OC - How and why you do it?

It was just a thought, mainly because I have never really understood the meaning of why someone would do it. What is its purpose other than to make it harder on your system (unless of course you can keep it a low stable temp/condition).

The purpose is too push your hardware to the limits, which eqauls better performance in games.

It was just a thought, mainly because I have never really understood the meaning of why someone would do it. What is its purpose other than to make it harder on your system (unless of course you can keep it a low stable temp/condition).

Koawinter

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It was just a thought, mainly because I have never really understood the meaning of why someone would do it. What is its purpose other than to make it harder on your system (unless of course you can keep it a low stable temp/condition).

nmaharg

You got that a bit wrong, no overclock is like going 55mph in a 55mph zone.Overclocking is like going, 70mph in a 55mph zone, who doesn't want to go faster?

To get more for your money. Like Intel's best desktop cpus can top $1,000. Most users would never even consider spending that on a cpu, but you can spend less than half of that and overclock, and get the same or better performance. Practically any motherboard you buy by itself allows for oc'ing. How well and the multitude of available options that aid in doing so varies by price though. Most people start with gpu overclocking, as it can easily be done with software on any pc. Memory and CPU overclocking come next through the BIOS and most people stop there. Really helps to get those much needed extra frames in the most demanding games when you can't afford to upgrade every 6 months.

To get more for your money. Like Intel's best desktop cpus can top $1,000. Most users would never even consider spending that on a cpu, but you can spend less than half of that and overclock, and get the same or better performance. Practically any motherboard you buy by itself allows for oc'ing. How well and the multitude of available options that aid in doing so varies by price though. Most people start with gpu overclocking, as it can easily be done with software on any pc. Memory and CPU overclocking come next through the BIOS and most people stop there. Really helps to get those much needed extra frames in the most demanding games when you can't afford to upgrade every 6 months.

BeavermanA

Also for some it can be a boasting factor. Look at this overclock peeps, just ignore the smoke. It's all part of the OC.

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To get more for your money. Like Intel's best desktop cpus can top $1,000. Most users would never even consider spending that on a cpu, but you can spend less than half of that and overclock, and get the same or better performance. Practically any motherboard you buy by itself allows for oc'ing. How well and the multitude of available options that aid in doing so varies by price though. Most people start with gpu overclocking, as it can easily be done with software on any pc. Memory and CPU overclocking come next through the BIOS and most people stop there. Really helps to get those much needed extra frames in the most demanding games when you can't afford to upgrade every 6 months.

JigglyWiggly_