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Old Nov 25, 2010, 10:03 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by btarunr View Post
TweakIT/ProbeIT, EasyTune, EL33T, etc., aren't meant for skilled overclockers anyway. They're meant to make it easy for gamers (who want a high-end system to play PC games, but don't know squat about PC hardware) for "increasing system performance" (notice I didn't use the word "overclock"). Tinkering with the BIOS is a scary thing for them, and so they prefer software with pretty-looking user-interfaces, which give them that control, and also make them feel 1337.
As an enthusiast I actually feel more scared using the software control...

I once had easy tune pump 1.4v through my Q9300..... scary.....
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