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[I.M.O.G.]

This thread can be used by new, or old members to poke their heads up and just say "Hi" to the rest of the O/Community. If there's anything you want to let the rest of the community know about yourself, this is the place for introductions. Let's see those pearly whites! :D

[I.M.O.G.]

I guess I'll start things off here...

Hi, my name is Matt. And I'm an OC-aholic.

I'm a Directory/Server Admin for Sherwin-Williams, part of a 5 man team supporting a few hundred domestic and international servers. I also admin the forums as well as Overclockers.com, and I help lead the Editors who keep good content on the front page. I like hanging out here as much as possible while researching and answering peoples questions, there's always new things to learn here. Hit me up anytime, you'll always find me on AIM!

See you around the forums! :D

EDIT: I forgot to share the meaning of my user name with everyone - IMOG stands for "In Memory Of Gus". He was my "Wild Boar" - a Vietnamese Potbelly Pig. Though he wasn't with me for very long due to a coronary birth defect, he quickly earned a special place in my heart. If your lucky, you may catch a glimpse of him in my avatar every so often! :D

Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=23304588&l=aec87ae20f)

Updated 4/10

[CrashOveride]

My name is CJ I'm a Junior in highschool ATM and I like computers bunches!

I program a lil, try to designe webpages a lil, Game a lil, do other computer stuff a lil, study a lil (less than I should), do non-computer related stuff rarly, and read, mostly this but other forums too, a lot.

[Cjwinnit]

Originally posted by CrashOveride
My name is CJ.....

Damn you for dibsing it first :p

Generally watch how other people conduct themselves here and it's fairly easy to see how it's done. Not that we don't like a bit of variety here and there :)

[james.miller]

HI!
I'm james.miller. No, really - that's my name. Im annoying, and i argue. But i'm always here to help.

welcome to the forums!

[David]

Hey, my name is David (no kidding! ;)) and I live in Edinburgh (well, for 5/7 of the week, and 2/7 in Livingston), Scotland. I am currently at Edinburgh University studying towards a Chemistry degree, doing Maths, Chemistry and Physics this year.

I think it would be cool if we put our best OC in our post as well :). My best so far, isnt great, but its dual XP1700+@XP2100+ which is an 18.1% OC on each CPU.

[modenaf1]

Hey yalls. im Nick, and im in highschool, im annoying and i argue with james.miller. nah. j/k

I love AMD and my XP1700 DLT3C 0310 XPMW is overclocked almost to 200 percent. Well, not really, but maybe like .3 Ghz short. Im at 2.4ish Ghz, i can hit 2.6, but it gets REALLY hot. My previouse best OC was a 2100 Pally 1.73Ghz @1.8Ghz. Now you can see why i thought i was in heaven when i got my 1700 :D

[CrashOveride]

Originally posted by Cjwinnit


Damn you for dibsing it first :p

Generally watch how other people conduct themselves here and it's fairly easy to see how it's done. Not that we don't like a bit of variety here and there :)

Ha! Sucka! finaaly I get the credit I deserver... or somthing :D

You always getting called CJ in IRC! ha! ;)

[james.miller]

Originally posted by modenaf1
Hey yalls. im Nick, and im in highschool, im annoying and i argue with james.miller. nah. j/k no you dont;)

[DarkSide8416]

HI!
I'm Brian and I'm a full time student at Michigan Tech University in the Keweenaw Peninsula in the great Upper Peninsula of Michigan :D My major is computer engineering and I spend most of my time tinkering with everything I own that is even remotely related to my computer.

Welcome To The Forums!

[macklin01]

Hi, I'm Paul (Macklin). I always like to hear about what people apply their overclocking skills to ...

I just finished my master's degree in (Industrial and Applied) Mathematics at the U. of Minnesota and am now working on my Ph.D. in (Computational) Mathematics at the University of California in Irvine. I work in computational biophysics and biomedicine; that is, I apply methods from mathematics, computer science, and physics to medical and biological problems. Right now, I'm researching the numerical simulation of tumor growth and chemotheraphy. As such, I get to use a lot of computers. :)

Gee, what else ...

I've been happily married for a little over 3 years now, and I originally grew up in Fremont, Nebraska. Undergraduate degree (math/German with minors in economics and physics) at U. of Nebraska at Lincoln. I like to go running and biking, really enjoy good DVD's, and also enjoy fun C++/OpenGL/custom graphics programming when I'm not doing research programming.

Okay, well, this is too lengthy as it is, so I'll wrap up. If you're new to the forums, let me give you a hearty welcome! If you're not new but we've never been acquainted, let me say that it's great to meet you! :) -- Paul

[shiyan]

Hi, my name is Shi.

I'm a student at the university of Louvain in Belgium.

Studying to be a business engineer.

Main interests: Computers, Laetitia Casta, Movies, F1, WRC.

I only got into overclocking 2 years ago, but I've spent quite a bit of time on it these last 2 years.

Nice to meet you all!

best overclock was getting halfway up the first page of ORB in Feb 2002 with 10649 points. I think there were around 7 people faster than me at the time. (good thing I saved that page: here (http://www.student.kuleuven.ac.be/~m0324684/1st%20page%20ORB.htm))

[Chris]

Hello there i'm Chris, I joined the forums a while back now when I was first looking how to overclock, I learned what I needed to and loved the place so much I thought I would stay around for a little while, well it's over two years later and i'm still here.

As you can see from my avatar i'm a huge "Only Fools And Horses" fan my avatars always seem to revolve around the best comedy there is in my opinion, although I do love other comedys staring David Jason such as "Open all hours".

Around the forums you will usually see me posting in General Hardware, Folding and AMD CPU's, I try to make my posts actually mean something and have some value to the people i'm trying to help witch I hope they do, i'm always more than happy to help!

You can catch me on YIM although I must admit i'm not the most talkative guy about, just like in real life I suppose. At school I was always the quiet guy that hardly ever said a word unless I had to.

-Chris

[mdcomp]

Hi,
I'm Matt. I love to build computers. I am a junior in high school. I have been folding for team 32 for over a year now and I have been a helpful member here for over 2 years.

BTW, great job with this thread IMOG. Really nice idea.

Matt

[sandman001]

I'm eric. I just got into computers about 1.5 years ago.

Freshman in high school.

Best overclock was my 1700+ was at 2.61 ghz for about 3 minutes wile I ran 3dmark.

[modenaf1]

Originally posted by sandman001
I'm eric. I just got into computers about 1.5 years ago.

Freshman in high school.

Best overclock was my 1700+ was at 2.61 ghz for about 3 minutes wile I ran 3dmark.

2.61 whoa............

lol my volcano9 would become a melted blob of metal if i ran mine that fast lol

[sandman001]

Originally posted by modenaf1


2.61 whoa............

lol my volcano9 would become a melted blob of metal if i ran mine that fast lol

haha, slk-900U + 92mm tornado +2.05 vcore.

It was in the middle of the night with ambient temps of like 50F.

I opened up the window and had my computer right beside it with a big box fan blowing air into the case.

I didn't finish the run though, because it got unstable from the high temps and crashed to desktop.

Normally it's at 2300mhz.

[modenaf1]

huh. yeah, to keep mine from melting i keep it at about 2300 Mhz as well. Although since winter is comeing and my house gets colder, i might go up closer to 2.4. and once i get watercooling ill see if it does 2.6-2.8 ish.

Muahahahah i bet this was one fast reply :D

[silent bob]

Hi I am Steve , and I am addicted to computers

I am a trim carpenter , who liked playing paintball and watching my computer monitor .
I kinda collect some comics and a few pez dispensers

thats me just really laid back kinda guy unless I am in my Jeep , then I get just a touch of Road Rage , but just the smallest amount , its not hardly even noticeable at times

[mbentley]

hi, my name is matt and i am a recovering alco... wait wrong intro :D

i'm matt bentley (makes sense from the nickname) and i'm currently a sophomore in college attending indiana university - purdue university of indianapolis (IUPUI). i am studying computer technology with a focus on networking (as you can see if you figured the % of posts i make in each section ;)) i love computers almost as much as my girlfriend :) (see avatar)

when i am not at school or sitting on the computer, i am usually at work making sure america gets fatter with double cheeseburgers :)

that's about it...

oh yeah, and i love to post in green with tons of smilies!

[jazztrumpet216]

Hi, my name's Kevin Peterson. I'm a freshman at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. I'm a trumpet player (see nick) and majoring in Music Education, and I aspire someday to be a college band director, however I plan to start my career in high school.

Let's see... what else... I technically have two cars, a 1996 Grand Am (which I plan to sell soon, it is nickel-and-diming me to death with repairs), and my dad's old 1992 Plymouth Voyager (far more reliable than the Grand Am) with almost 176,000 miles on it. I guess my hobby outside of computers is gradually working on the Voyager and attempting to get it to burn less oil.

My personal best overclock is a Celeron 1.0A running at 1.53GHz. It has since been backed down to around 1.47, but it's still running there a year and a half later.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed reading this synopsis of me and WELCOME TO THE FORUMS!

[Michfan]

My name is Mike and im the US Army stationed at Fort Rucker, AL. I'm married with 3 kids and currently work as a Lab Technician at a research lab. I've always been a computer geek ever since i fried my dads 386SX while toying around with it. You learn best by breaking things first.

I am thoroughly entrenched into the gaming community since its my second love next to my wife and kids. I am a Senior Operations Staff member for www.teamwarfare.com and am also a head administrator for www.cyberxgaming.com. Gaming is really what got me into Overlclocking because you know gamers are always looking for that extra edge. I love to educate those in my community about hardware and making the right decisions when it comes to upgrading. I get my nickname from being a long time University of Michigan fan even though im not from there. A friend of mine got me hooked on them while i was in high school and i haven't looked back since.

[stoopid]

Hi, I'm stoopid (no kidding! ;) ).

I'm a PITA. That's about all you need to know.

[Stedeman]

Well like a few in here I am easy to decipher: Stedeman = S tephen T edeman I am a fellow "comp-u-holic" and at times a real pain in the @ss (mostly as the devil's advocate). I am also married with child and a part time Machinist student and a full time Automation Spec. (for about 6 more months). My main hang outs are the Classifieds and the Cooling sections
PS look into Folding as an added computer addiction ;).

[su root]

Hi

I'm Tyler. I am a senior here. I usually stick around in the Networking, Internet & Security dept, and I am also a casual in the OS forums.

I am a college student, studying in Networking (woah, big surprise there!). Currently on co-op as an IT Security Administrator for a large company. I'll be back to school in January, graduating September 04. (Hire me!). Besides all that, I must mention my anime addiction, and my love for photography.

All of the other unimportant details about me can be found in my profile (http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=8477). I am usually friendly, and don't bite. I'm always open for chat via PM (http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/private.php?s=&action=newmessage&userid=8477)s or through messengers. :D

[macky]

Hi, I'm Matt McIntosh. I live in Omaha, Nebraska. I'm 20 years old, I have my Associates Degree in Computer Networks and Information Technology. I work at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Facility in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska.

My interests are: Computers (duh), movies, music, and chasin' the ladies :D. I currently do NOT overclock, but at one time in the past I did.

