overclocking worth it for me?

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so im building a new pc and had planned on using the 3570k. but now im looking to cut a couple dollars on my total price so i was wondering if overclocking would really matter for what i plan on using the computer for.

it will mostly be used for gaming and i might even try streaming to twitch. i plan on gaming, skype, listening to music, and having web pages open at the same time i multitask on my computer alot.

so my question is overclocking really worth it for me? I already know it will provide additional performance. im asking could i do all the things i mentioned at once comfortably on say, an i5 3470? it would be a nice 30 dollar savings on total price!
 
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Correct , the CPU comes with a 3.6ghz boost mode so if it's needed at some point the CPU will clock up to 3.6ghz and you can leave it at the 3.2ghz for your everyday use. I picture that when playing a CPU intensive game that at some point during gameplay there may be a need for a boost to get through an intense part of the game.
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yea i would like to have an ssd but as i said im trying to cut the cost so a hdd would be ideal. but i might just bite the bullet and grab a 120gb ssd for my os and just buy a hdd later when i buy my gpu. my main concern is i just really wanna make sure my cpu can handle all the things i listed above with out it struggling to hard
 
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The 3470 is a stock 3.2ghz CPU with a boost clock speed of 3.6ghz so technicly you can overclock the CPU to 3.6ghz because the clock multiplier is unlocked up to 36 and locked after that. So if it was needed you could do a .4ghz overclock to have the CPU run at 3.6ghz all the time instead of just in a boost mode which only boosts one core.
Yes that CPU will do all those things that you had listed.
 
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so it will do a small overclock but id still be ok doin all my stuff without overclocking it right? im not gonna be putting to much pressure on it to skype, game, listen to music, maybe watch a movie on my sec monitor etc etc.
 
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Correct , the CPU comes with a 3.6ghz boost mode so if it's needed at some point the CPU will clock up to 3.6ghz and you can leave it at the 3.2ghz for your everyday use. I picture that when playing a CPU intensive game that at some point during gameplay there may be a need for a boost to get through an intense part of the game.
 
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