KingCub wrote:DGFone wrote:Unless you absolutely need it...
I still don't see the need to OC.
And even if you do find yourself actually
needing to OC all the time, then you're doing something wrong.
OCing helps so much from the stock 3.4! I have easily noticed a rather big increase in performance just going to 4.0Ghz. And nowadays you can spend less then 20% on a aftermarket cooler and get it up to 4.2 easy. I don't know why other people don't do it!
Because computer hardware is a lot like your body parts. Specifically the muscles. They can do so much more than what you normally ask out of them, and under normal conditions, they reach 60% usage and complain that they are done. This is a self-defense mechanism built into you so that the only time you use 100% capability, it's in a life or death situation, because 100% muscle usage goes along with permanent damage at best. You can still reach that 100% if a lion is chasing you, because then you got real things to worry about, but even the most conditioned athlete can only reach about 80% muscle power at peak performance. This is so that you don't destroy your legs trying to beat the world sprint record.
Computer hardware is the same thing. It can do so much more than it's specked to. That's what OCing is. But ever stopped to think why the factory limited the CPU to what it was when you got it? Why they didn't increase the numbers and call that stock? OCing is the equivalent of running your hardware on adrenalin. It can do it, but it's destroying the chip. Remember: the guys who designed the chip have very good reasons why they have the numbers on the CPU be what they are when they ship it. Increasing performance past that kills lifetime exponentially. You're complaining about it not lasting past 4.7 GHz? Are you really expecting
any chip to last long under those conditions? The world record was 8.58 GHz, and that was only achieved using super-cooling, and the chip still died after only a few seconds.
In short:
KingCub wrote:I don't know why other people don't do it!
Other people actually expect their CPUs to last for more than a few months.
Again: What do you
NEED to OC for? General performance gain is not a
NEED, for your information.
