Is your system overclocked? - Page 6

techtard · Sep 21, 2012, 12:56 PM

Overclock both CPU & GPU. It's dead simple, and a free performance boost.

In fact, my 5850 is nearly 3 years old now, been overclocked the entire time. Haven't noticed any negative effects other than the stock fan sounding like a hair dryer before the original fan died.

I change hardware every few years, system longevity isn't the biggest concern for me.
All my recent gear from the past ~4 years is still kicking despite being overclocked 24/7.

FreedomEclipse · Sep 21, 2012, 01:16 PM

CPU = Heavily overclocked
GPU = Slightly overclocked

Why = Because I can, extra performance is always a good thing especially if its free. If you pay good money for parts, you dont expect any less.

I have a minor 20mhz OC on my GPU cores. I could overclock it more but (A) it throws out a lot lot more heat which the ventillation in my room cant really deal with and (B) I just cant be arsed as i dont have any real issues running any of my games.

Hilux SSRG · Sep 22, 2012, 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maban

Good enough is never good enough.

stability be damned!

syeef · Sep 22, 2012, 10:12 AM

GPU = came pre-superclocked.
CPU = is 20% overclocked.

Joe Public · Sep 24, 2012, 09:07 AM

I modded my Sapphire 6950 to 6970, so it's sligthly overclocked because of that. Other than that, everything is running at stock. The system performs well as it is, so if I should ever need more performance (unless I upgrade the whole rig first) I'll try my hand at overclocking. My OC days were left behind with my old Pentium 4 rig.

Jeffredo · Sep 28, 2012, 02:27 AM

I have an ASUS DirectCU II GTX 670 and an AMD X4 980 BE. For the first time in years both are running at stock (and my computer room is much cooler). The CPU is so outmatched by the GPU there's no reason to OC either. Another 300 Mhz on the CPU wouldn't matter at this point.

KainXS · Sep 28, 2012, 02:58 AM

it depends really, I have an old Q8400 so I overclocked it to 4Ghz from 2.6 to allow it to keep up with current cpu's and play some games smoothly, but since I don't play at uber res I don't overclock my GTX460 much at all, the older my hardware gets the more I overclock till I can't overclock and it starts to really bog down performance, for example back when I had my E2140, I overclocked it and overclocked it more and more as it got older so I started out at at stock 1.6Ghz(I only used it for videos when I got it) last time I ran it I was running it at nearly 3.8Ghz, and thats about a 140% overclock and performance showed it, but that was its limit, and thats why I got rid of it.

for me is only really useful when I need the performance or don't have the money to upgrade, not gonna waste the time otherwise.

Ikaruga · Sep 29, 2012, 01:11 AM

Yes everything

I love to overclock. I remember the good old 8086 times when we replaced crystals on the motherboards just to get a little extra performance.

Now - as I grow up - I'm not that cocky anymore. I value silence and my environment a lot more then that extra X% speed increase, so I don't really use extreme overclocks like earlier.

I do buy proper cooling solutions and I still research the maximum possible settings ofc, but I prefer silence over performance now, so I only OC with the default Voltage for everyday use, and only set or load one of the extreme profiles when it's really needed.

hhumas · Sep 30, 2012, 03:36 PM

everything is working great . no need to fuck with factory settings

anoobarak · Sep 30, 2012, 05:47 PM

Changed my mind. Why have a high-end cooler, a mobo with a strong vrm and overclocking ram if you keep em stock?

johnspack · Sep 30, 2012, 07:11 PM

Yep, I've oced every computer I've ever owned, starting with, as someone above mentioned, replacing crystal clock gens on 8088/8086 boxes. oced my 286, my 386 and well never could stop. I love to hear my computer, all fans at 100%... I know it's alive! If it shuts down for any reason at night and I can't hear the noise, I wake up. These days, I oc because my equipment is old, and I have to in order to keep up with modern games ect. If I could just buy a faster system, I would, but that's not an option.

Widjaja · Oct 1, 2012, 01:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anoobarak

Changed my mind. Why have a high-end cooler, a mobo with a strong vrm and overclocking ram if you keep em stock?