Hmmm, that's about it. Have a good day all.:thup:

[macklin01]

<off topic>
Hello to another Nebraskan, then. :) Are the Huskers any good this year? -- Paul
</off topic>

[macky]

Originally posted by macklin01
<off topic>
Hello to another Nebraskan, then. :) Are the Huskers any good this year? -- Paul
</off topic>


1 loss so far, better than last year :)

[I.M.O.G.]

First person to get a new member in here gets a dollar! ;)

[Toby_23]

Ok im in gibbs college and studying digital media,and in the process of trying to hook dreamweaver to geocities,and its not connecting.But hellow anyway glad to be part of this community,
and looking forward to learning more about operating systems.
Again glad to be here

[zabomb4163]

name: Tim
location: AL (usa)

[Malpine Walis]

Well, you can all call me Malpine. I first used this name in an online RPG based on Robert Jordan’s “Wheel of Time” series. Actually my first name is Douglas and I am a psychiatric social worker.

I found the forums about two and a half years ago when my old computer bit the dust. Actually, I killed it by running it pistol hot with no case cooling for several months. That not withstanding, I had had enough of tech support that did not exist (that computer had a sticker on it with a toll free number to call but none of my calls were ever answered).

Given that, I decided to finally take responsibility for my own computer and learn how to build one from the ground up. As my last computer had had a case cooling issue, that is what I looked for on google. One of my searches turned up an article on the front page about a refrigerated case. So by and by, I made my way to the forums. I read quite a bit for several months before I registered and made my first posts (search for them if you want to see a real noob).

Over time, I learned the way of the forums and at some point I must have impressed someone because I got a PM a few months ago asking me if I was “feeling blue”. I guess the rest is history.

Also, IMOG: I brought Toby_23 in here a few weeks ago. You owe me a dollar.

[RedDeathDrinker]

Good [Insert time of day in your part of the world here] to you all.

I'm Red.Or RDD. Or any other shorter way of typing reddeathdrinker you can think of! Real name? Alasdair.

What's Red Death, and why do I drink it? In the 1800's, Wm. McEwan, a brewer in Edinburgh, made a slightly stronger beer, made with roasted barley, to export to British troops serving throughout the Empire (we ruled the world back then you see.....) Look at my avatar. See what Tux is holding? Yup, a bottle of Export. Called Red Death, because of a: the colour of it's container, and b: if it's not your usual tipple, you feel like crap the morning after......and I drink it. If you're old enough in your country, go wrap your laughing tackle round a pint of this fine piece of brewing history.

I'm an Engineering Technician (Propulsion) in the Royal Air Force, working on the Nimrod MR2 aircraft at RAF Kinloss, on the beautiful Moray coast in Scotland. I do a lot of computing at home, mostly on Linux. I am a keen mountaineer - click for bigger pic!

http://www.reddeathdrinker.co.uk/mountaineering/gallery/liathach/thumbnails/tn11%20a%20bit%20damp.jpg (http://www.reddeathdrinker.co.uk/mountaineering/gallery/liathach/imagepages/image12.html)

That's me on Liathach 4 days ago (from this post!)

I also make scale models of aircraft, armour and sci-fi stuff, have a wife and two kids, two cats, a dog, a budgie and two big fish tanks..........

Enjoy our forums, you can only make them better!

[stool]

Name's Jack.

I'm a retired professional firefighter. Started messing with computers in '85 when I was secretary of our local union, and since have gotten into upgrading, repairing, and now building systems(all self-taught, with assists from here). I've been here since the old iteration of the forums, back in the late '90s.

Single best OC was getting a 300mhz Celeron to 600 with aircooling. Not often you get 100%.

[Captain Slug]

I'm Captain Slug
Nobody obsesses about size more than me

Often times I find myself taking apart random objects.
Virginia is where I'm living at the moment, but that could change.
Every post I make is aimed at being helpful.
Relatively...

My other hobbies include: Art, 3D modelling, College
Your computer is probably better than mine.

However, I put alot of effort into my machines.
Each machine I built is tailored to perfectly meet my needs.
Altogether I've built and modded 20 machines.
Don't mess with the Master Shoe-horner. :sn:

[Gravity Man]

I'm Alex.

I've been overclocking for about 6 years or so. I don't post much anymore, but I'm always here.

I go to school at a community college in Minnesota, but I don't have a clue what I'm going there for.

I work at a gas station.

I'm completely addicted to autocross, and during the summer I autocross my Miata regulary, sometimes driving nearly 5 hours each way just for 5 or 6 minutes of seat time. Sometimes I even win my class, too. :burn:

My current computer projects are a mini ITX system for my car to play music, and eventually a complete upgrade of my main system to better suit my current needs.

[Christoph]

I'm Christoph, although I used to be "IdeaMagnate." I also used to think I was a mouse, but that was a long time ago.
I really like playing with and using my computer, and am not especially fond of overclocking. I've got plenty of power (but never enough RAM) in my 2 modest duallies (XP1600 and PPro 200) and I've found that OCing can cause the GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) to break. I use Gentoo Linux, which makes custom compiling everything very easy, so you could say that my software's overclocked.
I enjoy scripting, reading about Unix and Zen and taking long walks on the beach at sunset. I usually spend my time here in the Alt OS forum, where I try to explain that backing up to /dev/null is a bad idea, no matter how fast it is.

I also write limericks when I get stressed out or stay up too late.

[Ge|atinousFury]

I'm Keith and I'm a senior in mechanical engineering at Auburn University. I stumbled across these forums a couple of years ago when I was getting ready to transfer to Auburn, and I'm still on the forums usually on a daily basis (although I do more reading than posting). I'm usually up at insane hours doing homework or running to the engineering computer lab to work on the current Matlab assignment at the last possible minute. Yes, I'm a procrastinator (I'm working on it though). From the knowledge I've gained on these forums I've built my own computer, overclocked an Athlon XP from 1.53GHz to 2.3GHz, built my own inline watercooling loop, and built 4 systems for friends and relatives. My aunt also had an older PII computer with some software problems and said I could have it if I thought I could fix it. 1 reformat, 1 Windows install, and a couple of drivers later I had a perfectly good PC which I gave to my mom, who didn't have a computer.

My user name is also the name of an exciting jello-wrestling event held somewere in Birmingham, AL. I heard the name one time and thought it'd make a really cool forum name.

[rugbyroy]

I'm Roy. I got into this OCing addiction first by wanting to mod my rig last winter. I wanted a sweet looking rig, and I'd read many forums about how to make my beast more colorful. This one just grabbed me though, as it has so much more than just modding to offer. I am a junior pre med at lock haven U of pennsylvania. I also play rugby (obviously) and like to mountain bike. So far my best overclock is my 1700 up to 2.42.

[I.M.O.G.]

I love the quote in your sig Roy. Rugby players are crazy tough, I guess if they're raised right though playing is just normal to them? ;)

/the site that came from is terribly offensive, often disgusting, and usually still manages to be funny ;)

[rugbyroy]

Yeah I love that site very much. I agree with you on the content, yet I still laugh at it! Speaking of rugby.. I'm off to try out for the PA collegiate select team. I wouldn't consider myself totally crazy for playing, but something is missing for sure... Anybody ever see Jonah Lomu, from new zealand? He's the guy with the little patch of hair on his bald head, which sits atop a 225 lb, six foot five inch frame that can run the forty nearly as fast as randy moss... I'd hate to mark him haha

[jazztrumpet216]

Originally posted by rugbyroy
randy moss...

Yeah, imagine the things he could do with a GOOD quarterback like Favre throwing to him...

:p

[bsspewer]

Originally posted by David
Hey, my name is David (no kidding! ;)) and I live in Edinburgh (well, for 5/7 of the week, and 2/7 in Livingston), Scotland. I am currently at Edinburgh University studying towards a Chemistry degree, doing Maths, Chemistry and Physics this year.

I think it would be cool if we put our best OC in our post as well :). My best so far, isnt great, but its dual XP1700+@XP2100+ which is an 18.1% OC on each CPU.

So what year are you in?

I ask only because i'm a fellow chemestry student too, and there aren't very many of us here in these forums. I thought i was the only one.

My name's Matt, like so many others. I like computers, but I get way to frustrated at them to pursue any kind of carrier with them. My nick name, bsspewer, comes from the Bull**** I'm always spewing out..

Currently I'm enrolled at UCF in Orlando, FL working for a Forensic Science degree. I have one class left before graduation. Yes, i do the same thing as the CSI people. No, I do not cut open dead people, but I've seen it done many times and am about to help on an upcoming weekend :).

[LutaWicasa]

Well..........my r/l name is Lyman. Been around OC forums just about since thier inception. I install, sand and finish custom hardwood floors nationwide. When not working, futzing with comps or scalping trolls, I fish and hunt. I am a 49 yr old NdN that follows "traditional" ways. Hence the nick.......it means red man.
I guess my "best" oc was a lil'Celly 566@1054......nope, never quite hit that 100% OC.

[KLowD9x]

Hi, im KLowD9x, my real name is Erik. I dont really come here any more becuase once I got my fill with computers, I came here mainly for the General Discussion. But, the ops removed that and now I have another site that im loading up on information on, and they have an off-topic section. But yeh, I figured I would post something so the server doesnt think my account is dead.

[Big_Baller]

Hallo. Ich heiße Peter from Seattle WA :D. I am in my second year of running start at north seattle commuity college (I'm a senior in high school but I go to college for thoughs that don't know what running start is) Hopfully I will go to Germany in the summer to continue germany study there in a program.

Anyways I have been around computers my whole life (games of course: keen, doom, all of the Quest series and a lot of game I can't remember on 5 1/4 in floppys w00t w00t) but I never really started to learn, tinker or build them until I saw a one gigahertz cordless phone and wonderd if I could make my computer a gigahertz :D That was several years ago. Now I am taking a computer classe (A+) and I also do a lot of computer work, repairing, virus cleaning, building for people I know. I have some future in Computers I just havn't decided what yet. I guess I will try a litle bit of everything.

Once you try OCing you never go back. These forums are truly great. Take care.

I am not sure why I have the name Big_Baller but I'v gone by it on the net for some time now. I think I will change the avatar soon. Does anyone start to get bald, close to the ago of 18? I am. It sucks.

I am determinded to get my barton 2500 stable at 2.6 ghz. But that hasn't happened yet. So I guess 2500 on a 2500 will have to do.

[Little DeViL]

Bow down and fear me you mortal fools...

I am Little Devil, and i have come you to leech all your information from your forum to make me the most powerful villian every!!!! Muhahahahahhaa... Cough Cough.... Looks like the evil laugh is not for me :(

Anywayz, Im new here... Found this place from ExtremeOverlclocking... This is quite a cool place... Im not too keen on all the rules and the postings to get into certain forums but neither the less...

Check ya all round the board ;)

[UnseenMenace]

Im UnseenMenace and am proudly the first European Mod on OC-Forums.. Im a Englishman.

I used to be just DaMenace which is how my mother used to refer to me in my younger days, however I went to a meet with some IRC buddys once, but a few of us went down early after work and hit the bars... I got a little to over consumed and spent the rest of the meet passed out in my hotel room.. People started to joke that I was at the meet, yet nobody saw me and infact I was the UnseenMenace... :D (been using it every since)

Im into small form factor PC's such as the Mini-ITX platform and am a big fan of Linux although I am not very capable with it. (trying to learn)

[RyanRichard]

Hello Im Ryan
Ive been lurking around this place for a long while, gots to love this big family :attn:

Im currently a college student working towards a few degrees in computer sceince :sn:
Im also the lead IT and my office....with stupid employees..anyone who has had their network messed up from someone with a laptop knows what im talking about.

