whenever I read about overclocking the main tenant seems to be to turn off all the powersaving systems to squeze the best possible performance at all times out of the operating system.
Truth is I don't really use my computer flat out all the time, or even most of the time as nowadays much of my gaming is done on a console as opposed to on the PC. I'm considering a computer upgrade and doing the i7 920/860 thing and my techie says OC'd 920 whilst my eco soul says 860 as its less power hungry. Part of the reason for 920 is just that the p55s seem a bit squeaky and much of the web input is on pre-release boards etc.
If I Overclock a 920 can I still use the powersaving technologies to reduce the consumption of the device for those times I'm just web browsing or doing accounts? If not is it possible to use the auto OC packages that seem to be supplied by most manufactures to come up with a setup that runs slow normally but can be boosted to max either automatically or by pressing a button?
Or am I best to risk the newer P55 boards and dual channel memory without OC?
Truth is I don't really use my computer flat out all the time, or even most of the time as nowadays much of my gaming is done on a console as opposed to on the PC. I'm considering a computer upgrade and doing the i7 920/860 thing and my techie says OC'd 920 whilst my eco soul says 860 as its less power hungry. Part of the reason for 920 is just that the p55s seem a bit squeaky and much of the web input is on pre-release boards etc.
If I Overclock a 920 can I still use the powersaving technologies to reduce the consumption of the device for those times I'm just web browsing or doing accounts? If not is it possible to use the auto OC packages that seem to be supplied by most manufactures to come up with a setup that runs slow normally but can be boosted to max either automatically or by pressing a button?
Or am I best to risk the newer P55 boards and dual channel memory without OC?
