Overclocking?

[jacktimson]

Hey guys, i was looking at building an overclocked PC compared to a normal one, and ultimately is it really worth buying a corei5-2500k? Its main use will be for gaming.
One last question, is it worth buying an SSD?

This is the spec i made
Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz @ max 4.60GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR!
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - DX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W TX SERIES (TX850) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£99)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£49)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£69)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,373.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[DeadEyeDuk]

OCing is one of those things (I should stop talking about OCing today...its not gone well) that you know if you need...and if you dont know you need it, you most probably dont need it

For gaming it isnt need, but that doesnt mean you cant do it (on the fence much?)

SSDs are still quite expensive for what you get in my opinion. If you really need that fast boot time etc right now, it's probably worth, but if not, I myself would hold off til they drop in price a bit, around the same time s 3D TVs

Hope that helped!

 

[jacktimson]

Hey, yea you have helped with the SSD's, don't think ill bother buying one for now, can always be added later, but im just stuck about whether or not buying the overclocked machines from PCS :S When it is overclocked, will it be at them speeds all of the time or only when it needs to, still haven't got my head around overclocking completely, probably why i am struggling to make a choice at the minute

 

[DeadEyeDuk]

Only when it needs to be. And no me either, hence why I am not talking about it ever again today...after this...

For gaming it isnt a necessary thing by any strectch and a decent non-OC rig will cope with anything you throw at it for now. No promises for the future, but then an OCed rig might have just as many shortfalls depending on the other components involved.

Vague to the end!

 

[Teaz]

You don't really need to overclock it. with that spec alone, it will give you real solid performances without te overclock Overclocking does in very little way, boost games but very marginal and wont bring you any new experiences in exchange for the CPUs lifespan. So you can save yourself without the overclock. You still can overclock but not to great lengths as the "K" variant.
This spec should last you some real good years

So you can consider going with DED's advice without the overclock pretty much