An extra 700mhz of clock speed is only 2 seconds quicker for pi calculations??? Is it really worth it?
700mhz difference? its a 1.86ghz e6300 which was put to 3.15ghz and dropped over 6 seconds. If your asking is it worth it.. then yes.. since overclocking is free.
Yes overclockign is sort of free, other than it costing for a good board, but, then again your shortening the life of the procesor, by overclocking it.
But to be fair, the speed that technology moves forward pretty much outdates components before they reach the end of their life even when being overclocked. You are more likely to be upgrading a part than replacing it due to it dieing, well for me that has been the case anyway.
true it really depends on if your a bleeding edge type or not, most overclockers will be. If you area home user you might want 8 years life without problems from it
Both good points as well, end of the day its going to be down to the user like you said. For me, the clocks i have put in here are to see what i can get out of the components i have. I run mine now at 2.8ghz as its a happy medium between temperatures, volts and the extra performance i have gained.
[hwbot] AndyFielder - 17.000 - Intel core 2 duo E6600 @ 3.97GHz / Corsair XMS2 5-7-7-23 [/hwbot] First go at this, so will need help!!
woo just knocked loads off my time, and got the proper version of super pie!! 14.469 @ 3600mhz ... only my second attempt! will post direct to HWbot me thinks!
its on the hwbot website... but, if you really cant be bothered to hunt for it, i know i wouldnt be... http://www.unrealdesigns.org/superpi/superpi14bettersec.bmp
sorry for the bmp, i have yet to install photoshop etc. oh and i did one better on that screen shot!! all my results are submitted on hwbot website, rather than the forums! Andy
