Why overclock my brother says..

and I said why not?

His basic statement was that there really isnt much benefit unless your doing some serious computer stuff like video editing and such.

But this post is about the standard argument. It got me thinking. Why stress and potentially shorten my computer life for a bit more speed that I dont use???

I dont do much else but email, surf the net, email, play games and tweak my computer (reason enough). And thats while at work! (I work from home)

So I did some testing. I put everything back to stock, ran dual P95s, and my load TAT temp got to a max of 47c Idle was 40/41c

OC'ed, my current idle temp is 42/43c and my load temp on dual prime95 is 50/51c

For some reason, I cant leave it at stock. I HAVE to have that extra, cause hey, i am only raising my temps by 3-4 degrees.

Of course, on tests like SuperPi and 3dMark, I see a big difference with it OC'd, but none of that affects my real time computing needs.

Am I crazy?

Welcome to the world of overclocking, it's an addiction.

As for your brother's argument, tell him to go get a Celeron D and use it for the next 5 years because it's good enough to let him surf the web and check email.

He can ride in his Hyundai while you drive the Ferrari

if you play games, ocing can mean the difference between lag or no lag

Provided you don't go for extreme overclocks and high voltages and temps, it'll last a long time. Many C2D chips can be moderately OC'd without even touching the voltages, which means VERY LITTLE extra heat, so you're laughing.

IF, and I say IF.......component longevity becomes an issue.......by then you'll have a new system anyways so it won't even matter. Many people have their OLD systems overclocked and still running fine after many years, so the notion of component failure is an urban myth. Stories about CPUs getting fried, etc are 1 in a million, and that person probably pushed their OC way past the point of sensibility.

Start with a moderate overclock, probably won't even need to touch volts. Then go higher later, no worries.

The risks stated for overclocking are no different than the risks stated for taking some over-the-counter cold medicine. Will you get chest pain and heart failure from it? No. But they gotta say it's a "risk" anyways. Same thing here, I don't know of anyone that blew a component from an overclock. The ONLY person that I know that did blow something pushed it waaaay past the red line and paid the price.

Actually, the cheaper processor can be more accurately described as an underclocked version of a higher model. [/Same thing basically, just different words]

Someone used the search feature......

You need to post all your hardware details. Also, your chip.mb or other hardware set up may not be able to do that.

The max OC I ever got was 3.50. While it was stable, idle temps were near 50c and I had to retard my memory quite a bit. Also, adding 2 more gigs of RAM complicated my OC for some reason. I havent taken the time to figure it out.

I am happy with my 3.0 and idle temps of 32-34c