Anyways, this place is the absoloute best, the people, the information, the girls...wait are there girls here:confused:
hahaha yea im silly too.

WELCOME TO THE FORUMS!!
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[YellowDart]

<-- bows down to lilDevil... "Hey..... GIVE ME BACK MY INFORMATION!!!!" :D

My name is Jason. I just got married about 3 months ago. Just built my first computer... it's the rig in my sig (I made a rhyme!!! :clap: ) Yea, I'm a wiseguy too...

ATM: I'm studying IAP (Interdisciplinary Arts & Performance) at Arizona State University in my senior year. I'm hoping to move to either Columbia or NYU to get my Master's in Fine Art. I'm currently working as a Graphic Designer for Sandhills Publishing, I've been doing a lot of web work lately, so I'm literally on the net 10-16 hours every day. If you're curious, you can see some of my work in Smart Computing, Computer Power User, PC Today, and CE Tips magazines. I'm really into cutting edge graphics (print & web), 2d & 3d animation, painting, drawing, technical illustration, custom computers & modding, weight lifting... and most of all... gaming. I'm a non-recovering addict of Halo (XB & PC versions), so hit me up if you want a good CTF@BG match! ;)

Kinda sucks being into cutting edge junk like this when you're broke... but it's alright. It gives my wife something to complain about, since I'm not fat, lazy, bald, and impotent yet. :D

See you around...
Welcome to the forums!

[Big_Baller]

Originally posted by YellowDart

It gives my wife something to complain about, since I'm not fat, lazy, bald, and impotent yet. :D


LMAO

[IFMU]

Nice thread indeed IMOG.

Hrm... lets see, try to keep this short....

Ok, well My name is Lynn, although I go by Marty. (Middle name is Martin... get it? me either. :rolleyes: ) LoL

My nick (IFMU) is a name I started using a few years back when I couldnt get one of those "cool names" back when I was mentally challenged and used AOHe__. The name comes from a car wreck I got into several years back when my car, a 1970 Monte Carlo, fish tailed and litterally SHOT up telephone pole tension wires and sat at / <~ THAT angle and on 1 tire for nearly 2 hours. i.e. the Incredible Flying Mobile Unit was born. Which, is the name I started using and have been since. If there is a forum that I would even be remotely interested in, Ive joined, with that name. ;) LoL

Anyways, I dont do much of anything other then work, sleep and bugger with my computer. Im not sure what the best OC is Ive gotten honestly, but I think it would prolly be either this older slot 1 300Mhz that I had at 600Mhz, but was never capable of testing for full stability. No spare HDD. It booted to it and thats about the best I could do at the time. So not totally sure on that one. Then I had an ASUS nForce board (the first round) Um... tryin to recall... 1.4 Thunderbird... think I got it 1.8 or 1.9... not sure to be totally honest... cant remember..... sucky memory... lol

Wow... that got huge.. ok Im out

Peace!

IFMU

[Matthias99]

Xaipe!

Er... WELCOME TO THE FORUMS!

Ah, that's better.

My name's Matt. I like computers. A lot. I also like to think I know a few things about them, having recently acquired a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a job as a software engineer at a Fortune 500 company. Although I'd usually rather be writing or playing games. :D

When I'm not working (which isn't all that often), I like to spend my time playing games, fencing, and hanging out with my college friends. Reading books and working on my own programming projects seem like distant memories after 4 years in school, but they're also indulged in when I get the chance. ;)

I fenced competitively in college (8th place finish in the division my senior year), and also played on our rugby team (B-side lock) *and* in the marching band (now *there's* a combination for you!)

Anyone interested enough to read through this should know that if you're a programmer in the Boston area with a CS degree, really sharp C coding skills and knowledge of assembly programming and the internals of multiprocessing systems, I can probably get you an interview for a full-time programming position. PM for details.

[synoptism]

Hey guys, I'm new here. I'd like to introduce myself...

My name is Brett. I'm currently a junior in a Dallas-area private high school, the St. Mark's School of Texas. I participate in our school's robotics club, where in October we placed third in our city-wide robotics competition, the Dallas BEST (DallasBEST.org) sponsored by Texas Instruments (TI.com and BESTInc.org). On November 21 we will advance to compete in the Texas BEST competition (TexasBEST.org), where teams from Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Oklahoma will face us. I also enjoy programming in JavaScript, Visual Basic, ASP, some PHP, and also enjoy creating works of art in Photoshop, Flash, and Maya. I play water polo, I swim, and I play baseball (all for my school).

I came upon you guys when I decided that I didn't like the lack of choices I got with retail systems (i.e., Dell), and decided to take a leap and build my own computer. Though I had many problems both buying quality parts and putting them together correctly, it was your forum that helped me, even being my very first post there. So at this very moment, I am the proud owner of an AthlonXP 2500, capable of very much more than that =)

Just thought I'd get to know you guys =)

[macklin01]

Welcome! Do post some pics of your robotics, btw! :) -- Paul

[synoptism]

I have them on a website that I made for the club, but ATM I have not fixed the references to my cascading style sheet reference, so colors might be a bit off...

But, I'll put the URL up here anyway. Don't laugh at the colors just yet =P

http://www.smrobotics.org/

[mateo]

My name's Matt (how many of us are around anyway?), I'm a junior in high school. Half my life revolves around the fun, cozy craziness of our band and jazz band, I'm a drum major and play French horn and trombone, and I try to squeeze in loads of honors classes, expanding my music listening experiences, reading quality EU Star Wars, trying somewhere to get things in order and get myself around to learning computer graphics, and trying to get to know a very beautiful (in more ways than one) girl during the rest of my time. So I don't have that much time around here anymore, but I squeeze it in :)

The only real OC that I've gotten around to so far is my 1.8 Xeon that I BSEL'd to 2.4, a 33% OC.

[CuTeGiRly4EvA87]

Hey guys :D

I'm kaz (but my rl name is karen) and I liv in glasgow in scotland an I goin out wiv mmy friendz and dancin and stuff and gettin drunk hehehehehehe :p

I came her to learn about PCs n stuff coz all the guys think they are smart coz they kno evrything and I wanna show them that girls can be gd wiv PCs as well.

I wld post my pic but im not that gd lukin :(.

ttfn guys :cool:

[David]

Originally posted by bsspewer


So what year are you in?

I ask only because i'm a fellow chemestry student too, and there aren't very many of us here in these forums. I thought i was the only one.

My name's Matt, like so many others. I like computers, but I get way to frustrated at them to pursue any kind of carrier with them. My nick name, bsspewer, comes from the Bull**** I'm always spewing out..

Currently I'm enrolled at UCF in Orlando, FL working for a Forensic Science degree. I have one class left before graduation. Yes, i do the same thing as the CSI people. No, I do not cut open dead people, but I've seen it done many times and am about to help on an upcoming weekend :).

I'm just in my first year (of 5) at UofE in Edinburgh. I am doing just a straight Chemistry MChem degree, and finding it very intesting as I am finding Stoichiometry more interesting than thermodynamics so far ... cant be right .... :eek: lol.

[Tirbyren]

Hello all. I'm Shane and I just recently moved to MN from MA then back to MA. (long story) On the way my comp was trashed by UPS so I'm still working on getting my insurance money. :|

I know a bit about some programming langauges, but I'm pretty newb to ocing, but I want to learn :D

[I.M.O.G.]

Welcome to the forums!

What languages are you familiar with? I know a pathetic amount of Java and VB .net. :D

[YellowDart]

Originally posted by IMOG
Welcome to the forums!

What languages are you familiar with? I know a pathetic amount of Java and VB .net. :D

Me too!!! I think I can remember probably one command in Java... it's been a long time since I dropped Java Programming 1...

System.out.println("Java is neat!");

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy!!! I know Java!!! :D:D:D

[9mmCensor]

He is Patrick Walsh. He lives in Peterborough, Ontario, which is a little town of 75K, and its ALL white :(. He likes computer games, especially shooting ones. He reads alot and does as little actual work as possible, and is quite lazy, and procrastinates like mad. He overclocks because he wants his computer to run his games as fast as possible. He is in his last year of highschool and plans on attending University next year for computer something... He has focused on software because it is challenging and fun to make infinate loops on computers that have fortress on them, which allows only a hard reboot to get out of the loop... "tee hee hee", he says. He once knew Java, VB, and Turing but forgets all of them.

[oc-laptop]

I know a bit of html i mean a BIT! like nerly 0% and im learing c++

[RadiationMan]

My name is Sean and I have been a Radiologic/Ultrasound Technologist for about 11 years. My very first computer was a Timex/Sinclair with 2K of memory. :D

I have been visiting overclockers.com for about 6 months and I have learned alot! When I first visited this site, I thought overclocking was not something that would be possible or very practical for me to do. I thought my computer would just burn up after a few months of use. From the help of everyone here, I have been able to build a computer myself that is overclocked very respectably, and it has given me a real sense of pride.

I have met a lot of very nice, helpful people. Nobody flames you here, just because you are a newbie that asks a question that has been asked hundred times before. Everyone is very willing to help you out. That is why I have stayed. This is a good place to be.

If you are new here, WELCOME TO THE FORUMS! You might check out the Folding Team (http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=21) forum. You can join our team by using the idle cpu cycles on your computer to help find a cure for cancer, and many other diseases. We are currently ranked 3rd in the world, but we can use everyones help to make it to #1!

[bettsr]

My name is Bob and I am building my first computer and can find all sorts of useful information on the O/C Forum thanks for having me aboard.

[Oni]

Hi. My name is Karl, and I'm from Grimsby, Ontario Canada. My nickname is Oni, and it means demon in Japanese. I'm the official Shirt Ninja in these parts :)

Around the forum, I mostly stick around Games and General Discussion, but I also lurk around Alt. Modding, Microsoft Operating Systems, Applications and Software, and Video and Sound cards. I can be terribly sarcastic and opinionated at times, but I'm pretty easy going and agreeable on the whole.

I'm a big anime fan, and will watch just about anything regarding that. I enjoy computer hardware more than software, and avoid coding like the plague.

I'll talk to just about anybody, but I'm not a terribly 'chatty' person. Feel free to PM or IM me (I'm available on every popular IM client) if you'd like to talk.

[JDXNC]

Hi, My name is Jason, I'm from Quebec, Canada... and NO I'm not french ;).... although I can speak french, I'm English born and raised.

Hmm... no college for me, Finished high school and decided it wasn't for me. I'm nearly 22 and *EDIT* Just became a forklift driver *EDIT*. I run my own computer repair/upgrade business on the side, doing quite well actually. Also, I'm a farmer... yes us farm boys can get into technology too, my parents own the farm, and I help out on weekends. We raise beef cattle and horses.

Hmm.. I'm getting married in the near future (June 2006) to my beautiful fiance who I met online in 1999 :) I owe a lot to computers, they have really changed my life, I used to be quite the troublesome teen but computers have gotten me straightened out and on track. OC forums has taught me almost everything I know about them.... THANK YOU TO EVERY MEMBER!

[FlailBoy]

Hi I'm Jimmy and I'm from Wisconsin. I stumbled across this site, saw a great community out here, and had to have in on it. I just bought a house so I'll have one more build (still waiting for the monitor) to post about and then the buying part of this little hobby of mine will be done for a while.

