You know your an overclocker when...

[Steve978]

Well I think this is always a fun thread to start and I didnt know where else to start it.
You know you're and Overclocker when...

1. You look forward to winter so your computer wont run so hot.
2. Your computer cooling bill outweighs your heating bill.
3. You smear catsup on your heatsink to remove blemishes.

Please add more I know I will... :D

[ashenfang]

when you are given a perfectly good air conditioner, just to rip it apart and make it a water chiller

[Jeff Bolton]

when you'd rather buy a new mobo/cpu/ram combo and upgrade to a dvd-r/w drive instead of buying new tires to replace the balding pos's on your honda passport....oh, did i get a little too detailed there?

:D

[Borisw37]

If we are talking about transportation i'll add:
When you would rather get a new 130$ case, and water cooling, instead of geting a normal way of transportation, and keep using a 1973, 99cc Honda, with an exhaust pipe held together by tin foil and hose clamps. And yeh, ride that thing 365 days a year, even when its freaking snowing outside.

[Tc3 Toad]

Ways you know your addicted to overclocking..

1. When you try to figure out ways to overclock non ocable things. (i.e. automatic fish feeder.)

2. When your case weighs 30 pounds and 10 of those are heatsinks/fans.

3. When you spend all your money on peorformance parts and neglect your 7 year old hdd that has died 5 times.

4. When you can caluclate the room temp by your case temp.

5. When you have a tab at the LCS.

More too come...

[Mr. $T$]

When LN2 is not enough so you call NASA for a bottle of liquid Helium :p

[Maxvla]

you know your an overclocker when... even tim allen can't beat you ;)

[tinman5567]

You know your a overclocker when...

the hose on your watercooler rig pops and your car parked out side gets wet

[Is_907]

when you spend more time at OC.com every day than you do sleeping.
you buy a rocket to put your CPU in space to keep it at a decent temp ;)

[vonkaar]

You know you are an overclocker when you have raised the front side bus speed by at least 1mhz, thereby overclocking your PC.

Oh wait, these are supposed to be funny...

[DayUSeX]

Originally posted by vonkaar
You know you are an overclocker when you have raised the front side bus speed by at least 1mhz, thereby overclocking your PC.

Oh wait, these are supposed to be funny...
well so far that was the funniest one yet

you know you are an overclocker
when you would rather buy a cpu after burning out your old one instead of your 3 year old childs diapers

:rolleyes: yes sad

[JimmyG]

You know you're an overclocker when....

Your computers and parts laying around are worth more than your car!

[DarkArctic]

...when there's more water in your computer than in your toilet. :)

-DarkArctic

[Maxvla]

Originally posted by JimmyG
You know you're an overclocker when....

Your computers and parts laying around are worth more than your car!
:o

[Kino]

when you worry more about your cases paintjob than your cars

[DoomArse]

...when you refuse to lower your fsb from 300 because you get better performance for the 30 seconds before your computer freezes

...you tell your computer illiterate friends that the lines all across your screen when your gaming is because your video card is SO fast the game cant handle it

[dowmace]

you know your an overclocker when....you constantly run, and when people ask you why your running you tell them you overclocked your legs. yep stupid I know

[repilce]

you know you are an overclocker
when you would rather buy a cpu after burning out your old one instead of your 3 year old childs diapers


1. 3yr old child in diapers?? is that the said part... or you'd rather by comp parts than those?

You know your an overclocker when..
Your mom and dad call you cause the computer you built them caught on fire..

[DoomArse]

...you spend all your money on new computer parts and then dont have money to buy the game you upgraded for

...you have a 2.5 ghz computer and all you do is browse these forums all day

[Steve978]

rofl killer nice response from everyone there :D I got a new one

When you spend twice as much custom building your case then it would have cost to buy a better prebuilt one :D

[JoT]

Originally posted by JimmyG
You know you're an overclocker when....

Your computers and parts laying around are worth more than your car!

$300 car that needs a new engine, and $2000+ worth of computar :D


You know you're an overclocker when you don't NEED a space heater in the winter.

'nuff said :D

[star882]

1: You show off your computer to some normal people, and they say, "That's a computer? It sounds more like a Concorde @ takeoff."
2: You have a case with wheels, and you had to install some brakes that activate whenever the computer is on because otherwise, the fans will scoot the computer across the floor!

[n17ikh]

1. You look forward to winter so your computer wont run so hot.

4. When you can caluclate the room temp by your case temp.

Your computers and parts laying around are worth more than your car!

when you worry more about your cases paintjob than your cars

...you spend all your money on new computer parts and then dont have money to buy the game you upgraded for

...you have a 2.5 ghz computer and all you do is browse these forums all day

$300 car that needs a new engine, and $2000+ worth of computar

Your know you're an overclocker when you don't NEED a space heater in the winter.

