Hi.
I'm a former computer power-user who went to college and lost track of the tech world. I last built a machine in '04 (and boy were we excited about 8mb cache on our HD's...lawl) and have been desperately trying to catch up with where things are now. I've been searching this thread and have definitely gotten some great ideas for parts and builds (looking in the 900ish range). My question is what is the current state of overclocking? What is the risk\reward ratio for my various parts? And, lastly, HOW DO I DO IT on the current generation of hardware without screwing things up?
Thanks,
recovering newb
I'm a former computer power-user who went to college and lost track of the tech world. I last built a machine in '04 (and boy were we excited about 8mb cache on our HD's...lawl) and have been desperately trying to catch up with where things are now. I've been searching this thread and have definitely gotten some great ideas for parts and builds (looking in the 900ish range). My question is what is the current state of overclocking? What is the risk\reward ratio for my various parts? And, lastly, HOW DO I DO IT on the current generation of hardware without screwing things up?
Thanks,
recovering newb