MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II OC or non-OC query

[rpwarwood]

So having spent the last half hour looking around every tech website I can find, I've yet to find anywhere that gives me a clear definition of the difference between the MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II OC and the non-OC version...

Is it simply exactly the same hardware, but factory overclocked? Is it like the ASUS Top editions, where the hardware has been proven to be of a higher class and therefore more over-clockable? Has the non-OC version been locked down so you can't overclock it? Is the OC version really worth £20 more?!

Any clarification would be greatly appreciate! Thanks!

 

[Surveyor]

For your reading pleasure:

MSI N560GTX Ti Twin Frozer II review

It doesn't say OC in the title but the one they tested is the same clocks as the OC model.

Probably exactly the same cards but one has a factory overclock.

 

[rpwarwood]

Thanks for reply but that is one of the many tens of reviews I'd read, and it still doesn't specify the difference between the two... And if it is just factory overclocked with the identical hardware, why would anyone pay £20 for something that takes 5 minutes to do yourself?!

 

[Predicament]

Why would anyone pay £20 for something that takes 5 minutes to do yourself?!

Why does anyone buy a premade computer from Dell when a similarly specc'd computer can be built at 1/2 of the price ||||

A) Laziness
B) People fall for marketing gimmicks.. ie: GIMME ME OC VERSION!1111eleven1

 

[Surveyor]

Why does anyone buy a premade computer from Dell when a similarly specc'd computer can be built at 1/2 of the price ||||

A) Laziness
B) People fall for marketing gimmicks.. ie: GIMME ME OC VERSION!1111eleven1

What he said.

Just buy the none OC version and do it yourself.

 

[rpwarwood]

Thanks guys, thought as much but glad i checked just for that reply!