Peace of mind by knowing that the system is capable of giving sustainable power and cooling beyond standard specs.

anoobarak · Oct 1, 2012, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Widjaja

Peace of mind by knowing that the system is capable of giving sustainable power and cooling beyond standard specs.

The ability to rma gives me peace of mind

SaiZo · Oct 1, 2012, 12:13 PM

I would OC if I had better cooling...or had the money to buy better cooling.

Frick · Oct 1, 2012, 12:26 PM

The GPU is overclocked actually. 600/450 (from 525/400). Dunno if it makes a difference really but still!

CPU is just unlocked, not overclocked.

ManofGod · Oct 1, 2012, 01:31 PM

I have tried to run stock clocks in past but just cannot resist overclocking.

However, I also overclock my AMD 1090T because I am using dual 6950 Powercolor graphics cards.

The cards are not overclocked but they are unlocked. (The cards just do not overclock much if at all.) The temptation to run stock clocks is always there but it never lasts and I go back to overclocking.

mediasorcerer · Oct 8, 2012, 09:03 AM

Im finding with my latest ivy bridge[3570k] rigg that its oc capabilities are more limited compared to sandy core i5k in last rigg, it may be that i have a cheaper model of mobo, but i cant seem to get it over 4.5 atm, whereas with the old sandy rigg, i got it over 5 fairly easily.

Although ive heard [apparently] ivy runs hotter, my idle temps are very low with just a single closed loop rad.lower than sandy was.idles at 14-16 c.

I run my gpu @ 950-1350 seems quite stable, but i use an extra fan placed on top of the chip[reverse side etc] and this takes a lot of heat of the back of the chip.

tonschk · Oct 9, 2012, 08:31 AM

100% Agree

Quote:

Originally Posted by FordGT90Concept

I like long term stability over short term gains.

Dj-ElectriC · Oct 9, 2012, 12:02 PM

I have systems that are slightly overclocked since 2006, see no harm in stock voltage-overclocking. Instead of throwing the E2140 1.6GHZ to the trash it runs at 2.8Ghz and does the job fine.

bmaverick · Oct 9, 2012, 06:50 PM

Mild OC on CPU only. My place has no AC, so, not wanting to stress the system further doing the GPU.

Derek12 · Oct 18, 2012, 10:17 AM

No. It's underclocked except when doing intensive task. Electric bills are a real issue here.

kzinti1 · Oct 20, 2012, 05:19 PM

All 3. (I take it nobody runs their memory at stock speeds anymore?)
My 1st PC was a damned Dell. I wanted the total PC experience.
I built my 1st PC (a Soltek mobo and AMD K5 cpu) within 6 months and gave the damned Dell away soon after. Good riddance to garbage.
I discovered a few, now defunct, OCing Forums and OCed using pencil lead. I've OCed ever since, doubling (at least) the bang for the buck and never considered doing otherwise.
I live for non-competitive OCing. (Way, WAY too much cheating in the OCing contests!)

scaminatrix · Oct 20, 2012, 05:34 PM

Nope, all stock pretty much. Only OC'ed CPU to get NB up (as my NB freq. isn't upwards unlocked) and dropped multi down to get it back to stock-ish.
I've answered no, as I didn't OC with the intention of OC'ing the CPU (

), just to get RAM at right settings.

Sadasius · Oct 25, 2012, 02:37 PM

All my systems are OC'd. Here is the recent one.

View Poll Results: Is your system overclocked?
Yes, graphics only	929	7.39%
Yes, CPU only	2,589	20.58%
Yes, CPU and graphics card	5,253	41.76%
No	3,807	30.27%
Voters: 12578. You may not vote on this poll

System Name:	El Superbeasto
Processor:	Intel i5-2500k @ 5.0 ghz
Motherboard:	MSI Z77a-GD55
Cooling:	Noctua NH-D14
Memory:	16gb G.skill Sniper 1866 ddr3 (9-9-9-24)
Video Card:	Radeon 7970, Sapphire dual-x @ 1200/1500
Hard Disk:	Hyper-X 120gb-OS, WD Caviar black 2TB-Steam, Plextor M5S 256gb - MMOs+SC2
Optical Drive:	LG Blu Ray R/W
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung 23" 120hz 3d LCD w/ 3d glasses
Case:	Coolermaster HAF 922 W/ extra 120mm fans
Sound Card:	Onboard HD audio + Sony MDR-ZX600 headphones
PSU:	XFX Pro 850 XXX semi-modular
Software:	Windows 7 Pro 64-bit SP1
Benchmarks:	I once used peanut butter as a temporary TIM for a CPU.