1: You show off your computer to some normal people, and they say, "That's a computer? It sounds more like a Concorde @ takeoff."

Guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, and guilty. :D

Another one: You take a 13" monitor home from school in your lap on the school bus because it was free. (guilty also. :) )

[Jognt]

im guilty! :O:O

you know ur an overclocker when you think "damn, how far can i OC that PC" whenever ur at a friends' house :p

[xb-70]

A 10 year old student of mine told me this one :)
...When you have use RAID to keep bugs off your hard drive

[Subaru]

Originally posted by xb-70
A 10 year old student of mine told me this one :)


hahahaha

When you have to restart your computer, just to hear the beep!

[four4875]

you know you're a POOR overclocker when you are using a 200 mhz (166 stock :)) comp till you can get enough money to pay for shipping to RMA your A7N8X back to newegg.

[Fallen Phoenix]

You know you're an overclocker when....

Your children play with old heatsinks instead of Legos.

[Admiral Falcon]

When you spend $200 to overclock a $50 AMD processor to the level of a $75 AMD processor.

When your primary method of cooling is to leave the computer outside with the cover off, and pray for rain.

When your method of "extreme watercooling" is to immerse your computer in the Arctic Ocean.

When the delegates to the Kyoto Conference determine that your computer is responsible for global warming.

When you get fed up that one billionth of a degree above absolute zero is still not enough to cool your computer.

When you get a letter from the Navy asking you to sell them your computer so they can use the fan noise to jam enemy sonar.

When you play Mechwarrior, see a 'Mech with twenty heat sinks, and think, "How can it run with only twenty? My computer uses more than that!"

When you rent time at a NASA wind tunnel to cool your CPU.

When your FSB is set to run at the speed of light and it's still too slow to keep up with the CPU.

[Spade]

You know your an overclocker when...

you buy 9-volt batteries, rear window defogger kits,
aquarium pumps, neoprene, car heatercores, and
sound deadening foam......






all for your computer.

[nosilverman]

when you bought a loft bed to make room for more computer parts...

[JoT]

Originally posted by star882
When your children play on a computer with 2GB of DDR400, a 3.0GHz P4, and a Radeon 9700 Pro, because you have a "desktop supercomputer" with 8GB of DDR400, quad 3000+ Britney CPUs, and a Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB(and, now, you wish they made a quad Britney motherboard with multiple AGP slots so you can have several Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB cards working together).

Ok, now I don't believe your "britney" story at all, because no current board (that is not a quad-xeon board) supports more than 4GB or so of RAM, no Xeon board supports that much DDR400, I don't think that there is any ECC registered DDR400 yet; AMD does not make a chipset supporting more than two of ANY AMD processor at a time, and there is no board in existance that has more than one AGP slot.

I stab thee with a spork.

[Yes, I have just been looking for a reason to cut down the "Britney" story, 'cause I've been getting tired of hearing it]

[Fallen Phoenix]

Sporks are so cool :D

You know you're an overclocker when...

Your children are named Prometia, Pentium, Athlon, Radeon....

[USAPGAPRO]

When the noise your computer makes is mistaken for the vacum cleaner.

[DoomArse]

...when you overclock in your sleep and then wake up the next morning and find that all your fans are blowing the opposite of what they were blowing the night before...hmm sounds familiar :D

[star882]

"Ok, now I don't believe your "britney" story at all, because no current board (that is not a quad-xeon board) supports more than 4GB or so of RAM"
The Britney has an integrated DDR controller, so if one Britney supports 4GB, 4 of them support 16GB.
"AMD does not make a chipset supporting more than two of ANY AMD processor at a time"
I didn't say it's an AMD chipset.
"and there is no board in existance that has more than one AGP slot."
I was just joking about the multiple AGP slots(would be nice, though).
"You know you're an overclocker when...

Your children are named Prometia, Pentium, Athlon, Radeon...."
Not to mention Britney(well, I know some people named Brittany, different spelling, but pronounced the same).

[USAPGAPRO]

when overclockers.com is your start page.

[adrian nelson]

when the lights in your case are brighter than the ones in the room.
or your reply to "its so cold in here" is "its good for my temps, i mean my computers temps"
or you overclocked you blowtourch (dont try this one its funny but it hurts after a while)
or your answer to "spell cpu" was "amd"

[allen337]

you know your a overclocker when you wake up at 5am and turn your puter on and it wakes the kids upstairs

[L337 M33P]

....When you have more hard disk space devoted to benchmarking programs than games...

