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Since87 · 11-06-2003, 09:23 PM

I overclock because I'm cheap in a somewhat insane way. I've spent a a fair bit on water cooling gear etc, but I bought nearly the cheapest P4 I could, and as I run it, it's generally faster than the fastest stock speed P4 I could buy right now. (Because it has an 1100 MHz FSB rather than 800)

I don't have any reason to expect that the CPU will die before it is seriously obsolete. (I have good cooling.) Unless you run CPU's at stupidly high voltage or temperature, they last fine overclocked. Before, this summer, I had a Celeron 300A overclocked to 450 MHz that ran 24/7 for five years. (Actually I still have it, I just don't use it.)

Anyway, overclocking staves off obsolence to an extent.

11-06-2003, 09:23 PM	#8
Since87 Pro/Guru - Uber Mod Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 834	I overclock because I'm cheap in a somewhat insane way. I've spent a a fair bit on water cooling gear etc, but I bought nearly the cheapest P4 I could, and as I run it, it's generally faster than the fastest stock speed P4 I could buy right now. (Because it has an 1100 MHz FSB rather than 800) I don't have any reason to expect that the CPU will die before it is seriously obsolete. (I have good cooling.) Unless you run CPU's at stupidly high voltage or temperature, they last fine overclocked. Before, this summer, I had a Celeron 300A overclocked to 450 MHz that ran 24/7 for five years. (Actually I still have it, I just don't use it.) Anyway, overclocking staves off obsolence to an extent.