Is overclocking illegal

[Gamingphreek]

Originally posted by: RobCur
Overclockers all have the same mentality they will never admit to any drawbacks of this illegal practice. Frying cpu is their game, bragging about the increased in speed is also their greatest pride that they would blow up their computer in process if need be. When things get to hot, they explode like an atomic bomb. First you see smoke then it lits up like a nuke and the house goes on fire. Most overclockers keep an eye on their computer for any sign of fire hazard. Usually they do not panic but instead post on forums for sympathy because it makes them feel better if others know about their so called bad overclock. Stability is not their priority, F**King up cpu just for fun is all game to them. If it fries, who cares say the overclockers fanatic. Just RMA and said it's defective? Their chance of acceptable RMA are null because anyone with a brain of a monkey can tell it was overclocked and not defective.

This is getting serious, manufacturers are making it harder and harder for overclockers to achieve their goal by crippling the cpu and making it next to impossible to get anymore then 10 percent increase. These overclockers will put up with anything to achieve their goal all in the name of the need for speed.
It is an addiction and is it not healthy. Their brain works like this:
1=1.5
2=3
3=4.5
5=7.5
7=10.5
10=15

They try to get at least 50 percent increase in speed before they become satisfied but most of the time they do not accomplish this without ruining their beloved cpu. since i'm in a forum full of cpu overclocking hypocrites, they will defend their pride with humourous remarks but I care not as I believe what I say makes more sense then all the overclocking frenzy combined.
Trying to reason with overclockers is futile attempt at best but at least I've tried to smack some sense into them if it helps at all, the more, the blessed they will be. The only cure for overclockers is for them to get in a car, do 200mph disregarding the speed limit on the road. They might die in a wreck, but who cares right? This is in the name of speed proving for once and all that speed can kill if done excessively.

You should be banned for blasphemy. You have upset the computer gods!

Honestly, you have SO many logic fallacies in that post it isn't even funny. My AP english teacher would cry if you showed her this post.

Additionally you are blowing the cons of OCing WAY WAY out of proportion.

-Kevin

 

[imported_whatever]

Originally posted by: Amplifier

Originally posted by: Cooler
Last time I check don?t AMD and Intel both sponsor ocing contests ?
Both Intel and AMD have Unlocked Multipliers on some of there chips what do you think they are there for other then ocing.

Haven't heard of an Intel chip being unlocked in a while .

I thought the 840EE was?

 

[Amplifier]

Is it?

 

[thanasi]

dude im so fukcing wasted im about to go to the club I dont even know why im posting fukc all you who think overclocking is illegal you know why cayuse we people cant reaLLY AFFORD AN FX55 YOU KNOW WHAT WE ACUTALLY ASMARRT ANFD WE DONT WANNA PAY THAT PRICE CAUSE WE BUY AMD 3700 PUSHN THEM TO 2.8 SO BOUHOU TO YOU TO

 

[thanasi]

[Makaveli]
I ain't a killer but don't push me
Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to gettin pussy
Picture paragraphs unloaded, wise words bein quoted
Peeped the weakness int he rap game and sewed it
Bow down, pray to God hoping that he's listenin
Seein niggaz comin for me, to my diamonds, when they glistenin
Now pay attention, rest in peace father
I'm a ghost in these killin fields
Hail Mary catch me if I go, let's go deep inside
the solitary mind of a madman who screams in the dark
Evil lurks, enemies, see me flee
Activate my hate, let it break, to the flame
Set trip, empty out my clip, never stop to aim
Some say the game is all corrupted, f**ked in this shit
Stuck, niggaz is lucky if we bust out this shit, plus
mama told me never stop until I bust a nut
F**k the world if they can't adjust
It's just as well, Hail Mary

 

[rise]

Originally posted by: thanasi
dude im so fukcing wasted im about to go to the club I dont even know why im posting fukc all you who think overclocking is illegal you know why cayuse we people cant reaLLY AFFORD AN FX55 YOU KNOW WHAT WE ACUTALLY ASMARRT ANFD WE DONT WANNA PAY THAT PRICE CAUSE WE BUY AMD 3700 PUSHN THEM TO 2.8 SO BOUHOU TO YOU TO

oy

 

[czech09]

Lmao great thread.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Originally posted by: thanasi
dude im so fukcing wasted im about to go to the club I dont even know why im posting fukc all you who think overclocking is illegal you know why cayuse we people cant reaLLY AFFORD AN FX55 YOU KNOW WHAT WE ACUTALLY ASMARRT ANFD WE DONT WANNA PAY THAT PRICE CAUSE WE BUY AMD 3700 PUSHN THEM TO 2.8 SO BOUHOU TO YOU TO

Its always the quiet ones that go buck ass wild

Party on Tanasi!!!