[Gautam]

When you have nightmares of your PCI lock disappearing

No I'm not kidding!

[Bleed]

Originally posted by adrian nelson
or your reply to "its so cold in here" is "its good for my temps, i mean my computers temps"

OMG!!!!! im so guilty on this one :p, a friend of mine came to my house just to chill, it was hot as hell outside, but my room was like a freezer:D, my reply was exactly what i quoted, "its good for my computer temp".

[Sterculus]

When your computer that you use for nothing other than IM is faster than almost everyone else's computer.

I'm guilty of most of these :p

[Steve978]

What is an AMD britney? does this thing even exist?

[CamH]

Steve978, http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/styleone/roadmap5_14_03.gif No, it doesn't exist. star882 simply obsesses about a processor that doesn't exist and won't exist for a long time.

[Gautam]

When the first thought that crosses your mind entering Sears is the amount of potentially good water chillers.

[madcow235]

You know your an overclocker when...
You paint your case with super detail and all that cool stuff just to leave the side panels off to get better temps

[Cereal Killa]

When you think to yourself: "Hey, I'm an overclocker" :D

[don256us]

You know you're an OC'er when...

... You look at a mini fridge and say "that will be my next case".

... When you go to the auto parts store to get a rad, they ask 'For what car', and you tell them 'None'.

For that matter, when you've bought more auto parts for your chiller than your car.

[SinsFeelNatural]

You know your an overclocker when you have a flip switch for you CMOS Batter so you don’t have to keep pulling it out when you up your FSB too much.

[Surreal]

Your an overclockers when you get a room full of your drunk friends to cheer when your PC boots at the 24x multiplier on a tyan mobo!

[nil_esh]

When you open your windows during a cold winter day to get better temps on your PCs, but have to wear several layers of clothing just to keep yourself warm.

[Zim2411]

When you have dreams about your ram cracking in half do to insane FSB, and the ram starts leaking out a liquid that looks like hand cream....

guilty... that was a pretty weird dream...

[Spade]

<-- when you've smoke-tested RAM. (guilty) (on a 486 no less)

[Renigade]

... when you read all the dorky posts in the "You know your an overclocker when..." thread ;)

Actually, the APPLE POWERMAC G5 supports 8 GB of RAM.

Yeah... jigga what PC lovers :D

[Constantinos]

... when you have your own website on computers and stuff and nobody sees it.

[Cyberwiz01]

you find at least one of the above posts funny.

guilty LOL!

[dippy_skoodlez]

Originally posted by Steve978
Well I think this is always a fun thread to start and I didnt know where else to start it.
You know you're and Overclocker when...

1. You look forward to winter so your computer wont run so hot.
2. Your computer cooling bill outweighs your heating bill.
3. You smear catsup on your heatsink to remove blemishes.

Please add more I know I will... :D


one kinda like #2... : if your cooling cost more than the component itself... I know mine will in a few days....

[dippy_skoodlez]

Originally posted by Zim2411
When you have dreams about your ram cracking in half do to insane FSB, and the ram starts leaking out a liquid that looks like hand cream....

guilty... that was a pretty weird dream...

:eh?:

[jacheatamobits]

when you get personaly offended when someone mentions the word "Apple"

[dippy_skoodlez]

Hey!! I like my MAC!!! It kicks the SNOT out of my 433mhz celeron POS.... (mac = 133mhz, 64mb ram each) it can play better games, and doesnt crash 32x a day :D

[dippy_skoodlez]

Originally posted by CamH
Steve978, http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/styleone/roadmap5_14_03.gif No, it doesn't exist. star882 simply obsesses about a processor that doesn't exist and won't exist for a long time.

IF at all.....

BTW... SPORKS PwNz J00Z!!!

[n17ikh]

Originally posted by Renigade
... when you read all the dorky posts in the "You know your an overclocker when..." thread ;)

Actually, the APPLE POWERMAC G5 supports 8 GB of RAM.

Yeah... jigga what PC lovers :D

...And a 1-button mouse. :D

When you set up IIS "just because I can." -- on a 56K connection...

[UberBlue]

You might be an overclocker if.. you've ever been working on your computer, and somebody ask you what your doing, instead of confusing the hell out of them, you tell them "stuff", and still get a wierd look.

The IT wennies at work shudder when they find out you watercooled your computer.

On a personal note... My neighbors thought I was growing weed in my attic because of the constant soft glow and fan noise comming from the window. They acctually called the cops.

