OC just for competition or real life aplications?

[jenkas]

Hi everyone

I was wondering if OC really worth the extra money spend in hardware if i just want to play, use internet, music, see videos, I OC my gtx 460 @ 900Mhz stable but in real use in my games just went up 1-3 FPS up in some scenes 5, so i could't get a cheaper VGA with out cooling option and no OC it for 1-3 less FPS for me is not worth the extra money.

My question is the OC is just to see who get more Mhz-Ghz in CPU, VGA, RAM, etc? but for a person like me who only want to use a computer play and see movies and don't have to prove anything to anyone is better to use, for example instead P67 a H61? it hold the i5-2500 and use the turbo boost to get 3.6Ghz and DDR3 1333 because i don't need room for OC and if i don't OC i don't need cooling options so i gona get a 1-10 FPS less in games assuming my minimum FPS is 50-60 FPS if with the money i save i can get a better GPU and use it stock speeds.

I'm right or i'm wrong?

NOTE: sorry for my speeling im from mexico

 

[lowjack989]

I actually OC to achieve a lot of things, one being maximum performance for my money...optimizing my dollar if you will.....For your applications OCing is not a concern unless you just want that added fps, which will be minimal in the scheme of things, especially using the 2500 that CPU needs no OCing to kick ass

 

[jenkas]

I actually OC to achieve a lot of things, one being maximum performance for my money...optimizing my dollar if you will.....For your applications OCing is not a concern unless you just want that added fps, which will be minimal in the scheme of things, especially using the 2500 that CPU needs no OCing to kick ass

well i use the 2500 just for example, but for games i think a dual core will do the job don't you think? for example the 2120 @ 3.3Ghz for games is fine for me

 

[lowjack989]

Yeah, all of the I-cores will run games fine at stock clocks...weather it be a dual or quad...due to there high default clocks, and awesome chip architecture

 

[jenkas]

Yeah, all of the I-cores will run games fine at stock clocks...weather it be a dual or quad...due to there high default clocks, and awesome chip architecture

then I go for no OC and the cheapest parts with out sacrifice quality i'm talking to just go with gigabyte, g. skill, asus, corsir, etc. and of course a non SLI motherboard, just 1 PCI-E and maybe i can get one gtx 590 with the saved money LOL

 

[lowjack989]

well the 590 will cause some CPU bottlenecking with anything under a really high clocked dual core say the I5-I7's....That card is a beast

 

[jenkas]

well the 590 will cause some CPU bottlenecking with anything under a really high clocked dual core say the I5-I7's....That card is a beast

ok then the GTX 580 will do the job in any game under 1920 x 1080 resolution and every graphic setting to the max for play games beyond 50-60 FPS?

 

[deadfish]

OC is not for everyone, its more of a bragging rights thing. Getting the most bang for your buck.

 

[jenkas]

OC is not for everyone, its more of a bragging rights thing. Getting the most bang for your buck.

that was i thinking, i go for the best bang for the buck for gaming, saving money in my hardware and getting the most high end Graphic card that my money reaches.

 

[jenkas]

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