 

[MADMAX23]

Originally posted by: RobCur
Overclockers all have the same mentality they will never admit to any drawbacks of this illegal practice. Frying cpu is their game, bragging about the increased in speed is also their greatest pride that they would blow up their computer in process if need be. When things get to hot, they explode like an atomic bomb. First you see smoke then it lits up like a nuke and the house goes on fire. Most overclockers keep an eye on their computer for any sign of fire hazard. Usually they do not panic but instead post on forums for sympathy because it makes them feel better if others know about their so called bad overclock. Stability is not their priority, F**King up cpu just for fun is all game to them. If it fries, who cares say the overclockers fanatic. Just RMA and said it's defective? Their chance of acceptable RMA are null because anyone with a brain of a monkey can tell it was overclocked and not defective.

This is getting serious, manufacturers are making it harder and harder for overclockers to achieve their goal by crippling the cpu and making it next to impossible to get anymore then 10 percent increase. These overclockers will put up with anything to achieve their goal all in the name of the need for speed.
It is an addiction and is it not healthy. Their brain works like this:
1=1.5
2=3
3=4.5
5=7.5
7=10.5
10=15

They try to get at least 50 percent increase in speed before they become satisfied but most of the time they do not accomplish this without ruining their beloved cpu. since i'm in a forum full of cpu overclocking hypocrites, they will defend their pride with humourous remarks but I care not as I believe what I say makes more sense then all the overclocking frenzy combined.
Trying to reason with overclockers is futile attempt at best but at least I've tried to smack some sense into them if it helps at all, the more, the blessed they will be. The only cure for overclockers is for them to get in a car, do 200mph disregarding the speed limit on the road. They might die in a wreck, but who cares right? This is in the name of speed proving for once and all that speed can kill if done excessively.

What the ****? Are you sick? Leave your room and go to the doc, that might help you...a lil at least.

 

[MADMAX23]

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
From his previous posts he has overclocked in the past "I was the first human being to overclock" and he also talks alot about instability and crashing and smoke coming out of the computer.

My guess is that he overclocked without knowing what the hell he was doing and fried a system years ago, and he was so traumatized by the experience that he has demonized overclocking. Otherwize he would have to admit to himself that he killed his own rig

Yeah, I think you are right. He fried his PC and that traumatized him.

 

[g8wayrebel]

WTF... I can't believe some of the responses that have been made to this subject. If you OC ,in some , but even then not all cases,you void your warranty. Some chips are capable of more than others because the manufacturer has a duty to make sure the components can run at the rate advertised for a reasonable time without fail. If you choose to use it to it's full capacity and reduce it's life span , how the hell is that illegal. Is it then illegal for me to use a computer to modify my engine for better performance , or for that matter , put on a better exhaust or a turbo to get more horsepower than the dealer sold it to me with. What the hell kind of drugs are you people on?

 

[sxr7171]

Originally posted by: RobCur

Originally posted by: KoolDrew

If overclocking is illegal the world's prison capacity is not going to be sufficient

Is speeding illegal? Yes, does everyone go to jail? No. Illegal because it is not something that most people recommend doing. I want a cool running cpu not a hot rod that blow smokes out my computer doing harm to me giving off higher radioactive waste. The heat from the computer produced through electricity is not healthy. It is brain damaging and causes lung cancer in the long run. Overclockers have convinced quite a few people that it's good but their downside outweight the plus side if you've done enough research and have experienced enough BSOD. Just because you want to queeze 10-20 percent faster in performance. You won't win a trophy doing that, and there's no money involved.

FYI, I was the first human being to ever overclock starting with an AMD 133mhz to 160mhz at first I was like wow, then I realize it's only a little increase and it's just so much of a hassle. This is prior to the celeron 300a to 450a clocking frenzy era and so.
I have done many overclocking from K6-2 450 to 500, 500 to 550mhz none of it was worth the effort. It gets a lot hotter and it wasn't stable. I was crazy like everyone here I keep benchmarking and getting all excited just for a slight increase.

If overclocking is such a good thing and legal, everyone would be doing it. Hell even more people speed on the road then overclockers by 1,000,000:1
WOW.

Isn't their less transister count in a slower chip then a fast one? So how does overclocking makes up for that?

133Mhz to 160Mhz is a little increase? That's almost 25%.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: Amplifier
It is not only illegal, but unethical to overclock a CPU. If you paid for a 1.8ghz processor and get 2.6ghz out of it you are stealing plain and simple.

Right......

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: thanasi
isnt overclocking illegal wouldnt you think it is cause you getting something that not suppose to be yours.It might sound stupid but what do you think about it?some pc tech told me it is,but yet again why does motherboards help you overclock

Think of it like this, an engine is only "supposed" to be so powerful, but people bore them out. add better exhaust and nitro etc. Is that not illegal since you are getting performance the engine wasnt supposed to have? It would only be illegal if you killed it due to OC and then tried to RMA

 

[mdchesne]

Originally posted by: thanasi
isnt overclocking illegal wouldnt you think it is cause you getting something that not suppose to be yours.It might sound stupid but what do you think about it?some pc tech told me it is,but yet again why does motherboards help you overclock

no, it voids the warranty though. like putting a mod chip in the xBox, but OCing is more software

 

[Brian23]

Is it illegal to have secks if you're under 18?

