Weekend Open Forum: Do you overclock?

My i7 920 D0 goes up to 4.3 ghz but I run it at 3.6 for normal use.

I'm running a 980x overclocked to 4.2GhZ using a Cool-It Systems Freezone Elite. I'm looking to go with dual 500 Watt TECs which chill the core to 0 Celsius and should be able to squeeze 5GhZ out the processor.

I know it can easily take it, though I'm going to wait till I can afford to put liquid on it. I could probably oc it to 3.8 or 3.9 on air, but I want some bigger numbers.

yep, The vast majority of the X6's will hit 4.0Ghz with only a minor voltage bump on air.mine will run 4Ghz @ 1.375. let me know what you are thinking of going with for WC system. I am shopping WC components as we speak.

Yes i overclock conservatively, i have a AMD Athlon II X2 240 & a Asus M4A78-Plus mobo. I use stock cooling and very cheap DDR2 ram. With RAM timmings of 5-5-5-15 i can overclock to 3Ghz from 2.7Ghz. With less aggressive timmings i can hit 3.2Ghz. But, i usually leave all Bios settings on auto.

Core i5 760 to 4.0Ghz using a Thermaltake Frio.

I prefer to overclock the processor, but I'm not one to push my graphics cards.

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I overclocked my first and present build PhenomIIx2 550 3.1Ghz to 3.8. Also unlocked 1 more core very stable for a year steady now. Cool n' Quiet is enabled so it down clocks to 800Ghz when in low use and anywhere in between otherwise.Topped with a Noctua NH-D14 temps idle@32c. Load 45c. I also overclock My XFX 5850 Black Edition from stock765/1125 to 912/1212. It Idles@ 35c. Load with games is 52c and@Load with Furmark v1.8.2 it's 74c. Cooling that with a Prolimatech MK-13 w/Skythe "Ultra Kaze" fans on the Gpu and a Thermaltake VrM-R4 on the voltage regulators.

Was es los "Uber Kloking"....?

My OCing experience started with my present CPU, the AMD Phenom II X3 720 BE. red1776 was kind enough to guide me in getting the CPU speed to 3.6GHz over the stock 2.8 (@ 1.525V). I'm on air cooling using an OCZ Vendetta II.

Wish i could overclock..I'am locked out

I'm running overclocked Venice from 1.81GHz to 2.30GHz (30%).

Currently, I only overclock my outdated PC. It's a intel E2200 2.4GHZ running at 3.4 GHZ on stock cooler. And my ATI 5770 is at 1000(core)/1300(memory)mhz from 800/1200mhz.

The next PC I get will be purchased specifically for overclocking fun. I'm not sure if it'll be sandy bridge or bulldozer yet...but it will be one of the new archs. I'll be using a water cooling solution for the first time also. I expect this PC to be a very fun build.

Thinking about upgrading to a sandy bridge i5 and overclocking that. Currently i'm running a q6600 from 2.4 stock to 3.2, could go higher but it's extremely stable. I feel that buying an overclockable proccessor and leaving it at stock settings is like buying a corvette and driving it with the valet key. Keep in mind the stock settings are very conservative so the companies dont have to deal with school and office computers burning out after a year or 2.

I only overclock my CPU(since I built my first budget gaming PC about two years ago) I've had Black Edition CPU's so I usually just 'up' the multiplier, not sure if it does a big difference but in CPU intense games I see a little bit better performance.

I had a Athlon X2 7750(stock at 2.7Ghz) overclocked to 3.3Ghz and now I have a Phenom II X4 955(stock 3.2Ghz) overclocked to 3.6Ghz. It's cooled very well by a Corsair H50.

I overclock video cards aswell but not much like 'enthusiasts'. I have a EVGA GTX 470 right now and it's oveerclocked a bit, the temperatures are good overall at 70% fan speed(I can only just hear this over all my case fans) =/

I dont overclock and i will ever overclock.. Prefer to run stuffs at clock speed. It increase my time span for computers

I'm running my Phenom II X4 955 @3.5GHz with 1.4125v... I got it all covered with a Xigmatek Dark Knight Cooler, though it reaches 38°c at idle and max 60°c at load, Its because the ambient temperature is about 30°c. I I wouldn't overclock if it wasn't because it is a black edition cpu and because i can really feel those 300mhz+ in the overall system responsiveness...

I started overclocking back on an old eMachines with a 733MHz Celeron, that with cooling that sounded like a B52 engine, could be receive a considerable speed increase.

More recently, I overclocked my QX6700 to 3.15 from 2.66 (GHz of course), while running a Tuniq Tower. I currently have an i7 930 running at 4.1GHz (46.4% increase over stock) and with an H5O cooling and it idles a little high but I rarely see a temp over 60-65C. I may be picking up a megahelem soon to get even lower temps.

Yes I do, My trusty old Q6600 2.4Ghz was doing 3.5Ghz on a Zalman CNPS9700 LED. I recently toned it down to 3.3Ghz because I was getting random reboots on ME2. I later found out it was an ATI driver issue. Will keep it at 3.3Ghz for now.