I'm a suffering civil servant making the most out of a psych/anthro degree. Yeah ok, I'm really not making any use of it at all. I just really had to get the student loan people to shut the freak up; and then I kind of got stuck here working my way up to Governor. :)

My annual calendar is marked by Halloween and Summerfest. The rest is just kinda' filler material. When I'm not tweaking my computers I'm drumming or fishing or camping or drinking too much Bud. Sometimes I do more than one of these things at the same time.

[CrystalMethod]

Hi I'm Keith. I'm from Quebec, Canada. I worked as an interior designer for a while, then as a mechanic (both of which I went to school for). I currently work as a computer tech, which I never went to shool for, thanks to everything I learnd from the forums in the last few years.

Originally posted by JDXNC
Hi, My name is Jason, I'm from Quebec, Canada... and NO I'm not french ;) and proud of that fact.... although I can speak french, I try to use it as little as possible :p

Hmm... no college for me, Finished high school and decided it wasn't for me. I'm nearly 21 and a mechanic by profession.

Ever get out to MTL? I was figuring we should have an Canadian OC.com get together sometime possibly head over to somewhere in Ontario and meet some of the guys from there.

[Audioaficionado]

I'm Steve, I'm 50 and have been happily married for almost 25 years. I have two adult children. Daughter 23 & son 20. Six pesky house cats (Edit: five as of 12/27 :cry: ) and two barking rats (miniture pinchers) :D

My career has been changing about once a decade. I've worked as an Electrican in the US Navy, did all phases of residential building construction in San Diego CA, worked in the printed circuit board industry in White City OR and now I'm working for Tara Labs in beautiful Ashland OR building very expensive home theater equipment while going to college part time.

I'm studying to be a registered nurse now so I can help others in their greatest time of need and also make enough to live on for the rest of my life. (no pension so far and forget SSI :( ) It's very interesting work and export proof too.

My handle audioaficionado comes from my love of high-end audio systems. I have to DIY them because that's the only way I can afford it.

I was looking for a more powerful computer to run very sophisticated speaker design and testing software on. Since I DIY my own audio equipment, I figured I'd do the same for a new computer. Google pointed me to this forum and I was amazed that you could safely overclock a computer and make it much more powerful.

Well I soaked up lots O' knowledge for awhile until I learned a thing or two and started to help others. Next thing I knew I was asked if I'd like to be a senior member. I accepted the honour and was amazed I'd even received the invitation.

This is the very best forum I've been associated with. You'll get more out of this expirience the more you participate.

I mainly hang out in the SMP and Folding at Home areas but I do venture into the hardware areas frequently. Occasionally I'll venture into the discussion areas to see what else is happening.

Welcome to the forums

[specific]

Greetings

I'm Griffin

This place is habit forming, but the side effects are rather desirable.

Don't chat much, as i'm usually reading, or playing any instrument i can get my hands on, and i prefer audible conversation. It was music which fanned the flames of interest in PC's. I wanted to build a recording studio, and Mac's were out of my price range, as were OEM boxes, so i had to figure it out. And i'm glad i did. I remember the days of text based bulletin boards, C64's and AppleII's, because i'm 30 yrs old. Anything beyond that is pretty blurry.

I am all over this place, just following my nose. Sometimes i strike a nerve, but i mean no harm.

[DDR-PIII]

Personnel info:Name : DJ
Gender : Male
Age : 20 and a bit
Location : Thunder Bay, ON
Occupation : Well Technician
Education : ^got my ticket for that, and ima drop out ;) the drops outs seem to make the money eh :D

[I.M.O.G.]

Originally posted by DDR-PIII
Personnel info:Name : DJ
Gender : Male
Age : 20 and a bit
Location : Thunder Bay, ON
Occupation : Well Technician
Education : ^got my ticket for that, and ima drop out ;) the drops outs seem to make the money eh :D


While your submission is somewhat unique, I don't think it's going to win you the Mr. Forum Warmness and Personality title. ;)

[emericanchaos]

alright i'll have a shot.

my nick is emericanchaos. it is an original nick i thought up about a year and a half ago. it goes like this. i am an american so start there. i like electronics and owe alot to electricity. so that makes me an electronic american (also i chat alot to people from other countries so electronic american fits this as well) i shortened that to emerican. then the last bit. all through my life i've had trouble with sleeping and depression/ADD. these problems make life quite chaotic at times as i'm awake at the wrong times and often have trouble getting things done. so that qualifies as chaos and became an addition to the rest of me :D my friends call me chaos, yes they really do, because the full name is a bit of a mouth full when we go out.

i don't think i really have a home forum here. i float around and sorta lurk while remaining active. guess i just have to much time on my hands. if i were to choose a home forum it would be the folding forum or vid cards and sound.

i'm probably the resident grammar nazi. i tend to say things properly on the boards as it gives me the ability to actually write rather then try to get a word in like a chat room or channel. i also tend to be long winded in posts as you're noticing now.

i like computers, cars, girls, puzzles, cooking, and sometimes eating if i made it well. i'm currently a freshman at Pennslyvania College of Technology http://www.pct.edu studying Data Communications and Networking. i'm 20 and turn 21 on new years eve.

i can say alot more but i won't. if anyone wishes to contact me you can hit on AIM or YIM @ emericanchaos or click the www button at the bottom of the post and visit my home on the web.

[L337 M33P]

Introducing the resident forum lurker :p

My nick is L337 M33P for no readily apparent reason, my real name is Jonathan. I live in England and stumbled across the site 6 months ago, found the forums and decided to join.

My knowledge of computers has risen exponentially since then, and I have purchased numerous upgrades weeee

I usually post in almost all the hardware sections - I have no liking for programming lol.

I am studying to become an Electronic Engineer - final year of college this year.

[dropadrop]

Hiya!

My name is Mika and I'm a lurker from finland. I work in an internet helpdesk and study comptuter science in university on my free time.

Wellcome to the forums!!

[Bensa]

Hello, my name is Ben, and as you see, I'm from Helsinki, Finland.
I'm a student of Internet Media in a art academy, where the others use macs. I spend a lot of my time designing case mods and helping friends with computer problems.

My name comes from a nickname that my older sister came up with, which also happens to mean gasoline in Finnish.

[Cuda]

Hello,
My name is Monty. If O/C had an over-the-hill gang, I guess I'd be a member. My nic comes from a car my dad used to race, a 1965 Barracuda. The only picture I have of me and my father shows him holding me in front of the car when he won his first and only first place finish in 1965.

I came to O/C on the advice of a friend when I decided to build a new machine, but was behind on the times. Now I'm hooked on overclocking and folding (http://folding.octeams.com/).

I am a nine year Navy veteran but I got out in 1991 so I could raise my two oldest daughters who I got custody of in a divorce. I have since re-married and added two more daughters. Yeah, I know, I'm a glutton for punishment. My girls are 18, 16, 11 and 3. I now design commercial fire alarm systems.

You will not find a better group of people than those you will meet right here. Although it is not a place to come and chat, you will quickly feel like family. Don't be afraid to ask what you think might be a stupid question, Lord knows I've asked my share.

My best o/c is in the sig. I know HTML and am currently learning Basic and C++ (at the same time and it's driving me nuts).

Welcome to the forums!


<edited for stupidity>

[firenurse4]

Originally posted by Audioaficionado
I'm studying to be a registered nurse now so I can help others in their greatest time of need and also make enough to live on for the rest of my life. (no pension so far and forget SSI :( ) It's very interesting work and export proof too.


Ya shulold've come to me for some career counciling fisrt!:D :D :D :D

I am a registered nurse and work in critical care. I am also a volunteer fireman for 22 years so that explains my tittle.

[JDXNC]

Originally posted by CrystalMethod

Ever get out to MTL? I was figuring we should have an Canadian OC.com get together sometime possibly head over to somewhere in Ontario and meet some of the guys from there.

Now and then :) I'm just south of Sherbrooke, so about 90 minute drive from MTL... I try to make it out a couple times a year to see a few Habs games...Ontario is a bit far for me to travel, but I think MTL would be a good central location, it is a very nice city :) We should arrange something!

[Audioaficionado]

Originally posted by firenurse4


Ya shulold've come to me for some career counciling fisrt!:D :D :D :D

I am a registered nurse and work in critical care. I am also a volunteer fireman for 22 years so that explains my tittle.

If I could roll back the 'sands of time', I might go for either PA or MD. But RN ain't too bad for now considering my age.

[Mr. $T$]

My name is Jimmy and my last name starts with T so hence the name Mr. $T$, I graduated HS last year and am working full time at a local computer shop, I plan to go to collage in the spring and specialize in some kind of information technoligy most likely fiberoptic. I have been a member here since 2001 and been lovin' it ever since, I have a VW bug that I have been working on and that is pict in in my avatar, it looks alittle more sporty now. I live in SO oregon in the deep wilderness of red neck country :p An no I AM NOT one of them. :cool:

[Jognt]

O_O perrrtyfull thread :D

heres my info :p


Name : Jasper
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
gender: male/boy :p
age: 17, nearly 18
education: still trying to finish HAVO (dont know the US name..)
Reason for OC'ing: I OverClock for fun :) the feeling that you can run a PC that much faster, and mess around with it, is just great :D

well, lessee how many newbies we can get here ! yarr!

best OC? my only OC (my previous rig)
Pentium III coppermine slot1 600mhz @ 800mhz 6*133 (on stock cooling!)

[orange400]

Hey, I'm Max aka orange on the board ...

With the help of these forums I was able to kick computer from a mere 1.8Ghz to an extremely stable 2.3Ghz (a 500Mhz boost), although through the overclocking process I have had times where the machine was all the way up to 2.5Ghz, which is getting dangerously close to a 3/4 Ghz overclock! However, it was terribly unstable, so I mellowed down to 2.3. My computer's name is SAL because of it's blue lights and acrylic case. It's sweeeet. All lighted and stuff. Big ol duct in there, red mobo, double cd burner action, zalman speed controller ... and one of the knobs on the speed controller controls how far the light in the cathodes go up the bulb! So I can make it all flashy and stuff. One day I'm doing to try to rig them up as db meters for L and R channels off my sound card.

I'm also a vintage junky! I love the 486 series of computers. I have two DX/4-100 processors, a DX/4-120 processor, a SL 25 laptop, and a server that runs off of six DX/2 66 processors! I also have some mondo awesome hardware for those chips, like a custom blue anodized heat sink head on the 120, a green head on one of the 100s, a mach32-powered ATi graphics wonder ISA card, AWE32 sound card w/ expanded memory, about 50 sticks of older RAM, even a mobo with PCI slots! My laptop is my pride and joy right now though. I recently got a PCMCIA CD-ROM, a zip drive battery, a new HDD, expanded RAM (8MB RAM total) ... a mess of stuff. I also stuffed it with a 4500mAh battery that lasts days w/o a charge. It rules. I also dig the NES. A lot.

Yeah these forums ROCK. Everybody here is very kind and helpful, won't laught at your mistakes, and care when you make them. I too will help you guys achieve your maaaaad oc skillz and fold it like I stole it. So enjoy the forums, good luck with your oc'ing, and HAVE FUN!

[Nirbush]

Hi,

My name is Nirbush or Nirb
name comes from 2 rock bands Nirvana + Bush from a long time ago and for some reason just kept the name.