[dippy_skoodlez]

Originally posted by UberBlue
You might be an overclocker if.. you've ever been working on your computer, and somebody ask you what your doing, instead of confusing the hell out of them, you tell them "stuff", and still get a wierd look.

The IT wennies at work shudder when they find out you watercooled your computer.

On a personal note... My neighbors thought I was growing weed in my attic because of the constant soft glow and fan noise comming from the window. They acctually called the cops.

LMFAO! that confused look one is awesome! I get it all the time! :D Now the soft glow part.. Im going to order 2 green UV sensative case fans for the back of my case, and a blue UV led one for the top... gotta fill dems holes.. I may actually be the first WEENIE to buy an SLK-947U and see how it works...

You might be an overclockers if:
You have 4 computers in the same room, (my 2 bros and dads+ mine) and yours out does heat, and light from them ALL! ;) Heck, my computers competing for the room light now... :eek: gonna have to move up from dem old 60 watt bulbs ;)

[Steve978]

hey thats a good idea noone would ever think of looking in a computer for a pot plant... and u could stick some lights in there...

[dippy_skoodlez]

Originally posted by Jognt
im guilty! :O:O

you know ur an overclocker when you think "damn, how far can i OC that PC" whenever ur at a friends' house :p

Cr@p! You found me out.. :beer:

[dippy_skoodlez]

Originally posted by Admiral Falcon
When you spend $200 to overclock a $50 AMD processor to the level of a $75 AMD processor.



Sadly, Im going ot be paying $47 SLK-947U, and 3 UV fans/ $15 tornado just to overclock my $42 1700+, on a $40 mobo :D Heck, my cooling is going ot cost more than my CASE!

[Aslan]

When you're very concerned with how clean and organized the inside of the computer is whilst almost completely ignoring the room that it's in :p

[stereo555]

You know your a overclocker when...

you find yourself READING this thread !!! :eek:

ROFL :cool:


stereo555

[dippy_skoodlez]

SO many of these are SOOO freakin true :eek:

[Yuriman]

OMG, Im guilty of EVERYTHING except the children ones, I dont have any.

Also, You know your an overclocker when your pc is twice as tall, thrice as wide and 10x as heavy as your neighbors.

[Beast Of Blight]

You know when your an over clocker..

When the room your PCs are in is 15 degrees warmer than any other room in the house. *guilty*

[stereo555]

You know your an overclocker when ....

When you have a larger inventory of brand new EXTRA parts laying around than your local Bestbuy .


stereo555

[Beast Of Blight]

You know your an overclocker..

When you have an entire bedroom wall covered in burned proccessors.

[Constantinos]

You know your an overclocker when you see a car with NOS and think what a waste, that could be cooling my computer so much more efficiently than it speeds up that car.

[n17ikh]

Originally posted by Beast Of Blight
You know when your an over clocker..

When the room your PCs are in is 15 degrees warmer than any other room in the house. *guilty*

In my house that's true...

BTW, I made my first burnt-processor keychain today! (It's an NVidia GF4 gpu... the "NV17S"....) MAN that thing was hard to get off the card and drill a hole in... I ended up cracking it because I kept making the hole bigger..... It still looks good though... :rolleyes:


Here's one:

You know you're an overlocker when you have dead processors instead of fuzzy dice hanging from your rearview mirror.

[Kino]

when you look at your motherboard for hours, thinking: "Where can i stick a heatsink? ive already sinked the north and southbridge, the sound chip, the lan chip, mosfets, gpu, video card ram, memory, cpu, hard drives, etc etc etc."

:rolleyes:

[Yuriman]

When you dont buy tupperware to put food in it.

When you take the governor off your lawn mower.

[n17ikh]

Originally posted by Yuriman

When you take the governor off your lawn mower.

Guilty!!! (till my mom made me put it back on because of the noise, she was afraid it would blow up... :D )

[Steve978]

When you have a brilliantly intricate side panel that you stand in the corner because the computer runs cooler without it.

[daga5831]

Originally posted by Beast Of Blight
You know when your an over clocker..

When the room your PCs are in is 15 degrees warmer than any other room in the house. *guilty*

The borg are coming! Run! Arrrrrg!!!



WE ARE THE BORG. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.

