Originally posted by: Pelu
Why do we overclock...
1.... Higher Clocks means higher MIPS and MFLOPS.... in other words, more horsepower and more torque.... but plz put them into use... like more details... or more AA or something omg...
2.... Warranty voidance is a full BS tale....
This is impossible for them to prove, and we justify not telling them to ourself in that we actually save them money by making it LESS likely to fail (due to improved cooling)Nearly all of us on this forum void our warranty the second we install our processor by not using the stock heatsink. Why? because the stock heatsinks are not nearly as good as what you can get for an extra 40 dollars. So overclocking aside we apparently don't care much about our warranties anyways.
Originally posted by: taltamir
This is impossible for them to prove, and we justify not telling them to ourself in that we actually save them money by making it LESS likely to fail (due to improved cooling)Nearly all of us on this forum void our warranty the second we install our processor by not using the stock heatsink. Why? because the stock heatsinks are not nearly as good as what you can get for an extra 40 dollars. So overclocking aside we apparently don't care much about our warranties anyways.
Originally posted by: IT Professional Ant
I just do not understand why people overclock and have a firm belief with as fast as todays stock parts are currently, that there is no need for a overclock at all.
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Intel E8400 4.0GHZ 1.3v ..
There are lots of them. frostytechOriginally posted by: Markfw900 You can't even buy a worse HSF than stock that I know of !
Originally posted by: Markfw900
Originally posted by: taltamir
This is impossible for them to prove, and we justify not telling them to ourself in that we actually save them money by making it LESS likely to fail (due to improved cooling)Nearly all of us on this forum void our warranty the second we install our processor by not using the stock heatsink. Why? because the stock heatsinks are not nearly as good as what you can get for an extra 40 dollars. So overclocking aside we apparently don't care much about our warranties anyways.
Normally I would say that "not telling the truth" is bad and unethical, but in this case, we are doing them a favor, and it should not void the warranty. You can't even buy a worse HSF than stock that I know of !
I agree for once with you.
Yep, the older I get, the more time is valuable to me. If I save even just 15 minutes in my day because my PC is faster then the extra money in good parts and the void warranty is worth it.Originally posted by: Aflac
It's free performance. Time savings = money savings x2.
Originally posted by: Nahsavtoo
In addition to that I got into OC by way of spending less money on something I enjoy doing (working with and on computers). I get more satisfaction out of improving something that already works.
Note: I did read through all the posts and this is an old post LOL.
Originally posted by: Nahsavtoo
I overclock so I can start talking about it to my wife and she "tunes me out". Bliss and peacefullness reigns supreme for about an hour.
Originally posted by: Rhoxed
Originally posted by: Pelu
Why do we overclock...
1.... Higher Clocks means higher MIPS and MFLOPS.... in other words, more horsepower and more torque.... but plz put them into use... like more details... or more AA or something omg...
2.... Warranty voidance is a full BS tale....
and a second resurrection!!
on a side note
having a 8 month old processor that is still faster than any of the current stock options.... that is why i OC =]