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**orbidewa** · 05-02-2010, 07:03 AM

so tried of people thinking that spending lots of $ on PC stuff = mad PC skills!

I see this all the time... guys that spend tons of money on a rig and then all they do is bump the FSB and all of the sudden they think they have 'skills' in the PC world...

they dont even know what p95 is let alone if their CPU is stable... they just read a couple tom's hardware reviews and all of the sudden they are a big dog...

this new breed of PC 'overclockers' and 'modders' seem to 'have everything figured out'... they are disrespectful and nearly violent if you dare to question their 'knowledge' they will ignore basic logic and even commonly excepted scientific facts and replace it with their own twisted version of reality...

I even witnessed one such 'overclocker' inform me that using a car's heater core was not only 'ghetto' but that it would kill my CPU... never mind that my rig had the same CPU as his and was running 600mhz higher than his but some how my POS white trash water cooling setup was able to have load temps that where around 18c lower than his...

its like there is no respect for the little guy that OC's the hell outta that old q6600 to 4.2GHz (which, some say, would keep up with a stock i7 920) build there own water cooling setup, volt mod there cards and push the living crap outta there system till it finally goes out in a blaze of glory!

what ever happened to the true over clocker? the guy that couldnt afford that new pentium so instead he over clocked the crap outta a celeron 300a and made the pentium look like crap... or the guy that OC'ed an old 1700+ and made its intel counter parts cry?

what happened?

**intisgunkas** · 05-02-2010, 07:10 AM

If you have never cut a blow hole in a beige pc case you have no mad skills [yes]

**Zjohkrbi** · 05-02-2010, 07:48 AM

If you have never cut a blow hole in a beige pc case you have no mad skills [yes]

Truth.

I'm tired of people who think they know about PCs because they can enter the bios, and change a few things, and then run a benchmark. And their suggestion for fixing PC problems is always "you need more RAM". Huge case with tons of fans + off the shelf water cooling + i7 + SLI knowledge. It just means you can spend money.

**bestcigsnick** · 06-01-2010, 08:02 AM

I get a thrill reading a tech support forum for a pc game and because a game wont do some minor thing correctly. IE occasional bsod or sound issues. These genius's will have the poor sap testing his graphics card in another rig buying an 8,000 watt psu and adding another 8 gigs of ram or even tell him his cpu is fried , most times its just a sound driver or graphics driver or software conflict somewhere.[rofl]

**boltondd** · 06-01-2010, 08:10 AM

super glue and thermal paste to get ram heatsink's on from cut up cpu heatsinks

soldier or those metal pen modding old athalons to unlock mulitpliers

soldier modding old x800 pro into a x800 xt

getting glass and sand paper and lapping a smooth heatsink

omg soo much cutting of pc cases lol

so many broken things and yet so much enjoyment

it was the older experimenting, hoping it would work, breaking ****, but then once u got it to work and it was such a glory

**Z3s9vQZj** · 06-01-2010, 08:11 AM

Last time I attempted to break my old 3DMark 2k1 score with the Pentium MMX 233 overclocked to 320mhz I got flamed for it.

The whole point of overclocking is to get a better bang for your buck.

**zatronanec** · 06-01-2010, 08:18 AM

If you think of it hardcore OC'ing is the most nerdish thing ever

**boltondd** · 06-01-2010, 08:21 AM

If you think of it hardcore OC'ing is the most nerdish thing ever

u GTFO

**Zjohkrbi** · 06-01-2010, 08:24 AM

If you think of it hardcore OC'ing is the most nerdish thing ever

We don't like yer kind round here.

**zatronanec** · 06-01-2010, 08:26 AM

We don't like yer kind round here.

wtf alien!

**orbidewa** · 06-01-2010, 08:41 AM

Truth.

I'm tired of people who think they know about PCs because they can enter the bios, and change a few things, and then run a benchmark. And their suggestion for fixing PC problems is always "you need more RAM". Huge case with tons of fans + off the shelf water cooling + i7 + SLI knowledge. It just means you can spend money.

yep... thank you thank you [yes]

**orbidewa** · 06-01-2010, 08:42 AM

I get a thrill reading a tech support forum for a pc game and because a game wont do some minor thing correctly. IE occasional bsod or sound issues. These genius's will have the poor sap testing his graphics card in another rig buying an 8,000 watt psu and adding another 8 gigs of ram or even tell him his cpu is fried , most times its just a sound driver or graphics driver or software conflict somewhere.[rofl]

seen that more than a few times

**orbidewa** · 06-01-2010, 08:44 AM

super glue and thermal paste to get ram heatsink's on from cut up cpu heatsinks

soldier or those metal pen modding old athalons to unlock mulitpliers

soldier modding old x800 pro into a x800 xt

getting glass and sand paper and lapping a smooth heatsink

omg soo much cutting of pc cases lol

so many broken things and yet so much enjoyment

it was the older experimenting, hoping it would work, breaking ****, but then once u got it to work and it was such a glory

i did pennies for heatsinks at one time

i rember that...

