom]wolfseeker2828[/nom]I have a Pentium Dual-core e2160 @ 3ghz, stock 1.8. I overclock because I see a huge increase in performance versus stock. I use air. I have a Cooler Master Hyper TX2 CPU cooler and three fans blowing to create airflow.[/citation]
Stop stalking my computer!!!!
 
I don't overclock for two main reasons:

1) Cost

Most of the time, overclocking requires getting decent after market products and sometimes (if you FUBAR the process) replacing the hardware. I barely have enough cash to get the hardware components in the first place.

2) Laziness

Overclocking isn't too difficult, that I know. When it comes down to it, I'm just too lazy - too lazy to do the research to figure out what sets of hardware components work well together, and too lazy to spend the time to go through all the steps to find the highest stable setting.


Fortunately, stock speeds are good enough for most of my tasks (as I no longer game - I prefer turn based strategy or "thinking" games over first person shooter "reaction/quick thinking" games).
 
I'm using i7 920 and running on 3.7GHz when needed (gaming, rendering and simulation/emulation) on 1.3v-core, if i'm just downloading or i'm not in front of my PC, i switch it back to stock 2.66GHz and let speedstep lower it speed to 1.6GHz and 1.04v-core

Haven't got time to really squeeze every single drop of performance from it yet

I'm using a Xigmatek S1284
 
Hi I'm young so haven't clocked my CPU sense the p1 days because i don't think I was born then 😛 but Ive overclocked a lot of my desktop and laptops,
Current setup:
e5200 at 3.33ghz +33%
9600gso at core: 750 +36% Shader: 1870 +36% Memory: 1000 +20%
3dmark 06: 12k
This system was brought in NZ cost $450 United States Dollars dollars
Only tower with no OS
 
Never!
I generally under clock to save power, and use stock speed when playing a game.
Only games with fps between 18 and 22 will need a slight overclocking. But rather then overclocking, just disabling a lot of unnecessary windows services, such as anti-virus, firewall, networking, automated tasks, etc..., might have the same effect.
 
Overclocking has never interested me. I usually select components with low heat output to minimize fan noise by utilizing passive coolers where I can. I am also concerned about longevity of components because I keep each computer an average of 4-5 years (not counting my 286 which I still boot occasionally just to see if it works).

I build computers for family members who are retired (and therefore on a small fixed income) so I prize reliability, low cost and longevity more highly than speed. I would send the relatives to the name brand companies, but so far the value and lifespan of the machines purchased that way has been less than that of the machines I built myself.
 
Intel i7 920 at 4.2 Ghz on water, a Q6600 overclocked to 3.8 Ghz with an Xigmatek HDT-s1283, and an HTPC with an E8600 overclcoked to 4.8 Ghz with a tiny watercooling system, I overclock.
 
I started OCing my E6600 recently, but only to 3.1GHz. Until then I ran it at stock or 2.7GHz (hardly even worth calling it an OC) as it still kicks butt for a 2.5-year-old CPU. I really don't need to OC it at all.

P965 won't let me go much higher without jumping straight to 400FSB, at which point neither my CPU nor my RAM can handle such speeds at voltages safe enough for 1 hour of use.
 
I don't think is worthed;
You have to buy better cooler and will take more power; So i think you better pay for a more powerful processor
 
Overclocked my pops old Powermac G3 from 266 to 300 Mhz by switching around a couple of jumpers on the logicboard. Gave me just that little bit of extra FPS playing Unreal Tournament 99 on lowest settings 😛
Really wanted to overclock my next PC -a Powermac G5 @1,8 Ghz but it turned out to be way beyond the scope of my tweaking skills.
Built my very first Wintel PC about a year ago and ironically haven't overclocked it (yet)
Specs:
E6750 (B0)
8800GTS 320
2GB GEIL
Asus P5KC
 
I have my system overclocked as well, and find it an extremely good way to squeeze extra performance out of cheaper components.

I have a Intel Q6600 running at 3.15ghz rock stable. I pushed it to 3.4 stable for a while, but the temps were too hot for my liking, and will buy water cooling if I want to go to those heights again

Currently use a Zalman 9700 to cool, running temps between 34°c/45°c Idle/100%Load on the two lower (hotter) cores, in a Antec Twelve Hundred case.

Also overclocked my two Nvidia 8800GT's (SLI of course) to a core clock of 701mhz with after market coolers (Stock 600mhz). Temps idle 45°, and 61° 100% load for 45 minutes.

I get P12030, CPU 25796, and GPU 10213 in 3Dmark Vantage.
http://service.futuremark.com/home.action;jsessionid=55022D9A657BC4A561401626B1F1E5F5

The CPU seems exceptional high in comparison to other systems with better processors... Is it just a fluke or is that an awesome score for real?
 
I have an e6750 stock 2.66ghz, oc to 3.5ghz on water. Gpu is 2x 8800gt oc to 720 core, 1780 shaders, and 1000 memory
 
i think everyone who builds their pc overclocks...my trusty e6750(3.4 ghz) is approaching its first bday. Along as my cpu doesnt bottleneck my gpu i dont need 2 upgrade
 
I have an Athlon X2 4850e (45 watts) overclocked to 2.75GHz, and an OC'd Radeon 2600Pro.
 
it is fun to oc some systems but my main web surfing rig gives me errors when i try. i use an athalon 2500+ and i used to bump it up to a 3200+ but when i do that winrar gives me a bunch of errors. i did run a sempron 2400 and religiously oc that thing to 2ghz with no ill affects.

my other rig i have a black edition phenom that i oc using a multiplier increase to go from 2.2ghz to 2.5. i like this solution because the power saving function still works. it decreases the multiplier when i don't need the power and i don't see any heat increase. i like that.

 
Q6600 @ 3.0ghz. BSEL mod with a Sunbeam core contact cooler. Peak temp is about 50C, idles at 35. My dual slot 8800GT is slightly overclocked, 700/1750/999, i've set the fan settings slightly higher than normal with riva tuner.
 
Hi, I've been overclcking for a few years. I am currently running my AMD X4 940 at 3.8 Ghz with a Coolit ALC cooler. That thing id awesome, I am rock solid at 4.125V and idling at 35C and 40 Load. Core temps are about 10C hotter.
I haven't tried FSB overclocking with my current setup, but I will prolly fiddle with it some over spring break here.
 
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