All you non overclockers tell me why you don't overclock?

hmmmm

im suprised nobody said, the time taken, the effort in researching, constantly restarting system, opening and closing case in the instance you are clearing CMOS...
 
welshtom said:
volts scare me :mad:
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you poor guy:p you must have a near-heart attack every time you turn your pc on lol

mspumperer said:
Overclocking is garunteed to reduce the life of your CPU. Some people simply don't want to update their CPU every few months, or year.

If you want to have a CPU for a few years, don't overclock it's ass into oblivion.
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its not, thats an old wives tale. but to understand why you need to know how cpu's are made and how they are speed-graded.
 
I dont overclock as having a stable system that runs cool and quietly is better than 1-2 seconds quicker on loading times or the 2-3 more FPS in games.

But its alright on benchmarks.
 
212 said:
I dont overclock as having a stable system that runs cool and quietly is better than 1-2 seconds quicker on loading times or the 2-3 more FPS in games.

But its alright on benchmarks.
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i do. got an opteron 148 @ 3ghz - 800mhz overclocked. its a lot faster, and still cool and quiet loading out at @47c. quieter than a stock a64 system in fact. Not as fast as a conroe using the same sink (scythe ninja) but still rather good. so cool and quiet isn't really an excuse, and neither is being stable. Though it is an excuse for peopel who are afraid to try;)
 
I'm glad I started this thread as its evident that the reason people don't overclock, well some who have posted here ,are clearly misinformed about the whole process.

I have a heavily overclocked conroe rig and its cool quiet and super fast.

212 you can have a cool and quiet system when overclocking you know ;)
 
Easyrider-

Ive overclocked before and I cant be botherd with the trouble. Maybe if I get a conroe I may try but with A64's Its just too much hassling and fiddling which I dont want to risk to do.
 
clearly misinformed as easy as said.

A64's are easy to clock and clock well, its not hard to test for stability and it will be as stable as at stock settings if you want it to be
 
mspumperer said:
Overclocking is garunteed to reduce the life of your CPU. Some people simply don't want to update their CPU every few months, or year.

If you want to have a CPU for a few years, don't overclock it's ass into oblivion.
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i still have my server running an overclocked celeron 300 @ 450mhz and its been running like that 24/7 for over 5 years now. how much longer do i have to wait for it to die?
 
TBH I came from the same rig...

Opty 170 @ 2.8ghz 1.375v

cool quiet and fast.

However conroe at 3.8ghz is an etirely different story lol


Faster and cheaper than my opty 170 that was bought for 299 on release.
 
Overclocking is scary for the mis-informed/non-informed.

One thing that has come to light with me is that ever since I started overclocking my 'leisure' time playing games/watching movies etc has severley dropped due to trying to get the absolute max out of my system. All the tweaks/reboots and stability testing take up time and you have to ask yourself the question 'does the time saved by your pc being quicker than stock outweigh the time invested in making it that quick?'

For the average overclock I would say yes but those who push to the absolute limits I would have to say a resolute no.
 
w3bbo said:
Overclocking is scary for the mis-informed/non-informed.

One thing that has come to light with me is that ever since I started overclocking my 'leisure' time playing games/watching movies etc has severley dropped due to trying to get the absolute max out of my system. All the tweaks/reboots and stability testing take up time and you have to ask yourself the question 'does the time saved by your pc being quicker than stock outweigh the time invested in making it that quick?'

For the average overclock I would say yes but those who push to the absolute limits I would have to say a resolute no.
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hehe, mate, it gets to the point where ALL you do is overclock and tweak it.

my pc gets used for nothing else. well, in between clocking atm, just got rid of the 4.7ghz conroe
 
Dont usually overclock because overclocking usually means more voltages which means more heat and hence more noise from cooling usually, only reason why my current setup is overclocked is because its still on stock voltages and i can run it with just the exaust fan at like 800 rpm at full load. Setup is as quiet as a watercooled setup can hear my psu hum slightly but apart from that nothing.

The extra performance does not really make a difference for the uses i have currently, not really one of the people who looses sleep over a few fps here and there and idle temps over 40 degrees :cool:
 
Well I started pretty safely with my old 9800Pro. That was all I could do with my dell motherboard. Now that I have my new motherboard though I'm pushing both the CPU and the graphics card as far as they will go.

I'm a bit nervous about doing pencil mods but apparently with my mobo the only way I'll be able to push it past the 300FSB limit is to increase the VAGP. I think my graphics card can take it as it's idling now on 41C and I've got a system extractor fan in the PCI slot below it. I might even get better clocks from my AGP card if I increase the volts to it. Anybody know if that's the case?

When I get back to my comp I'm going to do that pencil mod and see how much it helps.

I can see why people that are worried about breaking their components don't want to overclock though. I'm a relative noob to the whole thing and I still have some reservations. I really don't want to have to move back to my old system if I break my new one!
 
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