Sep 21, 2012, 01:16 PM	#127
FreedomEclipse Crazy Dogmatic Bullsh!t! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: (British Born Chinese) London, United Kingdom Posts: 7,588 (3.37/day) Thanks: 827 Thanked 1,623 Times in 1,299 Posts System Specs	CPU = Heavily overclocked GPU = Slightly overclocked Why = Because I can, extra performance is always a good thing especially if its free. If you pay good money for parts, you dont expect any less. I have a minor 20mhz OC on my GPU cores. I could overclock it more but (A) it throws out a lot lot more heat which the ventillation in my room cant really deal with and (B) I just cant be arsed as i dont have any real issues running any of my games. __________________ “I used to be a serial upgrader like you, then i took a downgrade to the knee” -FreedomEclipse

System Name:	Codename: Rapture X {MoonPig Edition}
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Motherboard:	Asus P9X79 PRO
Cooling:	Corsair H80i {2xScythe G.T AP-15}
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Video Card:	2xMSI GTX680 Twin Frozr OC {SLi}
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System Name:	Current Rig
Processor:	Intel i7 920 oc to 3.5ghz
Motherboard:	MSI x58 Platinum
Memory:	G.Skill 6gb ddr3 1333mhz 7-7-7-18
Video Card:	Gigabyte GTX 670 OC WindForce 3X GV-N670OC-2GD
Optical Drive:	Lite-on FTW
CRT/LCD Model:	Viewsonic 1440x900 5ms
Case:	CoolMaster HAF 932
PSU:	Coolmax 950w
Software:	Win 7 64bit

Sep 21, 2012, 12:56 PM	#126
techtard Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 792 (0.57/day) Thanks: 113 Thanked 182 Times in 133 Posts System Specs	Overclock both CPU & GPU. It's dead simple, and a free performance boost. In fact, my 5850 is nearly 3 years old now, been overclocked the entire time. Haven't noticed any negative effects other than the stock fan sounding like a hair dryer before the original fan died. I change hardware every few years, system longevity isn't the biggest concern for me. All my recent gear from the past ~4 years is still kicking despite being overclocked 24/7.

Sep 22, 2012, 10:12 AM	#129
syeef Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Posts: 280 (0.15/day) Thanks: 151 Thanked 70 Times in 54 Posts System Specs	GPU = came pre-superclocked. CPU = is 20% overclocked.

System Name:	WorkStation
Processor:	Intel i7 3770k @ 4.4GHz
Motherboard:	ASRock Z77 Extreme6
Cooling:	Zalman 9900 Max / Thermaltake 120mm Thunderblade x2
Memory:	Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
Video Card:	MSI GTX680 Twin Frozr III OC
Hard Disk:	WD 1TB Sata III
Optical Drive:	Samsung DVD-RAM 24x Sata
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung 22-inch LED 1080p
Case:	Thermaltake Commander GS-III
Sound Card:	Onboard Realtek 898 HD
PSU:	Thermaltake SMART 750W
Software:	Windows 8 Pro x64
Benchmarks:	Many thanks for banning me :D . I did it to end Double Standards and Hypocrisy here at TPU.

Sep 24, 2012, 09:07 AM	#130
Joe Public Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 122 (0.07/day) Thanks: 2 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts System Specs	I modded my Sapphire 6950 to 6970, so it's sligthly overclocked because of that. Other than that, everything is running at stock. The system performs well as it is, so if I should ever need more performance (unless I upgrade the whole rig first) I'll try my hand at overclocking. My OC days were left behind with my old Pentium 4 rig.

