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Is overclocking worth it when purely gaming?

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July 16, 2014 10:30:27 AM

I am currently picking a processor for my pc and have narrowed it down to the it 4690/k

I say /k because I am just not entirely sure of the benefits of overclocking for me. I have seen videos and benchmarks where the difference in fps was very minimal usually only 5-10 frames of difference, and I only need 60fps locked anyway.

If I go for the overclockable 4690 then I will also have to get a motherboard that allows this meaning and increase of £50 in my budget or more. Right now it doesn't seem worth it.

Any thoughts?

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July 16, 2014 10:37:10 AM

Your right normally for strictly gaming there is no reason for OC.
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July 16, 2014 10:39:54 AM

yeah, unless you plan to OC or render videos in the future :/ 
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July 16, 2014 10:42:36 AM

Pretty much spot on. There's nothing inherently wrong or right about overclocking, it's just more of a personal preference. Since you're going the Intel route on your CPU & board, if you don't plan on overclocking your system then there's no point in buying an unlocked CPU or buying a board designed for overclocking.

So yeah, save the money either for future upgrades or to improve something else in your build (better GPU, SSD, etc.).
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a b K Overclocking
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July 16, 2014 10:45:06 AM

Having the ability to overclock does help to relieve any form of a bottleneck in the future if you decide to upgrade to a new graphics card a few years down in the future.

There are some games that still do benefit from a cpu overclock. You can still get a few extra frames from overclocking the CPU. It might or might not be needed. If games are more cpu reliant the extra overclock could help a bit to get to that 60fps in a game if that's the goal.
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July 16, 2014 10:48:50 AM

10 fps matters when you are getting 30 fps in games so by ocing u can get 10 fps more which is a noticeable difference but at 60 fps if u oc and get 70 fps then there is no noticeable difference other than the increase of fps on the screen..and if u are not comfortable with oc then just buy the 4690 its a great processor and one more thing if oc is not done properly it can permanently damage the cpu...
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