System Builder Marathon: Overclocking

Introduction

Here's a list of the System Builder Marathon (SBM) articles in this five day series.

• Day 1: The Low-Cost PC
• Day 2: The Mid-Cost PC
• Day 3: The High-Cost PC
• Day 4: All Three SBM PCs Overclocked
• Day 5: Summary - The Price/Performance Winner

It's time for the highly anticipated overclocking segment of our System Builder Marathon, where each builder puts his overclocking credentials on the line in order to prove the extra value of his component choices. Some of this week's configurations were a little more controversial than those of previous marathons, but will daring to be different pay off?

Before we go into the overclocking results of each system, here's a quick look at the benchmarks we've selected.