I do websites i know some html and php. Never been to school for it just teach myself.

Ive built 2 comps so kinda new at that. Just started overclocking and this forum was great help i was able to get my athlon xp 2000 to 2.380mhz last night and it was actually stable. Thats about it for me..


Nir

[Venom1969]

Hi my name is Al, 23, from the emerald isle ie. Ireland! :)

Been lurking here for god knows how long, and using the search button a lot. Now I'm sick of using it and will just ask directly from now on! ;)

"Studying" computers in uni for too long also. Had the old 386 which was my first pc, had an atari st before that. Pretty much computing all my life. Had a lot of the consoles. Snes, megadrive, mega cd, playsation, ps2, xbox... etc. Now I'm more into ocing. And with ur help, squeeze the last piece of ever loving performance of the my system. Good to be here! :)

[pranks7er]

HELLO pranks7er here, also a member of another well known forum, (will not mention names) dont worry not a newbie to computersor modding but maybe overclocking !

[wierdAL]

hi, i'm new to this forum, i've been a menber in other forums for about a year, i know my way around AMD based systems, intels not so much, i'll be bugging you to help me squezze every last bit of performance form the hardware i get/have :)

[FrailBlazer]

Hellooooo Therrrre to all you people out in Overclocking Land.

The name's Dame(Damon to be exact) from the mean 'ol streets of New York City. I came across this board from a link that pointed to the uncovering of the 'Grinch That Stole Christmas'(*******s). Unfortuantely I was a victim of said Grinch and received a locked Barton. No worries. I'm cool with it. *inconspicuously loads shotgun* FINE I tell ya. :D Anyway, glad to be here. I'm new to the OC game and ready to get dirty.

[Timmybighands]

Hi. I'm Shane, but you can call me Timmy. I'm sure all of you know (or at least recall) the old website TimmyBigHands.com. It was closed last year becuase it did not generate any revenue. It was created by the makers of Mystery Science Theater - A GREAT SHOW. Anyways, I still FULLY support Timmy, but enough on that.

I build boats for a living. I am a Supervisor of the interior department at Rinker Boat Co. Specifically, I build the largest boat in our fleet, a 42' Cuddy Cabin. The boat has 3 bedrooms, a full bath, and a full washer/dryer room - besides the deck and lounge floors. It is addorned with a Flatscreen LCD television with a Bose surround sound setup, cherry-wood throughout and corinthian leather seating. A very nice setup indeed.

I was married just two years ago, and we are both young and very poor. My wife loves me enough that she SOLD A CAR to build the computer in my signature. I could not believe it! Now we have to deal with figuring out how to get around with only 1 car, but I love my PC. The forums are a big part of my day, as I rush home to read the latest posts. We have a great bunch of guys here, from whom you can learn a great amount on just about any computer related subject. Read through here, and enjoy. We'd be happy to answer any of your questions.

Welcome to the forums, all.

[poweriu]

Well... I've been lurking here way too long and posting way too little, partly due to my firm belief in the value of the search button, though now that I know a few answers I'm being helpful when I can... but anyhow I thought I'd get around to saying hi. My name's Daryl. I'm a Computer tech at a local Digital Video Store (lotsa high-end hardware :D) , though I'm attempting to save up and get back into college... for what I don't know. So,

I've been overclocking for quite a while also, thought I didn't come across this site till sometime in 2000. My first OC attempt was on my parents old 486DX33, took it up to 40!!. (Which, percentage wise, is my best OC). My current OC is in my sig. It'll post higher, above 1.9 GHz in fact, but isn't stable there, and I'm not sure what part to blame it on, so since I like where its at, I'll leave it till I have more money.

[HungryForHertz]

Hi my name is Joe, I've been an Overclockoholic for a week now...
I am new here. I know a bit about O/Cing and I am really into it and completely insane. I'm also English, so fear me.

[Chris of Death]

A penny for the one who can guess my first name ;). I'm here mostly for the watercooling section, I've been overclocking for a number of years and I figured water was the next logical step.

Just because I'm still on an achievement high, here's a little pic of my system as it stands:

http://chrisofdeath.zapto.org:5985/thumbnails/130_3090.jpg

So hello to all, and happing OCing :)

[CrashOveride]

Originally posted by Chris of Death
A penny for the one who can guess my first name ;).

Is it Chris? (If so I will be expecting my penny!:D)

[Hookj5]

Hi there. I love this form. I have been doing it all by myself, and now I have somewhere to ask my questions. Thanks guys!

[CrashOveride]

Originally posted by Hookj5
I have been doing it all by myself,

:eek: That would just be too hard (though maybe good too since you could find out more new stuff since you don't have outside influences as much... Meh):D

[slater3333uk]

Hey Peeps Adam here (some of you may know me as SlaterSpeed)

Ive been into this overclocking stuff for a couple of years now but only discoverd this site about a year ago and its definatly the best thing on the net! Im at collage and what with all the work and stuff i dont have much time to post as i would like but im allways messing with computer stuff and allways happy to give you a hand if you need it.

Im hopeing to start a small buisness up after collage so i can turn my obsession into some money and have a bit of fun at the same time!:) so watch this space!

Apart from the pc side of things im very interested in cars and perticualy motorsport. Im only 17 but have allredy built a couple of motors. My dad owns a engineering buisness wich is great for both car and computer stuff (waterblocks!) and ive also raced Karts at national level since i was about 8 or 9 so im hoping to do a degree in motorsport engineering or something like that.

Other than that im your usal 17year old who spends most of the time either In bed, Drinking or trying to get girls! (and failing lol) :D

[captaincascade]

Hi, my names John Lester. I work for a company specializing in ultra low tepmerature freezers in los angeles. about 3 months ago i began building computer freezers much like the prometia, but alot colder. I currently have thae system opainter has used to atain the #1 slot in 3d2001. This system in a -100c dual evap gpu, cpu cooler.

I have also began building custom systems for various people that are interested in pushing there hardware even further than a prometia could ever do. If i can help anyone with any questions they have about coolers or general refrigeration i would be more than happy to, so please feel free.

thank you

john

[Timmybighands]

Good gravy Mr. Lester, we need to talk!

[atconc]

Hi, I just found this board today and already lost about 4 hours just reading through old posts :)

My name is Aaron, I'm a 3rd year at The University of Essex (http://www.essex.ac.uk) in the UK, studying Internet Computing. I've been overclocking since I broke the die on my Thunderbird athlon 1200mhz last summer (bad) and ended up replacing mobo chip and ram with my current rig (good :) )

My best overclock so far is my xp1700+ t/bread B @ 13.5x166@1.6v (~2.24Ghz) which I ran stable for about the last 3 or 4 months, but have clocked back a bit so i can have a little less noise.

Spec for my main rig is in my sig, I also have a Pentium 3 500 with 256mb ram, radeon 64DDR (old school i know), seagate 17gb noisy slow 5400rpm HD and quiet pc 300w psu. which at the moment is pretty much acting as an external hd and doing some grid.org calculations, but also allows me to test my network project (when I get going on it).

Looking forward to sharing what i know and learning from you guys

[slater3333uk]

Hi aaron

Essex hey

Colchester?? im from Sudbury!

Welcome to the forums!!!!:D

[CrashOveride]

Originally posted by atconc
Hi, I just found this board today and already lost about 4 hours just reading through old posts :)



Lost? I bet you learned tons! Or at least excersized your brain. Thats not a loss:D

[atconc]

Originally posted by CrashOveride



Lost? I bet you learned tons! Or at least excersized your brain. Thats not a loss:D

I should have put a :) at the end of that sentence, it's been a throughly enjoyable 4 hours.

Originally posted by slater3333uk
Hi aaron

Essex hey

Colchester?? im from Sudbury!

Welcome to the forums!!!!:D

Can't say that I know where that is to be honest :( originally from the midlands and don't tend to venture off campus much further than tescos very often..

[slater3333uk]

haha its a smallish town bout 10miles north of colchester on essex/suffolk border. Only bout 15mins away:)

[chkptcharlie]

i'm nick, i'm 18. I live in Mississippi.
im really into about everything... mainly tech stuff though.
drive and race a camaro, so cars are a specialty.
Dad's been into computers since before i was born(talk about some old comptuers) so i've grown up playing with them.
at the moment my new rig is under construction and will be completed when i have more resources to donate into the project.

[netBOT]

Hey I'm Matt and I'm new to OC forums I was refered here by crashoveride. I know a little about computer hardware and networking. I hope to be helpful here at OC forum and learn some too.

My computer is okay but theres nothing special about I just built it by hand and ordered the parts off newegg.com. I didn't do any radical mods or make my case from scrap. I also didn't do any oc'ing I'm planning that for later;) . I am an active member on X-bit labs which is a great site to get news and fairly unbiased reviews on the latest ahrdware especially CPU's and video cards.

[impact]

Hey, im new...
Yah..
specs:
AMD Athlon 2100+ non-OC'd as of now
Gigabyte GA-7VAXP
Geforce4 TI4200 @ 330/500
SB Live 5.1 Gamer
256 Kingston DDR400 @ 402mhz, 128 Ultra DDR400 @ 402mhz
Western Digital 80GB 7200rpm 8mb SE

yah...
now running a fancy home made water system @ 31 deg. idle...
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~d3sherma/waterblock.html

[eXCeSS]

Hey all. My name is Andrew, im 15, and im a sophmore in lakeland (fakeland) highschool. (School sucks :( )

I live in westchester county, whcih is about 40 minutes above NYC. Fun stuff :)


Anyways, i got my first computer when i was about 11, dell dimension xps 500 (if i recall correctly). I had that pc until about 3 years ago, when i replaced the motherboard and processor. This was my first time doing anything with computers, which is a prety major job, but i pulled through, after a few hours of fidgeting, it came out all good. After taht, i just gradually upgraded it. The only remaining part of that system is my hitatch 16x dvd rom drive, which keeps crapping out so it is on the road to death soon :(

So after all that, ive got a pretty good system, and ive got a 9800 pro on the way from newegg :D

thats all for now. peace out

[Oklahoma Wolf]

I can't believe I never saw this thread yet :(

Anyway, my real name is Jeremy and I'm a hopeless computer addict. Got into computers rather later than I would have liked, considering I just turned 30 this year, and started out with an Atari ST in about 1993 or so. Soon afterwards, I got my hands on an old 386sx system, and a long cycle of upgrades and learning began (though thanks to lack of income I'm usually behind the curve in my upgrades). Now, I seem to be the guy everyone in the family goes to for computer repairs lol.

In terms of income, I've done a few things; most noteably becoming an electronics technician at age 15. Recently though, I've more or less gotten out of that (less than profitable) racket so I can write novels full time and work as a church secretary.

[MCain]

Hello All,

My name is Matt. I've been lurking around here about a year now, reading and learning. I'm 33, married, I have two sons(3&6), a dog and a cat.

My job title is IT Manager, but, given the size of the company, that's more of a primary role along with a whole lot of other stuff. In reality I have that title because at some point several years ago I could take a PC apart and put it back together better than anyone else in the company and even get DOS and Windows 3.1 to do what they were supposed to.

All the things I learn here go toward creating better systems at work. We're a manufacturing company and you can do some really cool things wth systems that'll actually function reliably in 130 degrees Fahrenheit ambient temperatures. Every now and then I get to build one for myself, too.