-daga (we are now a member of the collective)

[micamica1217]

Originally posted by UberBlue
You might be an overclocker if.. you've ever been working on your computer, and somebody ask you what your doing, instead of confusing the hell out of them, you tell them "stuff", and still get a wierd look.


you know your an OCer when....

the fedex man gives you wierd looks because the new parts he's handing you caused you to have a woodie. (or tears in your eyes)

you know the exact time fedex and UPS is suposed to be at your house...
yet you still don't know what time your wife gets home from work.

newegg and googlegear are on your X-Mas card lists.

you get 5000fps in CS and that is still not fast enough.

your still using a 5 year old monitor, yet the oldest part in your case is 6 weeks.

you have no money for clean shirts, but OCZ PC4000 sounds good to you.

you never have time to screw in a light bulb, yet always have time to add one more cold cathode.

you come home, and realise that you left the computer "on" with kitty SUCKED to the front of the case.

edit: you spend over two hrs deleting all the OCers forum emails you get a day.

you sit here and make a list instead of kissing your lady for all the love, patients, and understanding she has for you.

and let us not forget......
you know your an OCer when you fry an egg on your cpu (http://www.hex-tech.co.uk/egg.asp).:clap:

mica

you know your an OCer when bestbuy has compitition from stereo555....so what's your weekly special bro?
I hope the coffee was good.

[ZeroKelvin]

When.......You find yourself in bed with your computer next to you on the pillow. You rub it gently feeling it curves and edges. The candles all around you put a soft glow on its beautiful side panel. You wisper softly to it letting it know how you truley love the speed at which it runs at. Then the kissing starts..........

Ummmm this might have been way to much information.....sorry :)

[JigPu]

You know you're an overclocker when:

...you pick up an OEM case, and wonder why it's so dang light!

...you've actually thought about modding a CMOS reset switch to the bottom of your mouse.

...even if you're computer isn't 1337, it'll still beat the pants off any other off the shelf system :D

...you're asked how fast your computer is, and you have to weigh just how nerdy the person asking is, to see if they'll even understand overclocking.

...you drool over the latest motherboard features, while all your friends are drooling over 'some car' ;)

...you've had a junk car, and decided on gutting it for "free computer parts"

...you've overclocked your sub to find out that it just plays music at a higher pitch :D

JigPu

[L337 M33P]

When you overclock fans using a Dremel..... :D

[substratus]

You know you're an overclocker when you can build an entire system for your girlfriend out of parts sitting around that didn't meet your overclocking expectations. :D

I'm gonna do that actually.

[ZeroKelvin]

Actually....Substratus.....did that for my wife. System runs pretty good for a bunch of old parts!!!

[substratus]

Yes but these are new parts I chose not to use because I am such an anal perfectionist type. :D

[adrian nelson]

you laugh at an oem for only useing one compneys product, then take you friend laptop shopping and ask the salesperson"where are all the good laptops?"they ask you to explain and you say "the ones with Amd and Ati"

people see your case and say "what the heck is that thing"

youve said "why would i want a life it gets in the way of modding"

you work in a place pulling stuff apart for the fans in them. (that was a cool job, too bad it didnt pay, in cash that is, i got 4x80m 3x120s and a few hard out fans from there)

people hassle your 14' screen and you reply "you dont lan do you?"

your friend asks on msn if your looking at porn and you reply "yes im on the ocforums and this guy has pics of a awesome new amd64 mobo"

[L337 M33P]

Holy thread ressurection, Batman!

[gruvin2]

You know your an overclocker when.....

When you have more PC parts on the floor then in your case.

When your family tells you your happier when your PC is apart and in pieces.

[Voodoo Rufus]

You know you're an overclocker when you know it's "that time of the month" when CPU temps rise because your air intake filter to the radiator is clogged causing temps to rise 3C above normal.

So many things in this thread are so true. I love it!

[stereo555]

Originally posted by L337 M33P
Holy thread ressurection, Batman!

ROFL .... (its scary how true all these posted statements in this thread can be :p )

*edited*


You know your an overclocker when.....

Your system is already tweaked to the max , so you do another "needless" upgrade just so you have something to (tweak on) do .


You talk to friends and family members only in computer jargon .


You can't sleep or concentrate on ANYTHING else in your life till that "error" you keep getting from overclocking your rig just another 5mhz is fixed , and your computer is again running perfectly .


You try to explain to the IRS that ALL those computer upgrades were VERY necessary and they "do" warrant a tax write-off .


You hate staying at family and friends homes for the holidays or on special occasions cause you know they use MAC's or Emachines with only a dial-up connection ; so you build them a nice fast (and overclocked :D ) PC and talk them into a broadband connection .
( true story )


You get a new credit card and find out its been "maxed out" already with only computer related purchases .


When you search for computer hardware deals on a DAILY basis .

[FireMogle]

Anytime you have to explain that the PVC is not in fact a bong, but an elaberate cooling system for your PC.

