Overclocking is a scam

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ORION85

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I've overclocked my 4690k to 4.2ghz on air and i've ready its possible with my chip to push it further on water but even if I got it to 4.4 - 4.5ghz would I or anyone really benefit by the 0.3 to 0.5ghz increase for gaming, content creation and general system responsiveness?

Games ( inc VR ) and applications are becoming more cup dependent but more cores and hyper threading is the defining factor from what I see, that 0.3-0.5ghz boost though, will I really help things? Save for not overclocking your k series chip until several years down the line to get a few more months out of it but who does that?

Orion ( playing slight devils advocate ) ;)
 
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Depends on how you see it, but for people who want to get the most out of it, overclocking is great. My 2500k at stock hit 3.7GHz. By adding a $30 cooler instead of a $20 (which I would use for non overclocking chips) one, and bumping up the mobo to a Z mobo.....I rocked my 2500k at 4.4Ghz for 5yrs. In 2012 the overclock didn't help as much but it definitely was worth it as games did benefit due to overclock in fps and minimums.

Non overclocking is best for those that just want to slap a case together and not have to fiddle with it, or those that want to save money cuz they don't need the higher speed.

For myself, I will always overclock. My new rig I left at stock 4.5GHz and bumped to 4.6GHz cuz I had the itch. I'm waiting to see...
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Faike

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I don't overclock intel processors but I do overclock my AMD ones with ease with pretty good results, so not sure if you're really on your processor about it or what.
 
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envy14tpe

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Depends on how you see it, but for people who want to get the most out of it, overclocking is great. My 2500k at stock hit 3.7GHz. By adding a $30 cooler instead of a $20 (which I would use for non overclocking chips) one, and bumping up the mobo to a Z mobo.....I rocked my 2500k at 4.4Ghz for 5yrs. In 2012 the overclock didn't help as much but it definitely was worth it as games did benefit due to overclock in fps and minimums.

Non overclocking is best for those that just want to slap a case together and not have to fiddle with it, or those that want to save money cuz they don't need the higher speed.

For myself, I will always overclock. My new rig I left at stock 4.5GHz and bumped to 4.6GHz cuz I had the itch. I'm waiting to see new AIOs come out of Computex and hit the mkt, then I'll get my real overclock on.
 
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dudio

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I think having headroom to overclock in the future as my CPU starts to fall behind on the latest demand of software is worth having. My experience has been that you get another year or two out of it performance wise. The benefits now of overclocking are not worth it.
 
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bigpinkdragon286

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Overclocking is not a scam. It's simply the free market at work. Neither Intel nor AMD require you to buy their product. Whether you choose to give either company your money for a product that can overclock is up to you. Both companies offer such a product because there is a market for it. Whether you see a value in it or not does not make it a scam.
 
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