Tengis
Supreme [H]ardness
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I saw it on Toms here:
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/g.skill-overclocking-record-computex-2019,39595.html
Am I the only one that has rolled my eyes at these types of overclocking records basically since the existence of overclocking? I remember sitting on my computer browsing some tech sites when I was around 15 years old and I read something similar... at first I was like "Damn! Cant believe they got that high!"... and then you open it up and see this gigantic apparatus filled with liquid nitrogen and then the article talks about how bad ass these professional overclockers are. So... you are telling me no normal person with cherry picked componenets and an unlimited budget to cool their processor (liquid nitrogen) couldnt achieve something very very similar (if not the same/better)?
I expect to open up articles like that sometimes and read stuff like, "Kyle Bennet, the professional overclocker, has reverse engineered the bios to basically give unlimited tinkering options to himself. Using his custom coded bios settings, he was able to achieve an additonal 1ghz over the previous overclocking record while using nothing but off the shelf watercooling components. When asked about his accomplishment, Kyle was quoted as saying, "I'm the best there is, plain and simple. I mean, I wake up in the morning and I piss excellence."
Yes the records are neat, but meh.
/endrant
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/g.skill-overclocking-record-computex-2019,39595.html
Am I the only one that has rolled my eyes at these types of overclocking records basically since the existence of overclocking? I remember sitting on my computer browsing some tech sites when I was around 15 years old and I read something similar... at first I was like "Damn! Cant believe they got that high!"... and then you open it up and see this gigantic apparatus filled with liquid nitrogen and then the article talks about how bad ass these professional overclockers are. So... you are telling me no normal person with cherry picked componenets and an unlimited budget to cool their processor (liquid nitrogen) couldnt achieve something very very similar (if not the same/better)?
I expect to open up articles like that sometimes and read stuff like, "Kyle Bennet, the professional overclocker, has reverse engineered the bios to basically give unlimited tinkering options to himself. Using his custom coded bios settings, he was able to achieve an additonal 1ghz over the previous overclocking record while using nothing but off the shelf watercooling components. When asked about his accomplishment, Kyle was quoted as saying, "I'm the best there is, plain and simple. I mean, I wake up in the morning and I piss excellence."
Yes the records are neat, but meh.
/endrant