Should I buy a separate PC for work if overclocking??

[BonzaiDuck]

Just a footnote to my previous thoughts about this.

With stock settings on a "turbo" processor, one relies on Intel to warranty reliability. By exceeding the spec speed even with "reasonable" voltage, you are relying on yourself.

I might rely on myself to overclock my system for whatever use I have for it. I wouldn't rely on somebody else, although some custom-game-system OEMs sell OC'd systems, so I assume they provide a level of "assurance."

But you can spread the risk around, or sequester it. As someone said, just get a modestly-powered system for business use only, and if the business use demands greater power, you simply run a top-end processor at its stock settings. In my case, I've overclocked both systems. The second one was a replacement for a configuration fitting that inexpensive stock "business profile." But if they're both passing my stress-tests and seem to be trouble-free, maybe I'm spreading around the risk. I'll have to ponder that some more.

The only data I've ever lost is the data I forgot to copy from 5.25" floppies before I got rid of the last such floppy-drive I had. Or -- when moving from an older system to a newer one -- I forgot to copy over a folder of OC screenies and similar things I wanted to save.

 

[crashtech]

The only data I've ever lost is the data I forgot to copy from 5.25" floppies before I got rid of the last such floppy-drive I had. Or -- when moving from an older system to a newer one -- I forgot to copy over a folder of OC screenies and similar things I wanted to save.

With respect, I would say that you have been very fortunate. Over the years I have seen many hard drives (and now an SSD) fail rapidly and completely, taking their data with them.

 

[xthetenth]

For a while I was running a 100% loss rate on partitioned HDDs. I haven't had many failures in a long while though, and I'm not overly attached to any data not kept on a CVS.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

With respect, I would say that you have been very fortunate. Over the years I have seen many hard drives (and now an SSD) fail rapidly and completely, taking their data with them.

I can count them on one hand: A 20 MB (MB!!) WD EIDE drive (1988); a 2GB Seagate SCSI-2 (1994); a 160GB Hitachi IDE (2006); and (ba-lee-ve it or not!) a 600 GB SATA-III Veloci-Raptor (2014 - after I turned it into a backup disk for replacing it with a Sammy 840PRo.)

Of course, that's not about "over-clocking." That's just the underlying risk of using computer parts! Parts . . . will fail! Like the chicken commercial: "parts is parts!"

 

[2is]

With respect, I would say that you have been very fortunate. Over the years I have seen many hard drives (and now an SSD) fail rapidly and completely, taking their data with them.

Agreed, I've seen tons of failed hard drives and a few SSDs including one Intel 320 which is supposed to be among the most reliable.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I've had PSUs fail, I've had memory fail. I've had a graphics card fail here or there -- maybe only once. Selective features of motherboards, like an Ethernet port. A couple optical drives; maybe once upon a time a floppy drive or two. And those hard disks.

A lot of my drives had run for years, and so small compared to newer technology that I just wiped them and sent them off to the recycler.

 

[2is]

I've had PSUs fail, I've had memory fail. I've had a graphics card fail here or there -- maybe only once. Selective features of motherboards, like an Ethernet port. A couple optical drives; maybe once upon a time a floppy drive or two. And those hard disks.

A lot of my drives had run for years, and so small compared to newer technology that I just wiped them and sent them off to the recycler.

Send them to me instead. Hard drives make for awesome target practice!

 

[cytg111]

Is that a 5.56

 

[2is]

It is

 

[BonzaiDuck]

It is

Oh, Geez! I won't even assert that you "stole my idea!"

But -- really! Let's not be Woosies about this.

If you're gonna do a job, do it right!

Use what is generally known as a Weatherby 460 or 457 Magnum bolt-action!!

Cartridges big as hand-grenades. You line up 20 hard disks in a row, find a spot a few hundred feet away so you can only see the first disk, and DRILL those suckers!!

[Just make sure you have a shoulder pad. Otherwise, you'll be answering this post with one hand for a month. (I KNOW about this, I can tell you. . . )]