New to overclocking, halp!!

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I like Intel processors cause they have this program called XTU that you can overclock from userland, don't gotta fiddle with BIOS settings or anything, and you can download profiles of people with the same exact hardware to get the fastest and most stable overclock.

Also never overclock with stock cooling they are piles of garbage. I got a cooler master and sit at a max of ~28C overclocked, versus stock fan of like ~75C stock clock.

Originally Posted by quido [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You realize the full force of your computer's processing power is probably never being used?

I agree with this statement. The only time I notice a big benefit from overclocking is when doing big compiles, overclocking speeds up builds a considerable amount. I guess if you have a terrible CPU that is bottlenecking your graphics card its good too.