 

[anarchyreigns]

That would depend upon what "secks" actually is.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: anarchyreigns
That would depend upon what "secks" actually is.

...and with whom you're having it.

 

[imported_whatever]

Originally posted by: ProviaFan

Originally posted by: anarchyreigns
That would depend upon what "secks" actually is.

...and with whom you're having it.

and on what state you are in

 

[CrispyFried]

Originally posted by: sxr7171

Is speeding illegal? Yes, does everyone go to jail? No. Illegal because it is not something that most people recommend doing. I want a cool running cpu not a hot rod that blow smokes out my computer doing harm to me giving off higher radioactive waste. The heat from the computer produced through electricity is not healthy. It is brain damaging and causes lung cancer in the long run.

lol what? It doesnt produce any more "waste" that a legit part running at that speed.

FYI, I was the first human being to ever overclock starting with an AMD 133mhz to 160mhz at first I was like wow, then I realize it's only a little increase and it's just so much of a hassle. This is prior to the celeron 300a to 450a clocking frenzy era and so.
I have done many overclocking from K6-2 450 to 500, 500 to 550mhz none of it was worth the effort. It gets a lot hotter and it wasn't stable. I was crazy like everyone here I keep benchmarking and getting all excited just for a slight increase.

So did I, 386sx 25/50 at 33/66 via jumper (25 - 33 mhz clock). Also a 386DX33 at 40 via 40 mhz bus. And I did the AMD 5x86 133 to 160 too (again 40 hz bus). So Ive been doing this for a while too.

It was a very noticable difference back them, it was the diff that ran Wincommander, Doom or Duke Nuken 3d at medium vs max detail.

 

[tbates757]

First off, No.

Second off, wow.

 

[exdeath]

WTF!? Most of this thread is total BS.

First of all when I pay for something, especially as overpriced as a piece of glass and copper, it is MINE and I will do whatever the FVCK I WANT WITH IT!!

Second, CPU makers purposefully cripple faster running chips to sell them at lower speeds in order to rarify higher speed versions and justify the price differences. In a way CPU makers artificially control supply and demand to suite their needs. Yes I know how yields work and not all chips are equal and some get speed binned. But they continue to do it long after yields improve.

Can you imagine if car makers made V6s by disabling 2 cylinders on V8s and then sold you V8s for $5,000 more even though they are all the same thing anyway? Then when consumers figure out their little game and figures out how to enable the 2 cylinders, they take measures to make it harder and harder to enable the disabled cylinders and completely turn their back and grumble when you confront them about it? Or better yet make it illegal to alter chip settings in cars so they can sell you the same car every year only by changing 1 parameter in the chip to give it 5 more HP each year and label it as a new model? Yeah... its total BULLSHIT, but that?s the kind of stuff that goes on in this industry. So believe me I don?t give a rat?s ass when I over clock. Besides that, I already buy the fastest chip they have and over clock to speeds that aren?t out yet, so they aren?t loosing anything from me. Either way I don?t see what the BFD is, when the chip maker sets a price for a certain chip which THEY CHOOSE TO LABEL A CERTAIN WAY, and someone pays that price to own that chip, and figures out how to get more out of it. If you ask me the chip maker is the one giving away more for less when they re-label. If they don?t want to give away something for free, don?t re-label the chips, and sell higher volumes of faster chips at a lower price (less profit, more volume, same margins) instead of gouging the 3 people in the world who want a FX-55 or P4 EE. If a chip isn?t purposely crippled and re-labeled, there is nothing to be ?unlocked? about it is there?

Third, I have no problems with my FX-55 running 3 GHz at 40C. No "excess waste and heat" from where I am sitting ...........

 

[AznAnarchy99]

^^ yup (hugs 3.2 pressy @ 4ghz)

 

[Chode Messiah]

hugs more my faster 2.4ghz 4000+sd @ 2.9

 

[Quentin]

The first "overclock" probably was a million years ago (whenever we began using tools). Somebody figured out that throwing a rock or stick made us faster and able to catch/kill a fast animal. We continued improving tools and doing things better and that's how we rose to the top of the food chain. Getting more out of a tool and improving it is a natural thing.

No different today getting more out of a CPU, GPU or RAM by overclocking! It is not a bad or unethical thing. As far as being illegal, who knows with today's crazy laws? But who cares what you do in your own home as long as it doesn't harm anyone else.

Overclockers dominate all other life on earth!