To overclock or not?

[todd89]

Another question for me is whether I should get my build over-clocked?

Many people said on here that it's pointless for gaming and that it can be detrimental to the life of your CPU.

I will be mainly using the computer for studying, writing essays and gaming, so please someone put this to rest.

If it takes the life away, I don't want to, if it's no harm but pointless for my needs then I will refrain from doing so.

 

[Rakk]

For gaming in general and studying you don't need to overclock at all.

 

[DeadEyeDuk]

i always think a nice rule to apply is "If you aren't sure, you don't need to"

 

[Tehmoe]

No need, doesnt really do any harm if you know what your doing but no point wasting time finding everything out if you wont actual need it.

 

[Manxjason]

My way of looking at it, there's nothing wrong with more power if you're happy knowing that the hardware will have a shorter life span. You can say that it has little performance in games etc, but that's what it is, better performance - however big/small/needed and most of all desired