[Tazon]

you know you are HOPELESS when...

you lie to Carmen Electra, your girlfriend, to get out of a sex date on saturday night, because your new parts just came in and you want to hook everything nicely and hit the lan party.

seriously now, every overclocker should have a girlfriend, just so she can bitch at you and not understand you, thus keeping balance in the universe. If you don't have a girlfriend you may be an overclocker but never a good one, since you lack the drive to get that extra mhz "just to anger that hag".

emilio

[tom10167]

...When you consider your native tounge(s) to be binary and hexidecimal.

..When the only analogies you ever make are computer-related ones.

When you use "sex" and "terabyte" in the same sentence.

...When you spend hours thinking of witty "You might be an overclocker if..." responeses.

You have more RAM than your dad's brand new Dell has hard drive space.

SMP for web-browsing.

When your apartment isn't big enough because you have too many old cases laying around(and no furniture?)


When you turned an old motherboard into a clock.

When you stop getting haircuts to save for parts you sure as hell don't need.
When you stop buying soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, and food for comptuer parts you sure as hell don't need.

You cancelled the heat on your house and decide to make up for it with computers.

When your idea of a date is sitting in a chatroom playing CS.

[rhino56]

this is great stuff!!! :clap:

[nerd4life]

Originally posted by DarkArctic
...when there's more water in your computer than in your toilet. :)

-DarkArctic

hahaha. favorite one.

[ThePerfectCore]

You can't sleep or concentrate on ANYTHING else in your life till that "error" you keep getting from overclocking your rig just another 5mhz is fixed , and your computer is again running perfectly .

I did this today! I got up at 7AM and programs were crashing left and right. I went to reboot, it blue screened... then when I hit the reset button it gave me crap about a corrupted registry.

I started messing with it, and before you know it, 8:40AM - oh shi-

Time for class! :eek:

I couldn't concentrate all day. :(

[jhl3]

You know you're an overclocker when you don't NEED a space heater in the winter.

'nuff said :D [/B][/QUOTE]

EXACTLY

[DanFraser]

...When you have done all the overclocking tricks you can, but can't do anymore coz you can't afford it. Then you get bored, and start noticing females...

[DrSpanky]

Originally posted by DanFraser
...When you have done all the overclocking tricks you can, but can't do anymore coz you can't afford it. Then you get bored, and start noticing females...

kinda right i only did get a bird after i dun all the overclocking and tweeking i can to this computer

[dippy_skoodlez]

Originally posted by gruvin2
You know your an overclocker when.....

When you have more PC parts on the floor then in your case.

When your family tells you your happier when your PC is apart and in pieces.
]
LoL I am at times... lol..... as long as it isnt apart DUE to PROBLEMS.. rofl... :p

[dippy_skoodlez]

Originally posted by stereo555

You HATE staying at family and friends homes for the holidays or special occasions cause you know they use MAC's or Emachines with only a dial-up connection .
.

Or celerons with intel extreme slideshow!

[RadiationMan]

You know you are an overclocker when...

Your wife notices you looking over her shoulder behind her, while she is talking to you, and says, "Are you staring at your computer, AGAIN?!?"

:rolleyes:

[rhino56]

when you dont put the side screws back on because you know youll be in there doing stuff within a short amount of time so you dont bother.

[captain_sHiFTy]

you know you re an overclocker when...

you're planning on spending over 300$ you cant afford to upgrade a system thats working perfectly fine in order to justify the 200$ you just spent in cooling/motherboard upgrades

[Stedeman]

... when your wife knows and accepts the fact you have a credit card just for PC parts.

... when people you never met ask you to fix their computer

... when your computer science teacher cry because you built a water cooled computer for your 5yr. old that is 2X better than his

... when you know more types of chip-sets than people

... when you can read computer part date codes and know the day and place of it's birth

... when you help the help desk people on the phone

... when you have more links in favorites to computer sites than porn sites.

... when you spend more time in the classifieds than any other part of the forums.

[adrian nelson]

you plan to water cool your car amp because "its got 12volts so why not, and i can use the spare waterblocks"

you see a fogged up window and draw the amd sign on it.

you have a fan thats 4x the recomended size (120 rather than 60)on your heatsink and you "dont overclock that much"

the 4 questions you ask someone new on msn are 1. name 2. age 3.sex 4 what kinda computer do you run

btw i love this thread

[Stedeman]

... when you know where to find any computer part in a store for 75% less.

... when the speed of your CPU is still on a road map for next year.

... when you bring in a laptop to work so you don't have to stop the folding on any of your work computers.

... when your contacted by NASA to see if they can use your computer

... when you have a link on your desk top to the place you get the latest BIOS rev.