Processor:	Core i7 860
Motherboard:	Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4
Cooling:	Noctua NH-U9B
Memory:	8GB (2x4) Corsair Vengeance PC12800
Video Card:	Sapphire HD6950 2GB @ 6970
Hard Disk:	1 x 1TB Samsung F3
Optical Drive:	Samsung 18x
CRT/LCD Model:	24" Benq G2420HD
Case:	Lian LI 2110
PSU:	Corsair HX750
Software:	Windows 7 x64

Sep 28, 2012, 02:27 AM	#131
Jeffredo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Northern California Posts: 635 (0.27/day) Thanks: 157 Thanked 82 Times in 68 Posts System Specs	I have an ASUS DirectCU II GTX 670 and an AMD X4 980 BE. For the first time in years both are running at stock (and my computer room is much cooler). The CPU is so outmatched by the GPU there's no reason to OC either. Another 300 Mhz on the CPU wouldn't matter at this point.

System Name:	Modest Box
Processor:	Phenom II X4 980 BE @ 4.0 Ghz
Motherboard:	ASUS M4A79T Deluxe
Cooling:	XIGMATEK HDT-S1283
Memory:	DDR3 PC3-10666 8GB
Video Card:	ASUS GTX 670 DirectCU II
Hard Disk:	640GB WD Caviar Black
Optical Drive:	Sony CDRW/DVD ROM
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell U2412M
Case:	Lian Li PC-A05NB
Sound Card:	Onboard Realtek HD
PSU:	Seasonic X560
Software:	Windows 7 64 Bit

Sep 28, 2012, 02:58 AM	#132
KainXS Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,732 (2.26/day) Thanks: 190 Thanked 473 Times in 389 Posts System Specs	it depends really, I have an old Q8400 so I overclocked it to 4Ghz from 2.6 to allow it to keep up with current cpu's and play some games smoothly, but since I don't play at uber res I don't overclock my GTX460 much at all, the older my hardware gets the more I overclock till I can't overclock and it starts to really bog down performance, for example back when I had my E2140, I overclocked it and overclocked it more and more as it got older so I started out at at stock 1.6Ghz(I only used it for videos when I got it) last time I ran it I was running it at nearly 3.8Ghz, and thats about a 140% overclock and performance showed it, but that was its limit, and thats why I got rid of it. for me is only really useful when I need the performance or don't have the money to upgrade, not gonna waste the time otherwise.

System Name:	GhetO.O
Processor:	Core2Quad Q8400@4.1Ghz/2500K
Motherboard:	MSI P35 Neo 2 FR/Sabertooth
Cooling:	GEMINII+2 120MM fans/Corsair
Memory:	8GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 1066/16GB Crucial Ballistix
Video Card:	ASUS GTX460 SliFire/GTX680 SLI
Hard Disk:	1TB Spinpoint/2 SSD + 1 500GB WD
Optical Drive:	Lite On DVD+DL/None
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer 22 inch/ IPS Asus 26inch
Case:	Antec 300/CM HAF
Sound Card:	Xonar Essence
PSU:	Thermaltake 600
Software:	Windows 7

Sep 29, 2012, 01:11 AM	#133
Ikaruga Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 688 (0.81/day) Thanks: 433 Thanked 137 Times in 98 Posts	Yes everything I love to overclock. I remember the good old 8086 times when we replaced crystals on the motherboards just to get a little extra performance. Now - as I grow up - I'm not that cocky anymore. I value silence and my environment a lot more then that extra X% speed increase, so I don't really use extreme overclocks like earlier. I do buy proper cooling solutions and I still research the maximum possible settings ofc, but I prefer silence over performance now, so I only OC with the default Voltage for everyday use, and only set or load one of the extreme profiles when it's really needed.

