Im wondering for gaming (and gaming alone) is there any real point overclocking the cpu? From what i've read so far you dont really get anything extra for gaming. Mutlitasking and other things such as video encoding and the like benifit greatly (so i've read) id just like some clarification.
Any real point?
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http://www.giantbomb.com/pc/3045-94/forums/is-overclocking-your-cpu-worth-it-for-gaming-569190/
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/275008-29-overclock-gaming
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ASUSROG/
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1657748
I could go on, i mean i dont actually know hence asking but what most folk seem to be saying is 90% of games are GPU intensive and overclocking the cpu gets you a poxy 1/2/3 fps. So my school of thought is wtfs the point spening so much money on a OC optamised board, unlocked cpu and a beefy cooler for a couple of frames.
There are some games abviously that are heavily cpu intensive and they will get more of a gain from it.
I just want some clarification before i shell out 200quid on 'optimised for overclocking' parts when i needent bother.
It'll be for an i5 4670 btw
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/275008-29-overclock-gaming
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ASUSROG/
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1657748
I could go on, i mean i dont actually know hence asking but what most folk seem to be saying is 90% of games are GPU intensive and overclocking the cpu gets you a poxy 1/2/3 fps. So my school of thought is wtfs the point spening so much money on a OC optamised board, unlocked cpu and a beefy cooler for a couple of frames.
There are some games abviously that are heavily cpu intensive and they will get more of a gain from it.
I just want some clarification before i shell out 200quid on 'optimised for overclocking' parts when i needent bother.
It'll be for an i5 4670 btw
In insances like this i can imagine overclocking would help as not to bottleneck, but for somone like me whos intrest is single gpu setups im guessing what i've read becomes more relevent?
Thats actually a really good idea thanks
I think its worth atleast setting up for overclocking an ill tell you why:
- Overclocking the CPU will make it work with later GPU's (reducing bottleneck)
- The components will have a higher resale value.
- The stock cooler is ugly and loud, so an aftermarket cooler is almost nesecerry anyway
- Boards you can overclock on (Z87) have a lot of oter useful features (more DIMM's, more SATA and USB3 ports)
- You won't really know you have a bottleneck until you overclock
Doom ever the wise one, just somthing my mate said to me last night got me all wound up and needing to know if there was actually much point but the points you made sence