nope i volt modded the 9700 pro

i did the water block and the CPU

I love cutting cases [thumbup]

**orbidewa** · 06-01-2010, 08:45 AM

If you think of it hardcore OC'ing is the most nerdish thing ever

are you coming on to me? [rofl]

**HitAttetlyTek** · 06-01-2010, 08:57 AM

what ever happened to the true over clocker? the guy that couldnt afford that new pentium so instead he over clocked the crap outta a celeron 300a and made the pentium look like crap... or the guy that OC'ed an old 1700+ and made its intel counter parts cry?

what happened?

They bought laptops.

**Michaelnewerb** · 06-01-2010, 09:06 AM

They bought laptops.

Peak of my O/C days was the Athlon XP 1700+ @ 2.2Ghz on air 24/7 stable.

Most "hardcore" thing I've done is use a rear window defogger kit to unlock the multiplier on an 1800+ Palomino.

Oh and i miss my kingston value ram PC2700 that i had overclocked to 200Mhz @ 2-2-2-5 timings.

**moopierof** · 06-01-2010, 09:21 AM

You guys are bringing tears to my eyes.

Remember sanding the sh** out of your cpu cooler trying to get that last 10 mhz! Sticking your case out the bedroom window in winter time!

**Zjohkrbi** · 06-01-2010, 09:27 AM

Most "hardcore" thing I've done is use a rear window defogger kit to unlock the multiplier on an 1800+ Palomino.

YES! I did that too. Those were the days. Heck, now everything has so much horsepower that overclocking really isn't that big of a deal.

**Keyblctt** · 06-01-2010, 09:42 AM

If you think of it hardcore OC'ing is the most nerdish thing ever

I was about to post a similar comment too but obviously I would have used my own special words to describe these people

**Zjohkrbi** · 06-01-2010, 10:00 AM

I was about to post a similar comment too but obviously I would have used my own special words to describe these people

So it is true, special people have special words.