Stick around here for awhile and read more than you post and you'll have a great opportunity to expand your overall knowledge of hardware and even software on occasion.

[Natalie]

Hey Ya'll,
I'm new, and i'm such an amature because i'm not even sure why i am here, i guess because i wanna learn a lot of stuff about computers. My BF got me into all of this, soo now i'm looking forward to a good start and learning something new.

[ProDriveTom]

Hello, im Tom and im 22. Ive been into computers for a long time but havent been paying attention to the hardware for a while. The last time i knew my way around the inside of a comp it was 50 bucks for a 4 meg stick of ram :D . I have been on this site nonstop since i found it a little while ago while looking for info on a new comp im building and have loved every minute of it. This forum has just floored me with how nice everyone is here. Methinks i will stay here for awhile:)

[Audioaficionado]

Natalie & ProDriveTom

Welcome to the OCForums

[just_dan]

guess this is my intro, of sorts:
name's dan, 30, live in los angeles... was a comp sci major, dropped out to work for a .com... worked for a bunch of them since, now im an independant contract developer... currently doing on-the-fly divX encoding of multiple video streams.

Been overclocking and basically abusing (and breaking) every machine ive had since moving to my first 386, from a commodore 64 (still have it).

Rig 1 (not complete yet):
Abit NF7-s V2, 2500+ barton, ATI AIW 9600pro 128mb, HyperX 3700 2x512, 2x WD1200JD in RAID-0...
below-ambient liquid cooled (it's radiator is in the freezer, of the fridge that holds my beer).
ViewSonic 19" and 17" dual monitors.

Rig 2:
Aopen mobo, PII 450 @ 600, mystery 4mb PCI video card, Dell branded 3x512, Maxtor 30gig, 2x WD 6gig, NEC ND1300-A DVD burner, mystery 24x CD-R/W, Seagate tape b/u.
Air cooled... web/mail server and backup machine

Notebook:
Gateway Solo 5300, P3 650 UNDERCLOCKED @ 600 because it runs too damn hot. Dont ever buy a Gateway.

Other than the obvious interest in computers, im very into streetbikes and hot rods/customs... which i spend a LOT of time with (a lot more than "real work")

Thats my story, and im stickin to it...

[borg]

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[Hydr0 Styles]

Hey I'm Adam... Been building computers for a while now, but I just recently got into overclocking.
So far I've broken quite a large ammount of hardware doing it (the worst a Radeon 9800 Pro 256 meg), but with the help of these forums the rate of breakage is decreasing.

This summer I'll be moving up to Long Beach (I'm in San Diego) to attend DeVry, get my degree in computer engineering and hopefully get an occupation where I build computers or something along that sort.

[CrashOveride]

Originally posted by borg
my name is ljubo mercep and I'm from croatia, a country in southern europe by italy, slovenia hungary etc etc... (suprised by the number of americans that don't have an idea where croatia is :) )
I'm new to overclocking, mostly programming in c++/linux/opengl, have 17 years and want a silent computer with water cooling in near future, currently in 3th grade of mathematics gymnasium (something like highschool/college i belive)

I went to Croatia! It was awsome... Don't exactly have anywere else to compare it too though. Havn't really been anywere else, just Bosnia (nice but a little depressing :() and Netherlands (Amsterdam Red Light District Baby!!!) on the same trip:p Crotaia was the best, beautiful beaches (Blue Grado too, heh), countrysides (travled from Zagreb to Split via train and bus) and the nicest people I have ever met.
I even got a Hrvatskan (can I say it like that?) Playboy:grin::drool: Bought it my self (I'm 16, can't really do that here).

Welcome To The Forums:D
To all you new guys:D

[Voodoo Rufus]

I never saw this thread either....

Oh well.

My name's Jason. I'm 20 years old, a 3rd year Aero Eng. student at UC Davis, but home is Hollister, CA. Been into overclocking and water cooling ever since I stumbled across overclockers.com my senior year of high school, and don't plan on leaving any time soon!

What else...I like computers, speakers (DIY scene mainly), just about anything outdoors, hiking, backpacking, and flying sailplanes (soaring rules :D).

Basicly I'm into anything that involves tweaking, building, or designing stuff.:D

[AaronP]

Hey, my name's Aaron, i ask a lot of stupid yet complicated questions, always willing to lend a hand.

[I.M.O.G.]

Hey Aaron, it's good to see people still stopping in to say "Hi". :)

Thanks to everyone whose posted! I've enjoyed reading a bit about everyone - I hope more people keep posting. It's nice to know a little about where everyone's coming from and how they got here.

[Mr.Guvernment]

hi!

i dont think i ever did post in here when i first got here so this is like a beladded hello jello!

and hello to all the other new members!

[dead_man311]

whell i like to first start by saying HI im, im David from Holland
Michigan.

what do i like to do. building computers but dont get me wrong thats my side job i real life is Drag Racing. I go to Martin Mi. or known as 131 Drag way my home away from home. During the summer im usally there ever weekend. soon ill be racing there in my 82 Camaro in the mod class. Nothing like 650 pony's at my hands lol

whell thats pertty much me Take Care All

[Chaser]

Hey, im Chaser, new to forums, they are great so far, you guys rock :)

[SybrCLocK]

i found this thread thanks to IMOG's signature...
my real name is Tudor, 20 years old, i`m from a faaaar away country called Romania.. The only good.. i mean REALLY GOOD thing about romania are the women.. uhh :p

i positivly surprised of the quality of the people on this forum.. wich never let me down.. in helping me :p

ok..i also love english, and the USA is my next stop... i`ve allready made a list witch people i want to by a beer for helping out..

enough talk..
greets :p

[pelikan]

Hi. :)

I'm Scott from northern California. I live with my girlfriend near the beach and go surfing almost every day (yeah, in the water). Then I come home and go surfing on the forums.
I have a carpentry business. I only work part time because I like to have fun more than I like money.
It's funny that my original intent with this overclocking stuff was to improve gaming performance. But now I'm way more into learning, overclocking, modding and tweaking than gaming. I'm completely obsessed with this stuff.
I also like to meditate, read books, cook and walk in the woods and on the beach.

[jlin453]

hello :)

I'm James and I spend way too much time and money on my computer :). I'm a third year senior at University of Texas studying computer science. I switched from EE after my first two years.

[I.M.O.G.]

Hah, I switched from M.E. after my first two years... Almost in my last year of computer information science now. Bachelor of business administration may 2005... Can't wait. :)

Didn't get into computers until college... and they ended up being 50% of the reason I changed schools/majors. The other 50% was split between girl-chasing and beer-chasing. :D

[Hakarune]

Hey, I'm new here and to Linux, I just started to get into it via myco-worker, Eugene. My names Trevor and I'm a Senior in High School, and a 2nd year at Clark College in Vancouver, WA. I 'm all about computers and games. I'll probably be asking l a lot of questions, because of my lack of 1337 Linux 5Ki11, and my not knowing of how to even overclock. :(


P.S. Why can't I load an Avy?

[I.M.O.G.]

You have to have a certain post count... I think its 50 or 100.

[SwooshingRob]

Now why don't you get pointed to this thread when you register?
Anyway, I'm Rob and I'm Swedish. I usually spend my time trying to get across London on my pushbike without getting killed. Seeing someone smiling on their way to work would really make my day. (Hasn't happened yet. Why do people live and work in the big city if they don't seem to enjoy it?)
My main goal for beeing here is to get a silent pc. (However, that will probably change to getting more juice out of it once it shuts up...)

I really enjoy the friendly and helpful attitude around here.

(Ten points to anyone that can figure out what my avatar is about!)

Cheers,
Rob

[pelikan]

Originally posted by SwooshingRob
I usually spend my time trying to get across London on my pushbike without getting killed. Seeing someone smiling on their way to work would really make my day. (Hasn't happened yet.


LOL. Thanks for the laugh.

And I agree that it would be great to be pointed to this thread after registering.

[oo_7]

Greeing all.
My name is Franz. Besides PCs, my hobbies are Gym, Mountain biking, Rugby and Snowboarding. I traded in my Surfboard when i left Sunny South Africa and ended up here in Cold and Rainy Norway. (go figure).
Live by one staying "Go Big, or Go Home".

oo_7

[Cjwinnit]

Originally posted by SwooshingRob
I usually spend my time trying to get across London on my pushbike without getting killed.

So true, it's the taxis that usually try to run me over :(

[I.M.O.G.]

Since Hakarune asked, and I forgot to give a good answer... Any questions about the forum rules or curiousity about how the forum works can either be answered in this forum - Forum FAQ and Guidelines (http://www.ocforums.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=66) - or you can just ask here for a clear answer - [url=http://www.ocforums.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=15] .

I'm glad you guys like the thread... Watch out for the taxis so you can keep coming back. ;)

[Reltach]

My name is Robert, I live in Ohio, USA and I'm 20 years old,
I've been into .. pretty much everything about computers since I was first introduced to a tandy 1000 around 9 years old :)

Love the friendly atmosphere here, Once I find a crack in my shell and start talking instead of lurking i'll probably start getting pm's telling me to shut up :)

Once again, Hello everyone :)

[Cerberus2k7]

My name is Joseph, I am currently residing in some place called Tempe, AZ. Anyone ever heard of the place? *Shrugs* Anyways, I am 18 years old and I am a 3D Animation Major at UAT and going to also get my BA in Network Defence, programming, and game design. Hobbies: yo-yos(Pro), 3D(Novice), Motocross(Intermediate), Snowboarding(Intermediate), and other things that involve pain. :D I love to chat but only with people that I don't find boring. So that excludes 95% of you! :p Ooh! I also like music. Orchestrated and Rock mainly. I'm a freak. Erm...yeah...I think that's it. :D

[I.M.O.G.]

Tempe? I think the Buckeyes made that pretty famous around my neck of the woods not too long ago. ;)

Nice to have you guys around.

[chaosfactor]

just thought i'd finally post on this thread.

i'm 22 and i go to georgia tech. i'm a ISYE major. always been kind of a tech-nerd, just not into computers so much until lately. and most recently overclocking. i read the forums a couple times a day, i just don't post a lot.

rock n roll.

[StaticXD00d]

Funny, I never saw this thread before either. :)

My name is John, I'm 34 (will be 35 on the 18th), and I'm a Senior Application Developer writing code in VB, SQL Server, and C in UNIX. I started playing with computers around age 12 when I found out a friend up the street had an Atari 400. He started teaching me Atari Basic, and I've been hopelessly addicted to computers ever since. My first computer was an Atari 600XL, then I got an 800XL. Started modding with that one when I found out that I could wire a switch from RS to the floppy drive to make it so that I didn't have to punch the side of the disk out to write to it. :D Went from that machine to an Atari 520ST, then a 1040ST (which I still own and still runs just like the day I bought it.) Then I got a 286, 486, etc. My current machines are a P-120 running SCO OpenServer, a PII-300, a PIII-733, an AMD XP2000+ Palomino that runs WAY too hot, and this machine, an overclocked XP2500+ at 2.2GHz.

I could go on with all of the hobbies I have, etc., but this post is already too long LOL, so I'll end it here. If anyone wants to know more, feel free to ask, and I'll do my best not to bore you to death. :p

[RGX]

Hi, my names Andy aka RGX, im a 17 yr old partial student. I've been lurking here for a while without registering because you don't allow hotmail accounts and I was too lazy to set one up :P, but today I figured would be a good time to get myself a POP3 account.

