Poll: Do you overclock?

ZiNgA BuRgA · 16/03/2009 02:49 AM

Simple question, do you overclock your CPU/GPU?

Mickey · 16/03/2009 02:51 AM

I would if i could, but i can't.

diego · 16/03/2009 02:55 AM

Never needed too but may if needed.

roberth · 16/03/2009 02:58 AM

I have both of my devices overclocked, but only as far as the default voltages allow

Im not clever enough to fiddle around with Voltages and FSB and the like for processor, since my processor is unlocked i just bump up the multiplier slightly (sale price, was cheaper than the locked version)

And

Assassinator · 16/03/2009 03:23 AM

Moderate overclock. About 20% (2.2GHz » 2.64GHz), really not that much. Free performance, why not. (Max possible overclock on Phenom x4 9550 probably 30-35%.)

I don't want to overclock a lot, because 1: stock fan, 2: doing massive overclocks with high voltage = will reduce your CPU's lifespan.

Since I encode stuff (using pretty slow settings) quite often, overclocking does give me significant benefits.

Want to overclock like a mofo? Go buy an Intel E5200. You can overclock that to like 3.8GHz, and completely assrape an E8600 in performance, which costs like 4 times more.

squee666 · 16/03/2009 03:26 AM

i can but barely my mobo does a freakyy thing where it says i don't have a hard drive after i OC it to much i can overclock to about 2.42max from 2.33 before it don't read

SchmilK · 16/03/2009 04:22 AM

i used to oc everything as far as I could..but now since I can't buy new pc parts every other month *marriage and soon child, makes it more like every third year now* i just use whatever tools are built ith the motherobard...right now on my asus maximus formulat there is a cpu step up, which will make my e8400 into an e8500...so I get an extra .2ghz or soemthing :-/ Not much, but whatever..it works :)

PSPkiller · 16/03/2009 04:29 AM

I overclock my desktop as far as it will go. That is from 3ghz (P4) to 3.4ghz. I would go further but my mobo won't let me change the voltage...

boogschd · 16/03/2009 05:07 AM

never tried ..

you can overclock The GPU ???

/researches on fx5200

SkyDX · 16/03/2009 05:14 AM

I never overclocked.... never needed. I heard my Phenom x4 9850 Black Edition is made for overclocking but I never had a single problem with 2.5ghz so far.... so meh^^

Poll: Do you overclock?
	I would never overclock.
	I may overclock if I really need some speed boost (ie a new game that just won't run smoothly), but otherwise would leave at stock speed.
	I leave it on a modest overclock.
	I try to push the most out of the hardware.

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