System Name:	Hhumas-PC
Processor:	Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU X9650 @ 3.00GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Motherboard:	Asus P5W DH Deluxe
Cooling:	ZALMAN CNPS 9700 NT 110mm 2 Ball Ultra Quiet
Memory:	OCZ Platinium 2x2GB
Video Card:	ZOTAC GeForce GTX 680 2GB 256-bit GDDR5
Hard Disk:	WD Green 500 GB , WD 500 GB
Optical Drive:	None
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell U2410F
Case:	Casecom
Sound Card:	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro
PSU:	Corsair HX1000
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate 32 Bit

Sep 30, 2012, 03:36 PM	#134
hhumas Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Islamabad Posts: 529 (0.73/day) Thanks: 170 Thanked 22 Times in 13 Posts System Specs	everything is working great . no need to fuck with factory settings __________________ “http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=76372”

Sep 30, 2012, 05:47 PM	#135
anoobarak Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Euroland Posts: 95 (0.13/day) Thanks: 10 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts System Specs	Changed my mind. Why have a high-end cooler, a mobo with a strong vrm and overclocking ram if you keep em stock?

Processor:	AMD Phenom II 1090T BE @ 4030MHz
Motherboard:	Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3
Cooling:	Noctua NH-D14
Memory:	Samsung Green 8GB @ 1896MHz
Video Card:	MSI GTX 660Ti Power Edition 2 GB
Hard Disk:	OCZ Agility 3 60GB; 1TB Samsung 2.5"
Optical Drive:	LG supermulti
CRT/LCD Model:	LG Flatron E2241 21.5" LED
Case:	Thermaltake Commander MS-I Snow Edition
Sound Card:	Creative Sound Blaster Audigy
PSU:	OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Sep 30, 2012, 07:11 PM	#136
johnspack Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nelson B.C. Canada Posts: 3,750 (1.80/day) Thanks: 283 Thanked 754 Times in 519 Posts System Specs	Yep, I've oced every computer I've ever owned, starting with, as someone above mentioned, replacing crystal clock gens on 8088/8086 boxes. oced my 286, my 386 and well never could stop. I love to hear my computer, all fans at 100%... I know it's alive! If it shuts down for any reason at night and I can't hear the noise, I wake up. These days, I oc because my equipment is old, and I have to in order to keep up with modern games ect. If I could just buy a faster system, I would, but that's not an option. __________________ Heatware: http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=73875 Clan !! The Fighting 24th !! http://fxxiv.forumotion.ca/ Buy the games you like! Boycott the garbage! Cruncher: P6T Xeon ES W3570 6Gbs Ram 1xgtx285 1xgtx260

System Name:	Blacknet
Processor:	i7 950@ 4.1GHz
Motherboard:	Asus Rampage II Gene
Cooling:	Noctua NH-D14, 8 case fans
Memory:	24GB gskill ripjaws@ 1800mhz
Video Card:	Evga GTX480 + GTX285 Physx + TrackIR 5
Hard Disk:	WD Black 1TB 64mb cache + Spinpoint F1 750g backup + 2TB Seagate backup + 320GB Seagate backup
Optical Drive:	LG BH12LS38 Blu Ray burner
CRT/LCD Model:	Syncmaster 2443BW 1920x1200 Lcd + 19" ViewSonic Lcd
Case:	Antec 1200
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	Silverstone 850Watt Strider+ Modular
Software:	Win7 x64 SP1 Ultimate
Benchmarks:	Time to upgrade to 680s....

System Name:	Darth Obsidious
Processor:	Intel i5 2500K
Motherboard:	ASUS P8Z68-V/Gen3
Cooling:	Cooler Master Hyper 212+ in Push Pull
Memory:	2X4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600
Video Card:	ASUS HD7870 Direct CU II
Hard Disk:	128GB Samsung 830 SSD, 1TB WD Black, 2TB WD Green
Optical Drive:	ASUS BC-12B1ST 12X Blu-ray Combo
CRT/LCD Model:	LG IPS234V-PN
Case:	Corsair Obsidian 650D
Sound Card:	Infrasonic Quartet
PSU:	Corsair HX650w
Software:	Windows 7 64bit and Windows XP Home
Benchmarks:	2cm mark on bench with a razor blade.

Oct 1, 2012, 12:13 PM	#139
SaiZo Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Hesperus IV Posts: 387 (0.49/day) Thanks: 593 Thanked 46 Times in 38 Posts System Specs	I would OC if I had better cooling...or had the money to buy better cooling.

