Soldato
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Ok so just to give the background for my questions...
Way back in 2007 my E6300 was starting to struggle, even clocked to 2.4Ghz I was getting performance issues with STALKER & a couple of other titles (it was a long time ago). So I uprgraded to a Q6600 & the difference was huge, not to mention it was so easy to overclock, I got to 3.2Ghz on a Freezer Pro before things got a bit warm but there was really no point in overclocking the thing at the time, it simply devoured all my games.
As time went by the demands placed on my system inevitably grew, so after a couple of years I was running with a modest overclock. A couple of years & a couple of Intel generations later I got a high end air cooler & ran for the last year at 3.6Ghz with 1.51v set in BIOS.
So I got 4 years of playing the latest games with no problems, the Q6600 was still running perfectly when I recently sold it. I have no idea how much my overclocking affected the lifespan of this chip as I slowly ramped up the performance over time.
So, back in the present I've recently built this new system as per my sig, & I'm wondering whether it's wise to be running it like this when I'm pretty sure it will still be a pretty mean performer at stock speed. When Father Christmas gets me BF3 I'm tempted to see how it performs at stock. Any other gamers saving their overclock for when it's really needed? Also, does anyone think that the 2500k is indeed comparable to the Q6600 & likely to keep a gamer happy for the next 4 years?
Way back in 2007 my E6300 was starting to struggle, even clocked to 2.4Ghz I was getting performance issues with STALKER & a couple of other titles (it was a long time ago). So I uprgraded to a Q6600 & the difference was huge, not to mention it was so easy to overclock, I got to 3.2Ghz on a Freezer Pro before things got a bit warm but there was really no point in overclocking the thing at the time, it simply devoured all my games.
As time went by the demands placed on my system inevitably grew, so after a couple of years I was running with a modest overclock. A couple of years & a couple of Intel generations later I got a high end air cooler & ran for the last year at 3.6Ghz with 1.51v set in BIOS.
So I got 4 years of playing the latest games with no problems, the Q6600 was still running perfectly when I recently sold it. I have no idea how much my overclocking affected the lifespan of this chip as I slowly ramped up the performance over time.
So, back in the present I've recently built this new system as per my sig, & I'm wondering whether it's wise to be running it like this when I'm pretty sure it will still be a pretty mean performer at stock speed. When Father Christmas gets me BF3 I'm tempted to see how it performs at stock. Any other gamers saving their overclock for when it's really needed? Also, does anyone think that the 2500k is indeed comparable to the Q6600 & likely to keep a gamer happy for the next 4 years?