I'm on an extremley tight budget being a student with no real income so new hardware is few and far between, overclocking gets the most out of what I can afford, looking forward to a new GFX card though.

From what I have seen the community here is really tight so im looking forward to becoming part of it, hope I can help others in return. :)

Im also from England, as Ricky Gervais put so eloquently "Little island near Europe, used to run the world before you did" :D

Anyway, thanks for reading :)

[X_T_C_X]

Hey Im Alan and I live in Azusa, ca.

I’m new to the whole OC scene but hope to catch on quick ;-)
Installing an external water cooling system is what I’m looking forward to doing next so if you have any insights feel free to give me a shout.
Cheers
X_T_C_X

[capmuffin]

hey kids im bill AKA Muffinman i play a lot of counter-strike and i am x CAL Intermed. and play in leagues(sponsered by alienware and bawls zboard ect.......www.capclan.com) i love my computer,am always on it and being that i am 15 and fat gurls hate me so i sit here and read the forums.....................gg if u play CS PM me and well play togetha oc CAL I style

[webfreak]

I just saw this thread too. Anyway, my name is Jordan, I'm a 3rd year (going on 5) computer engineering student at TN Tech university. I guess I've been reading the forums for a good while now but I haven't really posted much. I've used computers... forever. I've used linux for ~5 or 6 years (I guess that's corret, since kernel 2.0.30 was cool anyway), and just recently got back into it after not having used it for a long time. Gentoo rocks. :D Anyway, I'm here to read, learn, and help out when I can. Oh yeah, I don't remember where webfreak came from. I just picked a random online nick a LONG time ago and it kind of stuck. Oh well. Take care.

[Kluv]

Hi everyone, I'm Jim. I'm 17 and live in Lorain Ohio, I'm new to overclocking but doing my best to learn. So far so good, Glad to meet you all :)

[deRusett]

Weclome to the forums Kluv, Enjoy your self be sure to read the stickies, they are very informative,

also be sure to familiarize your self with the rules
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=115345

it will keep you out of hot water.


hope you enjoy overclocking, and understand you are about to enter an adictive past time that can become costly with the constant persuit of faster equipment and better overclocks

[Silent Buddha]

Hmmmm...just randomly found this thread :p (actually my hand randomly slipped and clicked on the link in IMOG's sig).

Anyways, my name is David and I'm from Bellevue, a city near Seattle, Washington. I'm a Sophmore in high school right now and I plan to go to the University of Washington, or maybe CAL Tech. I probably will major in Electrical Engineering or something and try to go work for AMD ;). I spend my time browsing this forum or hardforum or playing games like CS, DoD, CoD, and Halo. I spend little time in studying since school is boring. Mostly on the weekends I go to LANs at my friend's house and sleep over. Nice to meet you all :)

[mtb856]

Hey y'all
I just joined the forum today- name's Aaron Williams(mtb856), from Montgomery Alabama( my dad's Air Force, so I'm not a local), I'm just about 19, mech. engineering student, and just recently an overclocking addict

[Cerberus2k7]

Originally posted by IMOG
Tempe? I think the Buckeyes made that pretty famous around my neck of the woods not too long ago. ;)

Nice to have you guys around.

ooh...I like your avatar! It's almost as sexy as Alexa's llamas. :p

[Shoeby]

Hey all just posting to say hello. I'm New to the forums but already you guys have impressed me and you are all full of such great information. I'm a full time student at the University of South Florida in Tampa. I've built 6 systems in my life and never overclocked one, but i'm prepping to pop my OC cherry on my next build (2 months)

[pelikan]

WELCOME TO OVERCLOCKERS Shoeby! :)

[I.M.O.G.]

Good to have you Shoeby, we're all about popping OC cherries around here. :)

[Mosh]

I just noticed this thread, and since I am new here, I will post a short intro on myself.

I am a 21 year old dude from Helsinki, Finland. Great weather for overclocking most of the year... heh. I have a girlfriend but no kids (phew).

I am unemployed, most of the time. I do some work as a software tester every now and then though, which is how I got the money to get a new computer.

I am currently studying for entry exams to the University of Helsinki to study Economics. I did my military service in the navy last year, which delayed my entry into Uni by a year.

What else... yeah, I've travelled a lot, born in Brussels, lived in Paris for 4 years, Canberra for 5 years, and in Helsinki a total of 12 years.

I joined the forums because I finally decided to get off my ass and get a new computer to replace my venerable P200MMX. Before that we had a 486 SX33. So upgrades have been few and far between, but now that I am earning the money myself, I don't doubt I will be upgrading more often.

Oh... my name is Tom, the nickname is Mosh. Long story.

[twitch579]

hey im chris i joined about 2 weeks ago and have been on this site since, im from florida and im just about 26 years of age.
been tweaking systems for about 2 years now and prob will never stop, in my sparetime i work 40hrs a week fixin boats(mercruiser). I love this site because i dont have anybody local that i can talk to about computers let alone modding them:D

[xyphoid]

Wut up guys

My name's Aleem im 15 and live in Texas. Joined like last month but just came across this thread. Been O'Cing about 3 months ago. It's a great adrenaline rush and sometimes I get carried away but havent burned anything yet!!! :cool: This is probally the nicest forum community I've been in :D

See yall 'round

[MorGoth]

hello, i just noticed this thread so i figured i'd post.

my name is Mike, i live in Connecticut. I am currently a senior in high school, and I will be attending college majoring in computer science next year. My interets are computers, general electronics, and music.

[VAdept]

Well my names Will but so many people call me Victor it may as well be my real name. I just turned 20 and im a computer networking major. Currently im working as shift manager at the local Game Crazy (it's like EB Games/Babbages).

I am severly addicted to my computer and a huge fan of anime. As for proof of that heres an early shot of my tattoo (before it fully healed): http://www.nexusnetwork.us/tats/pic1.JPG

If you've watched the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series you might recognize what it is, a copy of their nueral jacks.

Between work, school, and my girlfriend I post here and attempt to sleep, although much less of that later.

[iBreaker]

Hi my name is Didier i come from switzerland (between France and Germany.. You know, Banks (usb,credit-suisse,..) SMI, Nestlé, Multi-Purpose Red Knives, Chocolate, watches (rolex, swatch etc etc) Got it ?
I'm nearly 18 , I am severly addicted to my computer too, i overclock all the computers that i can use since the day i've tried on mine. In the first time it was juste to say that i did it then i became a power user that's why i'm here :cool: it was the only forum on which i found excellent reples about my new mobo (Thx a lot Balrog !!!:clap: :clap: )

And i'm a modder too i make performance modding on my computer, style modding and silence modding for my best friends :cool: MY parents don't like that muy i don't c4r3 because it MY room and MY computer. I can post pics if you want !

[qualhiveldorf]

My name is Nick (tear rolling down cheek) I... (swallow) I'm adicted to overclocking. (goes into fetal position and begins to shake and cry). j/k I just got my computer like 1-2 months ago. I love computers and hope to learn alot more from this forum. I like german industrial rock (Rammstein, megaherz, Oomph). I enjoy goofing around in 3dsmax. I'm a freshman in highschool. I am in the IOOF and am the Grand Conductor of the GJL of california. I enjoy drafting and designing things. I Fold 24/7!!!!

Edit: Im from Lodi, California

[germanjulian]

man I havent done this yet.

Hi,
I am an idiot ... seriously I couldnt help myself.

OK gain
Hi,
I am Julian aka germanjulian. The life in London UK and I am studying Computer Science (in 2005 I be finished). I moved from germany to england when I was 11 and some people called me german (obviously but no offence intended) and some called me sometimes germanjulian (cause there was another julian).
I like computers... a lot... I sleep with my computer in da same room.. :) no seriously. and my g/f to but she is closer to me..
I also enjoy mountainbiking and trick kite flying.

[irishfanatic]

Greetings all :beer: ......I've been here for a few months, but I don't post much. This is in all likelyhood because it's very difficult for me to see the monitor with my head in my case, even when there's nothing I can mod at that particular time. I am without question a bit "obsessive compulsive" about getting anything and everything I can out of my hardware configuration. Over the past few months, the helpful/knowledgeable folks on this board have widened my scope of knowledge in the O'clking department. I'm a real estate broker, and since I was only working about 3 days a week, I decided to start an in-home computer repair/building service four years ago. I scan as many threads for what they can teach me, as well as those who are in need of advice.

I've been using the handle "irishfanatic" in other forums for as long as I can remember. It didn't take much brainstorming to come up with that handle, especially since it describes me well. I played football there, and was even lucky enough with a few core courses to graduate :clap: I AM in fact fanatical about Notre Dame, and am equally fanatical about zip ties, sleeving, unlocking cpus, and ummm......that kinda stuff. I ask a lot of questions, but I'll always take time to answer them as well, especially if it refers to hardware.

Thanks very much to all that have assisted me in my quest to not only put my rig in pain, but have also assisted me in speaking to my wife in a langauge that makes her not want to talk to me for refreshingly long periods of time :p

[killem]

Hi

I found OCForums during a search for info about DIY CPU ducting. Naturally, after being awestruck by the great info to be shared here, I was addicted. It was an incredibly natural flow (heh ;)) to go from the matter of "improved air cooling" to actually overclocking my shiny new 2800+.

I've visited a number of tech forums with content relating to AMD overclocking and cooling, but IMO this place has the most comfortable overall layout as well as the nicest knowledgeable folks. People like theWesson, Clocker2, archilochus and fac_29 are the reason I keep checking for new posts in the cooling and AMD CPU sections.

More about me:

- I'm a 32-yr old C programmer born and living in South Africa, after a 7-yr stint in Namibia (the other 'Nam')

- I've been PC crazy since about 1990, even though I've only owned a 386-DX40, a DX4-100 and now my current setup (which I upgraded from a 2100+ to a 2800+ after a year). I'm an AMD fan all the way.

- My favourite past-times are gaming (Diablo2 mostly, plus a few dips into FPS's, RPG's, strategy), dance and dance music (across multiple genres) and occasional comic collecting. I thoroughly enjoy the CCG Vampire: the Eternal Struggle too.

- the nick 'killem' is a play on my name and I've used it for LAN games. Going back through this thread, I think I could almost qualify for the nick "Netfreak" too
:D

I hope this place retains its friendly informative nature for a looonnngg time!

[I.M.O.G.]

It's good to have you here Killem, we've got a lot of members on the other side o' the pond! Glad you found us! I know people always appreciate when someone takes notice of the help they offer others. :)

[mantrogo]

Nice idea for a thread!

I'm a 30 something (no I'm not telling you) living in London and working in the City. Used to be a happy academic collecting degrees until I ran into that brick wall known as "The Funding Difficulty" :bang head: Now not so happy, but at least I get paid more than I used to (not difficult).

First computer was a BBC Model B (2MHz & 32K RAM - it rocked :p ), and seem to have been taking computers apart and putting them back together again since like forever. Finally got around to getting a PC at home last year after not having one for a couple of years, and now drive my girlfriend distracted becuase it's always in pieces in my eternal quest for lower temperatures and silence. (Word to the wise - Lian Li 6070 - nice case, lousy airflow... :rolleyes: )

What else - oh yeah, complete astronomy nutcase. Can regularly be found out on the heath freezing half to death in the middle of the night. It's an even stranger universe than you think!