... when you have a link on your desk top to the place you get the latest drivers.

[Voodoo Rufus]

You know you're an overclocker when every computer case you see in person or on the internet makes you wonder how to water cool it.

[1-Man-Army]

you no u are a overclocker when u do every single thing thats possible(or impossible lol nitrogen:D or sumthing hardcore), and all by ur self with the help off knowlegable ppl by ur side then u are a overclocker :D btw every thing u touch gets souped up :)

[L337 M33P]

When you have overclocked a toaster, you are a true overclocker :D

[TheGhengisKhan]

When, in the history of your life, you've made more trips to the doctor/hospital for modding accidents than for all other reasons combined.

When you hear complete strangers talking about computers, and you step up (with a gleam in your eye) and ask, "do you overclock?"

When the "hardware expert" at Comp USA has no idea what you're talking about when you ask him any questions that you don't already know the answer to.

When you spend as much money as Bob Villa does on tools, but they're all for working on computers.

When you litteraly laugh in the face of the guy at a local computer store when he suggests the "Extreme Cooling Option" which is a Koolance case, and proceed to describe to him your own cooling set-up which leaves him standing there with his mouth open, along with 2 other customers who just happened to be within ear-shot.

[blackjackel]

You know your an overclocker when (true story):

Everyone you know living with you is scared of your computer and wont go anywhere near it.

:D

[slater3333uk]

You know your an overclocker when you try to pursuade your dad to extend the house just because your bedroom is full of hot & noisey servers.

and he agrees!!:)

[Yuriman]

Originally posted by TheGhengisKhan
When you hear complete strangers talking about computers, and you step up (with a gleam in your eye) and ask, "do you overclock?"

When the "hardware expert" at Comp USA has no idea what you're talking about when you ask him any questions that you don't already know the answer to.

When you litteraly laugh in the face of the guy at a local computer store when he suggests the "Extreme Cooling Option" which is a Koolance case, and proceed to describe to him your own cooling set-up which leaves him standing there with his mouth open, along with 2 other customers who just happened to be within ear-shot.

LMAO, its all too true. I realy dont oc that much, im just running at a moderate 2300mhz on 1.7v. So realy, I suppose im just eccentric.

You know your an overclocker when you rent your family members pc's on weekly leases. :D

Your bedroom is 1/4 bed, 5/8 pc's and 1/8 free floor space.

You decide to get a new house because all of your pc's wont fit in the one your in.

You dont have free time, just working time and forums time. (Definantly me)

You make a pc just for watching tv, then decide you like it better with a monitor and bring it back into your room, then you make another pc for tv.

You buy watercooling so that *when* your pc catches on fire it wont burn the house down.
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You know you've reached the peak of lazyness when you grumble about having to reach over and open your mini-fridge when you get hungry.

[blackjackel]

you know your an overclocker when you say this:

"I realy dont oc that much, im just running at a moderate 2300mhz on 1.7v. So realy, I suppose im just eccentric."

[tom10167]

..When you show this thread to EVERYONE and get ****ed at ALL of them because NOBODY gets it.

I <3 THIS THREAD!!

[gruvin2]

Originally posted by blackjackel
You know your an overclocker when (true story):

Everyone you know living with you is scared of your computer and wont go anywhere near it.

:D

ROFL!!!

This holds true for me too! All my family is scared to touch my PC, or even get in my chair for concern they will be the ONE to blow-up my PC and have to replace it. :eek:

[ThePerfectCore]

Yodums did this.

You replace "start up" with "boot up".

"Hold on kids, I gotta go boot up my car."

[AFIsoldier]

when you are on the phone with your g/f and every 5 minutes she asks what are you doing and you say "Reading this forum" and her response is "What's a forum?" wait...nvm, i guess my g/f is just blonde or something

when your mom and dad ask if you are overclocking the four-wheeler when you grab a wrench and walk towords the garage(actually did overclcok the 4-wheeler, 32v battery instead of 24v because it wouldn't turn over in the winter without the evtra voltage)

your computer is louder and brighter then your grandparents yelling while standing beside a christmas tree



(incase you don't get the last one, it's one of them multicolored light trees)

[Yuriman]

You know your an overclocker if you like hanging computer parts on the wall, so you put your pc on the wall and hang a fan from the roof to help cool it. :D

[willkill1337]

Man this thread is really that old? I suppose I had better resurrect it in light of current circumstances. Wimbledon is on and I keep seeing tennis scores everywhere and I just wonder what kind of insane clocks must need those RAM timings.

[hainer36]

when...you buy an entirely new computer for someone (parents) and they tell you to never touch it because they want it to always work...

