Should I even bother to Overclock????????

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Right now I have this as my current wishlist though it is subject to change since I plan to watch for sales over the next few months and slowly assemble components as I see good deals. My use will be general computing/surfing, some light gaming and DAW (recording). I would like the computer to last as long as my current one (6+ years and counting). I have an E6400 currently that is OC to 2.7GHz and has been for 6 years so I don't have a concern about a mild OC but given that the main and probably most demanding application is the DAW I wonder if I should avoid it with Haswell if it runs a lot hotter and therefore the fans become an issue with recording (currently they are not).

Building a new computer right now isn't a major priority but I do not want to be in a position where this one fails before I have built an new one and have to build one more rapidly

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I don't think a mild oc will be an issue.. There are better fans than the stock ones that go for a decent and affordable price! So fans wont be much of an issue either. Your best choice is to buy the i5 3570K which is the top i5 if I'm not mistaken and that will last you very long and if the time comes that you need to start to OC then it has the capabilities to do so.
 
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Note that he has kept his cpu for 6 years and going. I think that he wants the overclocking for in another 6 years time when the cpu is old and the software is much more demanding
 
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OC only help in high cpu use apps like gaming, autocad, benchmarking and video rendering. His uses do not put much of a load on the cpu. He running a E6400 at 2.7gh. Stock cpu are runing at 3 to 4.5 gh now. He wants a new computer not because it too slow, but he wants to replace it before it breaks.
 
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A mild overclock shouldn't make much difference TDP-wise.
It's when you get to 4.5 or higher that they start heating up.
I'd just have to put a mild OC on it..free performance FTW! :D
 
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I have the EVO 212 currently in the build and I'm going with a 4770K right now because some of the benchmarks for DAW applications were pretty impressive (right up with a 3930 which is 2x the price). With that CPU I should be good for pretty much anything I can foresee throwing at it



Actually it is slow and particularly with the DAW with only 2G of RAM it cannot handle a lot of plugins all that well. Pretty much I cannot do anything except run the DAW without the software crashing (starting the DAW and forgetting to close chrome for example can cause the DAW to crash). That might be a function of the software but I think it is RAM/CPU limited as well.



Good to know, that's kind of what I was thinking free performance is...free :D
 
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Goodeggray

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It's not free performance. Besides the addition cost I've already stated a unlocked intel cpu is $40 to 50 more. the slowness in your computer is due more to the junk that's accumulated rather than slowness in the cpu. That way a fresh install of the os will speed up old computers.
 
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$40-50 over 5-6 years is really not a big deal. A fresh install would probably help some but the limitation of the RAM won't change. I have run into a couple of issues already because of that so upgrading and getting a computer that performs better and can handle newer software (64 bit for example as I have old OS) at some point in time makes sense. Whether or not now is the time I'm not sure but I would rather go through a lot of research now and build with some leisure than have the computer die and have to build in a short period of time. And there is the fun factor as well as going to a future game or some other software that I cannot now. I have run into that problem as well (a friend asking me to play a online game that my computer doesnt support). Granted I should look at a fresh install more carefully but there is a lot of stuff that I believe will have to be reinstalled that makes that almost as painful as getting a new computer :(
 
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I'm not saying doesn't need a new build but he may not need to OC his new build. Some people don't want to spend $20 more foe a better psu. He needs to know that to OC properly it going to cost $100 to $150 more and may not result in a performance increase. There is no right or wrong foe him to OC. He just need to know what's involute in OC.
 
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