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Who is the best overclocker?
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Soldato
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I think he means what person is best at OCing.
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Overclocking is easy, know the limits of hardware, hardware to get and setting it up takes some knowledge. Overclocking is easy but knowing when you're rock solid stable is harder, seen too many flash and bang overclocks that aren't anywhere near stable yet called so cause it 'folds' 24/7 fine.
Bundles, Cathar and Brwmogazos are all guys who know their stuff who I would trust, overclocking advice-wise.
The only elements of skill when it comes down to overclocking is the extent of methodoloy applied to the approach. If methodical, sensible and reasonable, the only limits are component-based. The other is knowing what does what.
And to be honest, the only difference the aforementioned skills make in this day and age are probably 50-100 extra Mhz.
The only elements of skill when it comes down to overclocking is the extent of methodoloy applied to the approach. If methodical, sensible and reasonable, the only limits are component-based. The other is knowing what does what.
And to be honest, the only difference the aforementioned skills make in this day and age are probably 50-100 extra Mhz.
Cathar is a watercooling guru, though I don't know him for overclocking. Brwmogazos had his P4 at over 5GHz if I remember right years and years ago before he left to do his national service in Greece, he's still about though not actively overclocking anymore.
Bundles was pretty hot back in the XP-M days I think it was, haven't seen him about though for a year or two. Bundles, if you read this hope your keeping ok
Thickbrit seems to be the one name that sticks out at the moment for me, though I don't know him and he isn't a member here.
Jokester
Bundles was pretty hot back in the XP-M days I think it was, haven't seen him about though for a year or two. Bundles, if you read this hope your keeping ok
Thickbrit seems to be the one name that sticks out at the moment for me, though I don't know him and he isn't a member here.
Jokester
Overclocking only appears easy because we have a vast wealth of info and advice available from sites like this - it's the old 'standing on the shoulders of giants' thing. And even then, how many people lack enough skill to even read the sticky 
It does appear to have got simpler over the years, but again, this is largely down to the hardware support, and the excellent communities. To those who boast about their high clocks - how much of that was a direct result of buying the right kit, as suggested by others on this and other forums - without that support, would you have done as well? What if there was no-one to ask about mobo compatibility, max voltages, good temps, and other kit combinations? There'd be a lot more tears and fried components
Some overclocking is very simple, some is hugely technical and requires a great deal of expertise - you might easily get a great clock on your chip, but that won't get you the top spot on 3DMark or SuperPi, to be 'the best' requires a lot more than the ability to read a sticky and post a 'need help with my Q6600 clock - noob questions' thread
But if you want an idea on the OcUK community have a look at Weescott's list - has all the 'greatest from way back' in a nice/easy to follow spreadsheet! (You can access the Intel pages from there too, but for some reason I just love that AMD page )
It does appear to have got simpler over the years, but again, this is largely down to the hardware support, and the excellent communities. To those who boast about their high clocks - how much of that was a direct result of buying the right kit, as suggested by others on this and other forums - without that support, would you have done as well? What if there was no-one to ask about mobo compatibility, max voltages, good temps, and other kit combinations? There'd be a lot more tears and fried components
Some overclocking is very simple, some is hugely technical and requires a great deal of expertise - you might easily get a great clock on your chip, but that won't get you the top spot on 3DMark or SuperPi, to be 'the best' requires a lot more than the ability to read a sticky and post a 'need help with my Q6600 clock - noob questions' thread
But if you want an idea on the OcUK community have a look at Weescott's list - has all the 'greatest from way back' in a nice/easy to follow spreadsheet! (You can access the Intel pages from there too, but for some reason I just love that AMD page
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i had my A64 4000+ prime stable (12hrs) @ 3.6ghz a bit over a year ago, not bad for a £65 chip.
does this make me a great overclocker? well not really ....i had a strong custom phase box and a bloody nice chip.
tbh these days overclocking is extremely easy, there's a wealth of knowledge only a google away and the cooling options are immense to what they were 10 years ago when i started.
i have some respect for the guys who run large cascades, mainly for the risk they take and some of the high end benchers but anybody with money and access to the right tools can do a good job - despite what some ppl think it's NOT rocket science.
does this make me a great overclocker? well not really ....i had a strong custom phase box and a bloody nice chip.
tbh these days overclocking is extremely easy, there's a wealth of knowledge only a google away and the cooling options are immense to what they were 10 years ago when i started.
i have some respect for the guys who run large cascades, mainly for the risk they take
and some of the high end benchers but anybody with money and access to the right tools can do a good job - despite what some ppl think it's NOT rocket science.It probably does take a bit of skill, you have to know 100% what you are doing and a lot of overclockers will be about 75% - 90% sure of what to do. The best ones are the ones that know everything about it and all chips over the last X years. But really, it just comes down to luck with the chip and money to buy a very good cooling system. And by good chip I mean the cherry picked ones, or golden stepping. Or even being able to afford one that has an upwards unlocked multiplier.
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I dunno what makes an overclocker the best :/
I just buy the stuff and push it to its 24/7 limits and leave it there...
I dunno what makes an overclocker the best :/
I just buy the stuff and push it to its 24/7 limits and leave it there...
If i was picking someone, i would probally have to say Easyrider as he seems to know what hes doing and is very keen about overclocking. Not saying the rest of you are not but i can only go on the way you reply.
He just needs to sort hes attitude out.
He just needs to sort hes attitude out.
oc was easy back in the old days to.
k6/2 + razor = naked k6/2
taisol 742 + hacksaw = socket 7 taisol 741.5
3.1v + 120 fsb = 600mhz k6/2
kyro 1 + thermal goup + fan = 130mhz kyro1
130mhz kyro1 + 600mhz K6/2 = http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=3465412
easy formula
k6/2 + razor = naked k6/2
taisol 742 + hacksaw = socket 7 taisol 741.5
3.1v + 120 fsb = 600mhz k6/2
kyro 1 + thermal goup + fan = 130mhz kyro1
130mhz kyro1 + 600mhz K6/2 = http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=3465412
easy formula
Intel Guy is someone who works for Intel IIRC and is probably looking for someone active in THIS community ie the OcUK forums to do an overclocking project.
I'd guess someone like w3bbo or Jokester springs to mind as hardcore overclockers who know their stuff.
I'd guess someone like w3bbo or Jokester springs to mind as hardcore overclockers who know their stuff.