# My New Computer **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 19, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-computer/45304 "2008-03-19T19:31:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-computer/45304/41 "2008-03-20T12:52:22Z")
I never understood this whole “I need to build some siqqqq system and OC the fuck out of it” and I am hugeeee nerd. Reasoning behind this? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-computer/45304/42 "2008-03-20T13:00:44Z")
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**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-computer/45304/43 "2008-03-20T13:04:34Z")
Reduced life…Stability issues…Heat issues… I guess I don’t do anything processor intensive enough to notice a difference… ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-computer/45304/44 "2008-03-20T13:06:11Z")
yea i dont know if im going to OC. if i do it will only be a little ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-computer/45304/45 "2008-03-20T13:08:12Z")
eh, I’m sure 3.0 isn’t going to shorten it’s life by much, if any. Going extreme on it, I totally agree (3.6-4ghz). A lot of people are running 3.2+ on air with no problems I’ve had no problems running mine at 3.0 since I got it As for processor intensive stuff, I do a lot of 3D rendering so the time saved on that is definitely worth it to me. Plus occasional audio/video encoding is a benefit as well ---
**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-computer/45304/46 "2008-03-20T13:14:09Z")
Heavy 3D design work; I’ve got complete Aircraft Cockpit models I’m working on sometimes ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-computer/45304/47 "2008-03-20T13:14:58Z")
Hmm I will have to try this. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-computer/45304/48 "2008-03-20T13:27:46Z")
you should not to mention, when the chip isn’t working itself. It’ll drop voltage and multipliers to run at a lower frequency to conserve power and if you do over-do it, it’ll automatically throttle itself down to keep you from killing it. They’re hard to beat for the price vs performance and 20 mins of research/tweaking/testing [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-computer/45304.md?page=2)