05-02-2010, 07:03 AM	#1
orbidewa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 681 Senior Member	so tried of people thinking that spending lots of $ on PC stuff = mad PC skills! so tried of people thinking that spending lots of $ on PC stuff = mad PC skills! I see this all the time... guys that spend tons of money on a rig and then all they do is bump the FSB and all of the sudden they think they have 'skills' in the PC world... they dont even know what p95 is let alone if their CPU is stable... they just read a couple tom's hardware reviews and all of the sudden they are a big dog... this new breed of PC 'overclockers' and 'modders' seem to 'have everything figured out'... they are disrespectful and nearly violent if you dare to question their 'knowledge' they will ignore basic logic and even commonly excepted scientific facts and replace it with their own twisted version of reality... I even witnessed one such 'overclocker' inform me that using a car's heater core was not only 'ghetto' but that it would kill my CPU... never mind that my rig had the same CPU as his and was running 600mhz higher than his but some how my POS white trash water cooling setup was able to have load temps that where around 18c lower than his... its like there is no respect for the little guy that OC's the hell outta that old q6600 to 4.2GHz (which, some say, would keep up with a stock i7 920) build there own water cooling setup, volt mod there cards and push the living crap outta there system till it finally goes out in a blaze of glory! what ever happened to the true over clocker? the guy that couldnt afford that new pentium so instead he over clocked the crap outta a celeron 300a and made the pentium look like crap... or the guy that OC'ed an old 1700+ and made its intel counter parts cry? what happened? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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intisgunkas Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 465 Senior Member	If you have never cut a blow hole in a beige pc case you have no mad skills [yes] Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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05-02-2010, 07:48 AM	#3
Zjohkrbi Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 437 Senior Member	If you have never cut a blow hole in a beige pc case you have no mad skills [yes] Truth. I'm tired of people who think they know about PCs because they can enter the bios, and change a few things, and then run a benchmark. And their suggestion for fixing PC problems is always "you need more RAM". Huge case with tons of fans + off the shelf water cooling + i7 + SLI knowledge. It just means you can spend money. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-01-2010, 08:02 AM	#4
bestcigsnick Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 474 Senior Member	I get a thrill reading a tech support forum for a pc game and because a game wont do some minor thing correctly. IE occasional bsod or sound issues. These genius's will have the poor sap testing his graphics card in another rig buying an 8,000 watt psu and adding another 8 gigs of ram or even tell him his cpu is fried , most times its just a sound driver or graphics driver or software conflict somewhere.[rofl] Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-01-2010, 08:10 AM	#5
boltondd Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 432 Senior Member	super glue and thermal paste to get ram heatsink's on from cut up cpu heatsinks soldier or those metal pen modding old athalons to unlock mulitpliers soldier modding old x800 pro into a x800 xt getting glass and sand paper and lapping a smooth heatsink omg soo much cutting of pc cases lol so many broken things and yet so much enjoyment it was the older experimenting, hoping it would work, breaking ****, but then once u got it to work and it was such a glory Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-01-2010, 08:11 AM	#6
Z3s9vQZj Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 399 Senior Member	Last time I attempted to break my old 3DMark 2k1 score with the Pentium MMX 233 overclocked to 320mhz I got flamed for it. The whole point of overclocking is to get a better bang for your buck. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-01-2010, 08:18 AM	#7
zatronanec Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	If you think of it hardcore OC'ing is the most nerdish thing ever Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-01-2010, 08:21 AM	#8
boltondd Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 432 Senior Member	If you think of it hardcore OC'ing is the most nerdish thing ever u GTFO Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-01-2010, 08:24 AM	#9
Zjohkrbi Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 437 Senior Member	If you think of it hardcore OC'ing is the most nerdish thing ever We don't like yer kind round here. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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zatronanec Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	We don't like yer kind round here. wtf alien! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-01-2010, 08:41 AM	#11
orbidewa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 681 Senior Member	Truth. I'm tired of people who think they know about PCs because they can enter the bios, and change a few things, and then run a benchmark. And their suggestion for fixing PC problems is always "you need more RAM". Huge case with tons of fans + off the shelf water cooling + i7 + SLI knowledge. It just means you can spend money. yep... thank you thank you [yes] Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-01-2010, 08:42 AM	#12
orbidewa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 681 Senior Member	I get a thrill reading a tech support forum for a pc game and because a game wont do some minor thing correctly. IE occasional bsod or sound issues. These genius's will have the poor sap testing his graphics card in another rig buying an 8,000 watt psu and adding another 8 gigs of ram or even tell him his cpu is fried , most times its just a sound driver or graphics driver or software conflict somewhere.[rofl] seen that more than a few times Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-01-2010, 08:44 AM	#13
orbidewa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 681 Senior Member	super glue and thermal paste to get ram heatsink's on from cut up cpu heatsinks soldier or those metal pen modding old athalons to unlock mulitpliers soldier modding old x800 pro into a x800 xt getting glass and sand paper and lapping a smooth heatsink omg soo much cutting of pc cases lol so many broken things and yet so much enjoyment it was the older experimenting, hoping it would work, breaking ****, but then once u got it to work and it was such a glory i did pennies for heatsinks at one time i rember that... nope i volt modded the 9700 pro i did the water block and the CPU I love cutting cases [thumbup] Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-01-2010, 08:45 AM	#14
orbidewa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 681 Senior Member	If you think of it hardcore OC'ing is the most nerdish thing ever are you coming on to me? [rofl] Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-01-2010, 08:57 AM	#15
HitAttetlyTek Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 512 Senior Member	what ever happened to the true over clocker? the guy that couldnt afford that new pentium so instead he over clocked the crap outta a celeron 300a and made the pentium look like crap... or the guy that OC'ed an old 1700+ and made its intel counter parts cry? what happened? They bought laptops. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-01-2010, 09:06 AM	#16
Michaelnewerb Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 622 Senior Member	They bought laptops. Peak of my O/C days was the Athlon XP 1700+ @ 2.2Ghz on air 24/7 stable. Most "hardcore" thing I've done is use a rear window defogger kit to unlock the multiplier on an 1800+ Palomino. Oh and i miss my kingston value ram PC2700 that i had overclocked to 200Mhz @ 2-2-2-5 timings. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-01-2010, 09:21 AM	#17
moopierof Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 519 Senior Member	You guys are bringing tears to my eyes. Remember sanding the sh** out of your cpu cooler trying to get that last 10 mhz! Sticking your case out the bedroom window in winter time! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-01-2010, 09:27 AM	#18
Zjohkrbi Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 437 Senior Member	Most "hardcore" thing I've done is use a rear window defogger kit to unlock the multiplier on an 1800+ Palomino. YES! I did that too. Those were the days. Heck, now everything has so much horsepower that overclocking really isn't that big of a deal. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-01-2010, 09:42 AM	#19
Keyblctt Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 427 Senior Member	If you think of it hardcore OC'ing is the most nerdish thing ever I was about to post a similar comment too but obviously I would have used my own special words to describe these people Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-01-2010, 10:00 AM	#20
Zjohkrbi Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 437 Senior Member	I was about to post a similar comment too but obviously I would have used my own special words to describe these people So it is true, special people have special words. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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