Hi, Very new to this PC building thing, but very excited at the prospect. I was wondering if it would be wise to buy one of the pre overclocked bundles for sale out there. I really am not ready to do this myself, hopefully I will be one day. I have seen a bundle such as this one... http://www.awd-it.co.uk/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=7787&product=Intel+i5+650+@+4.32GHz+-+Gigabyte+GA-H55-UD3H+-+4GB+DDR3+1600MHz+Memory+Overclocked+Bundle+BU018OC .... I appreciate I may be paying a premium for this, but costs aside is it worth it? Presumably I would need to make sure I was able to keep it all cool enough. Any advice would be much appreciated J
Well, if you honestly don't mind paying for something that's free, then i don't see why not. Go ahead. But you said you're hoping to learn how to overclock. Then why don't you do it now?
i personally wouldn't pay the premium for such a thing. i would rather the money and do it myself. if you fry a board... replace it. with the money saved by not paying for pre-overclocked. and you would be learning how to overclock in the process. sort of a win-win in my opinion. i say not worth it. save the money. buy the parts separately. overclock yourself. when the additional 'power' is needed.
Also what the guys said above , when you buy pre-overclocked hardware there is normally small print, for instance, alot of company`s will only leave a warranty on a product if you don`t do the following add extra ram and or update the bios ? , believe me if you take a little time to read the building / overclocking parts of these forums there isn`t much you can do wrong. Over clocking is very simple as long as you A. Don`t rush it and B. take it step by step (the very first time) after all there`s not much point in getting into overclocking if you don`t try and understand things like voltages / timings / etc and the actual inards of a computer. But may i ask, being as you said you are "very new to this pc building thing" why do want to A: overclock so early in your pc building life and B: waste money buying pre-overclocked hardware that if you learnt the whole concept of knowing a pc inside and out would be able to accomplish that oc if not even more with a little patience.
thanks Thank you for your advice. Overclocking is not a priority as this is my first build as you say. I think I will have to do a lot more reading. With limited funds it is not an option just to replace a board if I fry it. I need to read read read......some of the techno speak around overclocking I find a little hard to understand. Thank you all anyway for your valuable input.