System Name:	Oh Crap..
Processor:	AMD Phenom II X6, 1055T
Motherboard:	MSI (cant remember model..)
Cooling:	Antec Kühler + extra Antec fan (push/pull)
Memory:	16Gb (2 x 8Gb)
Video Card:	nVidia GTS 250
Hard Disk:	Samsung 1TB, 320 Seagate, 250 Samsung
Optical Drive:	Labelflash (OEM DVD burner - salvaged)
CRT/LCD Model:	LG Electronics
Case:	ANTEC Sonata III 500 (found/salvaged)
Sound Card:	8Ch + Harman Kardon 2.1
PSU:	Something that works strange enough..
Software:	Win7 X64

Oct 1, 2012, 12:26 PM	#140
Frick Fishfaced Nincompoop Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 8,051 (3.02/day) Thanks: 1,100 Thanked 1,500 Times in 1,193 Posts System Specs	The GPU is overclocked actually. 600/450 (from 525/400). Dunno if it makes a difference really but still! CPU is just unlocked, not overclocked. __________________ "The 'gentle biker' look is overdone. I'm going for 'psycho hillbilly.' "

System Name:	Coming
Processor:	Celeron G550
Motherboard:	Asus P8H61-M
Cooling:	Stuff
Memory:	4GB
Video Card:	Wossname
Hard Disk:	160GB + 1TB
Optical Drive:	no
CRT/LCD Model:	1280 x 1024
Case:	Arctic Cooling Silentium T11
PSU:	FSP400-60APN
Software:	Windows 7 Pro
Benchmarks:	88mph!

Oct 1, 2012, 01:31 PM	#141
ManofGod Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 94 (0.04/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts	I have tried to run stock clocks in past but just cannot resist overclocking. However, I also overclock my AMD 1090T because I am using dual 6950 Powercolor graphics cards. The cards are not overclocked but they are unlocked. (The cards just do not overclock much if at all.) The temptation to run stock clocks is always there but it never lasts and I go back to overclocking.

System Name:	Monster Build
Processor:	AMD Phenom 9500
Motherboard:	MSI K9A2 CF V1
Memory:	4 x 1GB DDR2 800
Video Card:	2 x 2900 Pro's
Hard Disk:	2 x 500 GB
Optical Drive:	Sony DVD Burner
CRT/LCD Model:	Hanspree 28 Inch LCD
Case:	Centurion 5
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	Thermaltake 750 Watt
Software:	Vista 64

Oct 8, 2012, 09:03 AM	#142
mediasorcerer Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: coast ,melbourne Posts: 942 (1.46/day) Thanks: 709 Thanked 235 Times in 169 Posts System Specs	Im finding with my latest ivy bridge[3570k] rigg that its oc capabilities are more limited compared to sandy core i5k in last rigg, it may be that i have a cheaper model of mobo, but i cant seem to get it over 4.5 atm, whereas with the old sandy rigg, i got it over 5 fairly easily. Although ive heard [apparently] ivy runs hotter, my idle temps are very low with just a single closed loop rad.lower than sandy was.idles at 14-16 c. I run my gpu @ 950-1350 seems quite stable, but i use an extra fan placed on top of the chip[reverse side etc] and this takes a lot of heat of the back of the chip. __________________ his masters voice Illuminous Epanoia Technocrati

System Name:	THE MEDIAMACHINE
Processor:	i5-3570k
Motherboard:	Asus gene v z-77 matx.
Cooling:	Antec h20 620
Memory:	2x4gb g.skill ripjaws z 2400
Video Card:	h.i.s radeon 7950 reference 3 gb- hooray!!!
Hard Disk:	samsung 128gb~830 ssd. samsung 500gb hdrive.
Optical Drive:	samsung super writemaster
CRT/LCD Model:	22 inch tele.
Case:	circa 1996 grey rat box with no sides front.until my own is finished
Sound Card:	inbuilt creative.supreme effects 3
PSU:	thermaltake tt-500w
Software:	win 7 x64-
Benchmarks:	Coming soon

