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Found a good article this morning so i thought i would share;
X-bit labs - Newbie Overclocking Guide
I tend to fall into the group looking for price/performance
X-bit labs - Newbie Overclocking Guide
I tend to fall into the group looking for price/performance
There are beginner overclockers. The beginner has already got a PC and has no choice of the configuration. He has to deal with what he’s got already.
There are thrifty overclockers. They want to have as much performance as they can yet spend as little money as possible. The PC is assembled out of simple, cheap and outdated hardware parts the person can afford. The default performance of such a PC is below necessary level, but it can be usually overclocked to a more or less acceptable level. A thrifty overclocker is not necessarily a poor person. There are just a lot of other values in our lives besides computers. You may want to invest your money into your education, family or recreation instead of your PC.
Experienced overclockers have somewhat different objectives. Their goal is to get maximum performance and fun without overpaying for that. It’s silly to waste your money purchasing senior (i.e. expensive) components, yet it is also silly to limit your own opportunities by saving on trifles. This overclocker considers numerous factors as he picks up every component. He wants an overclocker-friendly mainboard, a highly overclockable CPU, and a quiet yet efficient cooler. The resulting performance of his PC will be very high, comparable to or better than the default performance of a system assembled out of top-end components. Although such an extremely high performance may not be vitally important, the overclocker finds his pleasure in the feeling of satisfaction from a job well done.
And finally, there are PC enthusiasts whose goal is to get the highest possible performance at any price. They use everything – top models of components and extremely low temperatures – to find themselves on a breathtakingly high peak, unattainable by the crowd. It’s a kind of sport where you can enter the top ten, five or three and that’s the only reward a PC enthusiasts needs.
Of course, these categories are not sharply outlined. There are no definite landmarks between them. Beginners become experienced overclockers over time while experienced overclockers may go in for extreme experiments. You can meet such an exotic combination as a thrifty enthusiast even!