Overclocking client boxes before shipping - who does it?

[bob4432]

What do people do with their overclocked rigs? Or a different question might be what do they do that could not have been done with their rigs clocked at stock?

for me, the old e2160 @ 3GHz, i use photoshop, premier, illustrator and solidworks the most, so video/photo editing/rendering and some cad development. all of which can really take advantage of the extra cpu cycles. i could go to a quad, but i need to verify the 2010 version of solidworks takes advantage of multiple cpus as up to 2009, w/ the exception of simulation and rendering, no use of multiple cores.

 

[aigomorla]

but the question isnt YOU.

If your reading this forum, then im about 75% sure you know how to ask for help from people who know what to do.

But lets say its your client. You cant assume your client knows anything, because if he did, why is he asking you to build one for him/her.

You need to assume, the person you are dealing with is a total noob. And then you need to evaluate how important this "noob" is to you.

If its a close friend, and you can service, i see nothing wrong. Your friend might yell at you, and then throw stuff at you, but after you fix it, she will be on her myspace farm and forget the entire incident.

However if it was a client and he was in the middle of a 6 hour render, OC went bad and crashed the OS along with all the data...
Its gonna take a lot more then a working myspace to make this person happy.

 

[nyker96]

i think it's perfectly fine if the client knows he pay for a q9550 and get some extra speed for maybe just slightly over the base cost. it's not alright if you oc the q9550 and tell him that he's getting and paying for a QX9650 or something that would be fraud.

 

[VirtualLarry]

i think it's perfectly fine if the client knows he pay for a q9550 and get some extra speed for maybe just slightly over the base cost. it's not alright if you oc the q9550 and tell him that he's getting and paying for a QX9650 or something that would be fraud.

No fraud involved here.

If its a close friend, and you can service, i see nothing wrong. Your friend might yell at you, and then throw stuff at you, but after you fix it, she will be on her myspace farm and forget the entire incident.

That's about the extent of it, although in this case there's something more, the computer will actually be going to a location other than the client, because it's a gift.

I dunno, I feel bad leaving "free" performance on the table. I feel like I'm not giving them the "full value" of a rig if I don't at least OC it a little (at stock voltage).

 

[aigomorla]

I dunno, I feel bad leaving "free" performance on the table. I feel like I'm not giving them the "full value" of a rig if I don't at least OC it a little (at stock voltage).

Larry do you think they will honestly notice the OC?

Will the owner do enough with it, to make use of the extra head room?
Or are you just digging a hole deeper when they dont intend to go there?

Remember a hole is a hole until u fill it, and if they never fill it, why did u bother digging it?

Also remember on some boards, and system, C1E and other power saving features WONT work if the system is not set to auto.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Also remember on some boards, and system, C1E and other power saving features WONT work if the system is not set to auto.

That's a very important point, and one I debated. I left C1E/EIST enabled in BIOS, and just increased the FSB. So I'm gambling that: 1) these feature stay enabled, and 2) they don't cause problems with the mild OC.

 

[ScavengerLX]

If the system is for a client its wiser to just buy better parts than overclock.