Poll: How Many of You Guys Overclock?

[AGodspeed]

Overclocking has gotten increasingly popular since 1.6A and 1.8A Pentium 4 Northwood processors were introduced ~ 6 weeks ago. I'm just wondering what percentage of ATer's actually overclock.

 

[Bushwicktrini]

I have a minor oc going on 933@980 and I'm planning to pick up one of those p4 1.6a's and try my hand with it.

 

[SilverBack]

I overclock everything
Still trying how to overclock my Audigy card
j/k lol

 

[Don66]

I've been Overclocking since the 486 days..
My P3 800 has been running strong @ 1100 for almost a year now.
As soon as my taxes come I'm going to get a 1.6A and see how far she'll go.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Overclock everything

Videocard/CPU/FSB/RAM, you name it

 

[John]

<< I overclock 24/7, OR almost 24/7. >>



What do you mean? I leave my system o/c'ed 24/7

 

[NaughtyusMaximus]

I used to, but with a 1Ghz Athlon, I really don't see the point.

 

[Deskstar]

I am running one overclocked Intel machine and two non-overclocked machines. You have to ask yourself at some point what applications you are using that will benefit from a 5-10% overclock gain when your baseline is over approx 1.2 GHz to begin with. Where is the limiting factor for these applications that are most used...usually but not always in the hard drive, amount of memory or video card, not in the CPU any longer.
So CPU overclocking is not as critical. I would rather have some quiet performance at this point. Just my opinion.
Speed is essential unless it is not visible in real world performance.

 

[Trader05]

I overclocked every system that i had so far....

First system: Compaq Presario 4772
P166mmx@200 woooooooohooooo!

Second ongoing system:
1st: c366@415 - damn slot 1 crap
2nd: c366@550 - Old school Compuwiz
3rd: p3-500@560 - that lasted a day
4th: c2 600@928 - woohoo i was happy retail cooling
5th: p3 1ghz@1035 sux
6th: my northwood is coming on wednesday!

 

[jiffylube1024]

<< I am running one overclocked Intel machine and two non-overclocked machines. You have to ask yourself at some point what applications you are using that will benefit from a 5-10% overclock gain when your baseline is over approx 1.2 GHz to begin with. Where is the limiting factor for these applications that are most used...usually but not always in the hard drive, amount of memory or video card, not in the CPU any longer.
So CPU overclocking is not as critical. I would rather have some quiet performance at this point. Just my opinion.
Speed is essential unless it is not visible in real world performance. >>



The overclocks the new Northwood Intel CPU's are giving are NOT 5-10% intangible overclocks; setting a 1.6 GHz CPU to 2.13 is a very drastic upgrade and is very tangible in many games/encoding/multitasking/etc.

 

[BFG10K]

I rarely overclock anything because I never buy hardware on the grounds of how well it might overclock and I prefer to pay a bit extra to get the speed that I'm planning on overclocking to. Occasionally I make exception like my 2.0A GHz @ 2.2A GHz but even in these cases I'm always very cautious.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

I understand your point BFG. I know a guy that thinks the same way. The way I look at it is like this: I'd rather spend $180 on a 4200 GF4, than $380 on a 4600. You can get close to 4600 levels probably. That $200 saved will buy you a faster video card than the 4600 in 3-4 months. But he hates upgrading all the time, where as I look forward to it He'll be stuck with his 4600 while I'm getting that GF5.

Not that you'll wait, just using him as an example

 

[Narcoleptic]

I only overclock my duron 900 to 1000. I kinda wish it that when I overclock my cpu it whould fry every 6 months or so to give me a excuse to buy a new one.

 

[alphatarget1]

<< I am running one overclocked Intel machine and two non-overclocked machines. You have to ask yourself at some point what applications you are using that will benefit from a 5-10% overclock gain when your baseline is over approx 1.2 GHz to begin with. Where is the limiting factor for these applications that are most used...usually but not always in the hard drive, amount of memory or video card, not in the CPU any longer.
So CPU overclocking is not as critical. I would rather have some quiet performance at this point. Just my opinion.
Speed is essential unless it is not visible in real world performance. >>



agreed, i don't really see much differences with a p3 750 over athlon XP 1700+ in office XP really.
gaming and others is a different story though.

 

[alphatarget1]

oh yea one question,
has anyone actually fried a CPU due to the electromagnetic migration???? I've heard horrible stories of CPU burning but not that...

 

[LukFilm]

Finally a great poll in this forum

 

[Insane3D]

You mean you can actually run things at stock speed?!?! *gasp*

All my systems are overclocked, on 24/7, and stable as a rock. Also, since I invested in some Panaflo fans..they are all quiet now too.

 

[WarCon]

I echo Insane3D's comment (matter of fact was going to write it almost exactly the same way until I finished reading his). But I only sell non-overclocked systems (ever). If the owner wants to take on the responsiblity, so be it. I don't tell customers its even possible. Don't want amateurs frying processors and blaming me.

 

[pillage2001]

Overclock to get the best bang out of my buck.

 

[HouRman]

Overclocking for me dates back to the good old Celeron. Now I'm using a 600E @ 840 running 24/7. Geforce DDR 120/300 @ 155/345

Overclocking use to be exciting, but now it's just standard procedure when buying hardware.

 

[MikeD83]

I find that overclocking provides little value. Overclocking graphics to gain an extra 10 fps at the cost of 20 degrees hotter; 100fps isn't good enough for you? Or overclocking your CPU so you can what, crunch SETI faster?
There is simply no real world bennifet to overclock components.
Sure, I'll admit I appreaciate the overclocking crowd- I love the cooling gear. I like to get my PC running as cool as I can, stock. Which means I am never concerned about burning up a component. In fact, there is some evidence to support that compenents willl run faster if they are cooler at stock ratings.
- Mike

 

[Mitzi]

Both my machines are overclocked and run that way 24/7 with no stability problems.

Athlon 1.4@1.53
Athon 750@1000

Edit : Oops I meant to say my Athlon 1.4 was overclocked to 1.53 NOT 1.43

 

[spanky]

my xp is o/c'ed 1.5mhz

 

[Duvie]

Ever since my first athlon 12/24/2000...

tbird750@840
tbird1100@1200
tbird1400@1500

even my radeon le 146/146 to 183/183

my geforce 2 pro 200/400 to 225/450

all my memory

My new toy:

p4 1.8a@2.4ghz (533fsb) plan on ocing the pc2700 ddr when a 3:4 ratio comes along...

 

[spanky]

<< Overclock everything

Videocard/CPU/FSB/RAM, you name it >>




this one time, i overclocked my windows95 to windows98.