[threeme2189]

darn this is an old one but i too <3 this thread!

[Dreamstalker]

Everyone you know living with you is scared of your computer and wont go anywhere near it.

:D
BTDT :D I think Navi is intimidating my dad's computer...he claims it is, anyway...

[DrSpanky]

You know your an overclocker when... when u have more dead hardware then working hardware... or something like that

[Kevin007]

when your mom thinks it is your fault, every time something doesn't work on her computer, becuase you touched it last.

:D

[zexmarquies01]

i said this one in another thread. Jot has me quoted on it as well. But i think this is the perfect place to put it.


Nothing says "overclocker" better than completly DESTROY any and all products with warranty's in your house!

[Kevin007]

When would you would rather have a computer than a friend :)

[DrSpanky]

When would you would rather have a computer than a friend :)

i know i would rather have a computer lol they certainly look better :cool:

[Kevin007]

Yup, and you get to see them more, and they don't say you are creeping them out (or maybe that is just me) :D

[A1Killer]

Your an overclocker when your computer competes fo noise with your window unit airconditionr for cooling your pc's

[Kevin007]

You are an overclocker, when you are always looking for someone who likes computers to talk with ^_^~*~

[hainer36]

when...you are on these forums :D...
when...you have named your computer/project on computer

[threeme2189]

You are an overclocker, when you are always looking for someone who likes computers to talk with ^_^~*~

partially guilty. its just that computers are fun to talk about. but i do talk about other things honest! :p

[Lunar_Lamp]

When not one single warranty for a component you own has not been invalidated (including the mouse).

When living in halls at uni you don't bother to get the heating in your room fixed, despite it snowing, as your pc a) heats the room fine, and b) has better temps (yes, I really didn't ever get it fixed).

You see an old drain pipe (or other random items) laying around and immediately weigh up the possibilities for using it in some new cooling set-up.

Your highly computer literate housemates have to ask which buttons to press to turn on your computer (in the highly unlikley event it is off).

[Spade]

You're an overclocker when your friend has a picture of someones wedding, with thier car painted up to say "overclock the bride"

and

You know how to overclock your own mind.
(caffeine) brain = 35?ish mhz, 40 w/caffeine

[Dell_Axim]

Your VCR runs Linux.
http://tinypic.com/6pn9l0.jpg

[hainer36]

resurrection

you know your an overclocker when
you hear that high pitch whine of a crappy dell in your classroom, and its so soothing that you start falling asleep :D

or

when you are calmed down by the sounds of 12 fans, and start sleepiing


im very tired alot

[TollhouseFrank]

you know your an overclocker when you smell burning silicon, your wife says "Uh-oh, you released the magic smoke!", and your only reply to her is "A little more voltage and this thing is gonna reach 2.6ghz!"

[Crana]

.... You cry when something doesn't go as planned :cry:

.... You have got your finger caught in the same fan 10 times yet you still refuse to use fan guards as they degrade your airflow

:D

[TollhouseFrank]

Your VCR runs Linux.
http://tinypic.com/6pn9l0.jpg

all i can say is, you sir, ARE a TRUE modder/overclocker in every sense of the word

[Alchemy1]

you know your an overclocker when...it's 10 degrees hotter at your PC than any other place in your room or house.

[Kevin007]

when you want the computers at school to blow up or something!

[skou]

You know that you're (not your!) an Overclocker, when it is 40 degrees outside, and February, and your AC is on. (true!)

You know when you are an O/Cer, when someone challenges you to make a case for 3 rigs, and a water cooling setup, out of LEGO bricks! (Sadly true, again!)

steve

[Blackstar]

You know you're an overclocker when....

Your computers and parts laying around are worth more than your car!

You know you're an overclocker when....

Your heat-sync is BIGGER THAN your CAR. ;)

http://www.getgood.com/dfgnet/pictures/overkill/3.jpg

(apologies to Rogerdugans. :D)

-Blackstar

[shellshock]

you know you a overclocker when:

Your currently sitting in programming class, supposed to be making programs in visual basic, but your on ocfourms browising with the window shrunk very small, so the teacher wont see. LOL

[skou]

you know you a overclocker when:

Your currently sitting in programming class, supposed to be making programs in visual basic, but your on ocfourms browising with the window shrunk very small, so the teacher wont see. LOL

I KNEW there was a reason this Forum defaulted to a black background. :D

steve

[TollhouseFrank]

ya know yer an overclocker when you look at a gameboy and think "man... an AC adapter, large blank cartridge with linux on it.... i could fold Timeless WU's on this sucker!