Poll: Is Overclocking Relevant?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I was expecting more people would vote for option 1 especially since the OcUK forums is more enthusiast directed.

 

[eddiew]

Balance every time

I value quiet computing very highly - but if I can get an extra chunk of performance out for 20W more draw at the plug, while not having to turn the fans up, that sounds like a good deal to me!

 

[sculptor]

I voted 3.
But I wont be happy untill I hve a hydrogen powered PC anyway.
sculptor.

 

[PhoenixUK]

2. Due to i love having a quiet pc.

You can still have quiet PC when OCing, those 2 have nothing to do with each other unless you're pushing for extreme overclocks. If you want it quiet you probably already have a good cooler and that even on lowest rpm should get you good overclock without having to ramp up the rpm ?

Unless you want it dead silent and cool it passively....

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Another thing to consider, you can have different profiles
so that when in idle or basic movie watching/ surfing / whatever you can run it heavily undervolted (0.8-1.1v with 1.5-3.0ghz)
and then ramp up to your 3.8-4.0+ for demanding games or encoding and so on.

 

[86JR]

Not fussed about energy saving, but am fussed about noise.

 

[The Running Man]

balance, who doesnt want more than what they paid for?

 

[MoRT489]

Voted 1, dont need the raw speed but it's more about the fun of pushing the limits

 

[gurusan]

Free stuff is good mmkay

 

[Admetos]

The best things are the things you use.

I have an old Pentium 4 rig streaming a video camera at the moment, would it be better if running faster no.

Same with my i5 rig i'm using for Visual Studio development, would I be more productive with it overclocked no.

However the person buying that i7 980X (in the 980x thread) then overclocking for video editing will have a real need so overclocking very relevent for him.

In a couple of years time when my i5 is getting old, i'll overclock to give more life.