Oct 9, 2012, 12:02 PM	#144
Dj-ElectriC Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Trollithia Posts: 1,612 (1.55/day) Thanks: 141 Thanked 666 Times in 309 Posts System Specs	I have systems that are slightly overclocked since 2006, see no harm in stock voltage-overclocking. Instead of throwing the E2140 1.6GHZ to the trash it runs at 2.8Ghz and does the job fine. __________________ Unreal Tournament mod - 85% progress Sponsored by MSI and Antec Battletag: HolyDiver#1664

System Name:	UTPC \| IRIS \| mITX
Processor:	Core i7 3960X @ 4.4Ghz \| Core i5 3570K @ 4Ghz \| 2500K
Motherboard:	MSI X79-GD65 8D \| Asus Z77 Sabertooth \| ASRock Z77 mITX
Cooling:	Swifty pump, EK block, DD GTX 360MM rad \| Raystorm\MCP655\240MM Rad \| Corsair H80i
Memory:	AVEXIR Core 32GB 1600Mhz \| Patriot VIPER3 Venom-Red 32GB 1600Mhz \| 8GB 1600Mhz
Video Card:	MSI Lightning GTX680 2GB SLI \| Intel iGPU Graphics \| iGPU
Hard Disk:	X2 Seagate barracuda 1TB, Corsair Perf Pro 256GB \| Samsung 830 128GB SSD \ Seagate 3TB \| 2TB Seagate
Optical Drive:	like... plastic media readers and such? o_0
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell U2713HM 27" \| Samsung EU46EH5000 46"
Case:	CoolerMaster Cosmos II \| Fractal Design Define XL R2 \| Node 304
Sound Card:	Some card... Tremor Core \| OB ALC 898 \| ALC 898
PSU:	Antec HCP Platinum 1000W \| Classified Antec 750W \| Antec TPN-750W
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate 64BIT \| same \| same
Benchmarks:	Over 9000 @ 3DMark V\11

Oct 9, 2012, 06:50 PM	#145
bmaverick Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Honky Tonk Nashville, TN Posts: 275 (0.23/day) Thanks: 22 Thanked 37 Times in 29 Posts	Mild OC on CPU only. My place has no AC, so, not wanting to stress the system further doing the GPU. __________________ If I ever had a transaction with you, please fill out my heatware! Support Your Local Sheriff - At high noon

Oct 18, 2012, 10:17 AM	#146
Derek12 Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 930 (0.74/day) Thanks: 485 Thanked 143 Times in 135 Posts System Specs	No. It's underclocked except when doing intensive task. Electric bills are a real issue here. Last edited by Derek12; Oct 18, 2012 at 10:27 AM.

System Name:	Custom Built \| Netbook Samsung N145P
Processor:	Intel Celeron G530 \| Intel Atom N455 1.6 GHz
Motherboard:	Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2-B3
Cooling:	Stock heatsink/fan
Memory:	2 GB Kingston 1333 DDR3 \| 1 GB DDR3
Video Card:	POV Nvidia Geforce GT520 \| Intel GMA 3150
Hard Disk:	Toshiba MK3265GSX 320GB \| WD Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVT
Optical Drive:	None
CRT/LCD Model:	-
Case:	A old one
Sound Card:	VIA
PSU:	Generic 500W
Software:	Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8 DP \| Windows 7 64-bit/Xubuntu 12.10 64-bit

Oct 20, 2012, 05:19 PM	#147
kzinti1 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Surf City, North Carolina Posts: 57 (0.05/day) Thanks: 7 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts System Specs	All 3. (I take it nobody runs their memory at stock speeds anymore?) My 1st PC was a damned Dell. I wanted the total PC experience. I built my 1st PC (a Soltek mobo and AMD K5 cpu) within 6 months and gave the damned Dell away soon after. Good riddance to garbage. I discovered a few, now defunct, OCing Forums and OCed using pencil lead. I've OCed ever since, doubling (at least) the bang for the buck and never considered doing otherwise. I live for non-competitive OCing. (Way, WAY too much cheating in the OCing contests!)