Do you overclock your computer?

[GeforcerFX]

Main tower
AMD FX 8320 @ 4.0ghz (just disabled turbo and gave all the cores a boost)
graphics are stock for the card but he card is a factory OC'd card.

Second tower
Core 2 Extreme QX6700 @ 3.33ghz
9600 GSO (700core, shaders are up like 300mhz, mem not touched)

Main Laptop
Core 2 Extreme QX9300 @ 3.03ghz

Second laptop
Core i7 4700mq @ stock kinda, I undervolt it so my turbo boost stays about 300-400mhz higher then stock when I really push the chip.

 

[Evernessince]

As most people are saying, overclocking doesn't really help in video games anymore. GPU's and their corresponding APUs have been trending toward processes that use less and less overhead.

I overclock my processor, ram, and motherboard. The gains when encoding are pretty great and I do a good amount of professional work that benefits from it.

Even gaming at 1440p, I haven't found the need to overclock my graphics card.

 

[misor]

NO.

my seldom used gaming rig: i5-3570k, asrock z77 extreme4 (dead), asus gtx 650ti; I got a spare mobo gigabyte h61m-s2p r3 usb 3.0 and two gtx960 gpus (one evga acx2.0, one asus strix directcu II) which I have yet to install to replace the dead mobo and upgrade the gpu.

 

[KernTUG]

My old Northwood went from 1.6 to 2.4 Ghz on stock cooling, best bang for my buck in several years.

My i7 2600K on the other hand is mildly OC'ed to 3.8 Ghz and a tad faster RAM bus. I really don't need the extra power with my sparse gaming habits today and would rather buy upgrades. Ahh the joy of not being a student

 

[Forebode]

I7-3770 @ 4.5ghz (air), GTX 980 1530|8k air. 16GB 2400mhz DD3

 

[EClyde]

How can it be a waste of time if it benefits some games and apps? Even the desktop is noticeably faster when overclocked beyond a certain point. If I set my 2500k back to default speed and I can the effect on the desktop, browsing etc and of course games. Complex simulations benefit from big overclocks too. As I mentioned previously... flight sim X with HD scenery is too much even for an overclocked intel CPU on very high settings. It all depends on your applications. Clearly you aren't doing anything on a PC that benefits from overclock but many people are.

Good for you...but don't be so sensitive

 

[feathers632]

Good for you...but don't be so sensitive

It's my time of the month.

 

[cliffordcooley]

Then perhaps wait a few days. lol

 

[agb81]

Nope, can't OC

Right now I have an old Q8200 (2.2 ghz) with a stock Intel mobo + an MSI 6870 hawk edition.

I plan to make it "fast" again by buying an SSD OS drive. I don't see an update anywhere soon since the MXP-USD currency rate is high as hell.