[LanWaker]

Adrian Simon, 25...no 26 already, roumanian and CRAZY about any new spec's about any new stuff...
Im selling computers at Future Shop, and sometimes feeling guilty when people don't no jack s*** about a computer.

Seriously, sometimes they choose one instead of an other because of the.....color :) Anyway, a client refer me this site and guess what, i'm hooked to this site like crazy.


Im in the fever on building crazy rig soon, and it's just sad my fiancee dosen't understand why i'm getting exited about a hsf...lol
see you soom with my future avatar...

[JDXNC]

Welcome LanWaker, nice to have another fellow Quebeccer around. Not too many of us here.

Any chances of getting me some good deals at Future Shop :D ?I'm a frequent customer and most of the time feel like I know more about the products than the people selling them ;)

[syberspy9]

just scaning throught thought id add to the info

names NICK COOK
live in PRINCETON BC CANADA
age 16

im a student that is working at a local comp shop part time

and wana do somthing with comps for a job full time

[Korndog]

wow, i've been here for like 3 years and just saw this..
Name : Khaled (or Kele for chinese ^^)
Age : 19
Location : Concord, California
Student at a local college, studing engin. cuz there are too many programmers.
I'm slightly obsessed with watercooling i guess, thats why i visit the forums so often. I can't have temps above 40c and can't stand fans over 30dba. Most of my friends think i suffer OCD, but at ocforums i feel right at home. :D

[ktschmit]

Just noticed this thread myself lol
Names: Ken Schmitt
I live in Anchorage Alaska
I love to build computers for fun!! Nada!! For Free!!
Anything else, becomes a job. Is that crazy or what?
Sometimes I bore my wife to tears talking about computers ;-)

[computerpro3]

Hi guys,

I'm Jon from CT, USA. I am a freshmen in high school. I've been interested in computers, baseball, and the piano since I was around 3. Today those are my three main hobbies. I have two overclocks which I am most proud of: a 2.4C to 3.8ghz on AIR and a 3.0C to 4ghz 1/1 memory divider on my current watercooling system. While you may see my kick-ass off-the-hook system:p and think it was given to me, seeing as I am only a freshmen, that is not true. I worked for every little part of my systm except the video card which was a gift. And I'm proud of it. My next project is either a waterchiller or single stage phase change system. AFter that, a Cascade.

I have to admit though, I like baseball more than computers. Maybe it's because I can pitch 76-77mph with a 12-6 curveball and nasty changeup with dead accuracy. My best game ever was a few starts ago when we mercy ruled the other team. Out of 15 batters that came to the plate, I struck out 14. So if I go on blathering about baseball in some of my posts, or refuse to talk to people that make it known they are yankee fans (I'm a die hard redsox fan) please do not take offense.

I also like girls ;)

Sorry for the long post, this forum is really great. I hope to help lots of people in my stay!

PS: How come every damn vbulliten forum inserts the smiley faces at the end of your post instead of where your cursor is???:mad:

[I.M.O.G.]

Welcome to the forums computer pro, I hope you find what you are looking for here.

The smilies can be hand coded in where-ever you want... That's how I do it. All of the vB shortcut keys can be hand coded, and its even quicker that way once you get used to it... The codes for smilies are listed next to the text input box when you hit post reply - click see more and it will list the manual code.

[aNeke]

Hi, I'm Aneke :eh?:

[CrashOveride]

Hello aNeke:)

[QuantumPC]

I have been here for a little while now and haven't introduced myself.


I am Carl [Poole] and I am 14 years old. I live right on the Canadian border in Northern Minnesota. My first computer was a Mac SE I got for 10 bucks at a garage sale. Prior to my friend moving here I was not too interested in computers. When I was 11 I started a bike repair shop in my town and it took off like crazy, and it was fun. Then, 2 years after becoming totally addicted to PC's, I started Quantum PC Repair and now I am rolling in dough. (ya right...) I have since discontinued my bike repair because I am too busy fixing computers and other such things. If you want to know anymore about me, pm me or MSN IM me, although I don't have a clue why anyone would :)

Most of my computer-friends are way older, and its hard to find people my age too interested in computers to even talk to because most think that there 'flat screen black dell' is the best computer on earth...
:) Anyways, computers are fun, until I get frustrated and break them. [RIP COMPAQ]

[Timdog]

Name is well Tim. My nickname IRL is Timdog.

Currently have a scholarship to a very good Highschool in my state. I have always been a good student at school and my lowest average was I believe a 96.6.

I currently have built 4 computers. First one was a tester, then my first gaming machine, then a linux box, and now my current one.

I love computer and plan to make it my career. I really like to game a lot. I lead a MOHAA clan for 2 years and I have made many great friends online. I have just started to overclock and these forums have given me a lot of info. I do not currently know what I really want to do with computers as my career, but I have been getting into modding recently so I believe I will become either a game designer or a graphics designer.

Current OSes and specs of computers:
Parent's Computer:
AMD Athlon xp 2200+
512 pc2100 RAM
Asus A7V333 MB
Geforce 4 Ti 4600
Various other bits and bobs
Win XP home

Old machine:(currently not put together)
AMD Duron 950
384 Pc133 RAM
Most likely Linux eventually so I can use it for a folding box

Linux box:
AMD Athlon 1700+
512mb pc2100 RAM
MSI nforce mB(can't remember model ATM)
Many Linux distros

My box:
Amd Athlon 2800+
512mb pc3200 RAM
Radeon 9800se(x800 pro Tomorrow. YAY!)
Asus A7NX8
SD audigy gamer softmodded to Audigy 2
Senns PC150 headset
MX700
Elite Keyboard
fUnc sUrface 1030
Antec 430W truepower PSU
Maxtor 80GB HD
Pioneer DVDRW/R/CDRW/R
70+ games :D

My biggest moto now is: "Practice makes perfect"

I find this to be very true. That is why I use it a lot.

Music choices: Rock, heavy metal, techno
Movies: Heh, many here :) Fav ATM is LOTR:ROTK. I watched it from 12 midnight till 3AM the night the DVD came out :o
I guess you could also put Band of Brothers here. I'm a big WWII buff.
TV shows: Most recent has to be 24. I like intense shows like that.
Pets: Current is two cats, no idea how many fish, and one parakeet. <3 for cats. :)
Favorite IRC signs: Tie between ^_^ :o and o_O

That's it for me.

[killem]

When I was 11 I started a bike repair shop in my town and it took off like crazy, and it was fun. Then, 2 years after becoming totally addicted to PC's, I started Quantum PC Repair and now I am rolling in dough. (ya right...)

Wow, impressive! That's the kind of entrepeneurial enthusiasm that could also see you retiring at 36 yrs, like that chap in the UK (he hangs around OCForums too).

Nice going
:)

[Flip-Mode]

I'm Daniel and I'm an Israeli born in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
I'm 20 years old and I'm in the army, working as an armament tech on F15's.
I loved jets ever since I was a kid and I like my job most of the time, I started tinkering with comps ever since my 486 DX 66mhz and 10 years latere here I am with my 2500 Barton rig (curerntly in the shop due to BIOS screw up).
Anyway I didn't see any Israelis here altough we have a nice growing OC/Modding community here and the only think stopping us are the high hardware prices over here.

[slyfury]

slomalakem!buenos diaz!hello!quertedavetru!shlolashvet!
(i made up the last 2)

my name is ivan i work for a major newspaper here in Los angeles,ca. i do the advertising sales so every now and then expect a smart assed 1 liner.
my first contact with comps was at the age of 11 at my elementary school where one day,they took us into a class room because they were going to introduce us to this revolutionary new thing called the internet...10 years later on the internet and with computers i have found friends,some enemies, but most important a constant stream of knowledge and information enabeling all of us to achieve COMPLETE AND TOTAL DOMINATION OF THE WORLD!! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! sorry i thought i was getting a bit too serious and a tear drop fell from my eye...lol j/k. anyway i'm always here to help and ALWAYS willing to try ANY mod no matter what the cost...live on the edge man!

[I.M.O.G.]

Welcome to the forums slyfury! :)

If you think you might want to fold with your unused CPU cycles, drop into this (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=293668) thread and ask how to get started... Or just wait until you receive a PM in the next week or so and someone will PM you offering help.

[radium]

Hey, I'm David. I'm a junior in high school, and a wanabee computer nerd.

Great to be here, everyone is really friendly.

[[OC]Lucifer]

Im not new, but this is prolly the first time Ive introduced myself. I am a practicing modder who would like to mod hardcore, and has the talents to, but lacks the time. My name is Luke, and I live in Minnesota, and work as a security guard. Im 27, and still single - due to the fact that I live in a very small town and the dating choices are so limited. I just managed to hit 3.5 with my fairly new main system running a 2.8c ht m0 stepping, and an Abit IC7-Max3. Runs 250 FSB 5:4 quite stable. I am building a spare system with my old 2.4c ht and a crap Intel D865GBF mobo. Might make a good gaming system - Im dropping in a spare 9700 pro I have, running a 9800XT in my main. My biggest mod so far was putting a 2400+ AMD system into a small suitcase made out of baltic birch, lined with black aluminum inserts. Its stained with a light satin finish, just enough to bring out the grain. Project Baltic (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=278071&highlight=project+baltic) theres the link. Anyhow, I have always appreciated the way everyone treats others with respect and positive criticism here. Kudos.

[Sjaak]

No, my name is not Sjaak ;)

I'm from holland. Got into overclocking about 2 years back, have been visiting the overclockers site for 1.5 and the forums for about 6 months. Had some problems registering in the beginning, but now im really up and running.

My best overclocking results are to be found here (www.overclockers.com/tips1060) and here (http://www.overclockers.com/tips1103/) The first one won me a 100 $ in march last year, i really enjoyed that :)

You can find me around in the CPU / Motherboard / Memory and Games sections, but whenever ive been busy again, cooling and casemodding too. I like to help people - so that they might help somebody else eventually. Please don't knock me down because of my english - its not my native language, and especially with complex phrases and words i am still having troubles. (go ask [BBE]Jimbob :p)

See you all around, have fun, and always try to enjoy, no matter how long you stay, no matter where.

Tim

[loks]

Hi My name is LOKS.....(HI LOKS). i am a computerholic. i love everything about them. I am currently a Mortgage Broker in MIAMI FL working for a Hospital based Billing Company. i am married and have a beautiful wife. im new at overclocking but i am great with everything else. I got the name LOKS from friends in HIGH SCHOOL when i used to do GRAFFITI!!! I stopped TAGGING and started making money. i will upload pics of my PC when i get the CHANCE. I am currently going to REAL ESTATE School to become a REALTOR. My wife is a REALTOR. If any of you come to MIAMI and need a house email me. its posted in my profile.

[Drop-Top]

Well I have been putting this off way too long so here it goes. My name is Jeremy Phillips and I am a senior at Saint John's University in Collegeville MN. (Yes D3 National football champs in 03-04.) I actually haven't been into computers all that long, but since I have been, it has been rather intense. I got into it my freshman year at college because I love to make this go faster. I have a 2000 mustang, which I will post in the car portion soon, which I love to tinker with, but because parts for cars are so much money, I got into computers instead. I got the name drop-top in high school because I was the only one with a convertible in MN, and it really stuck in college when I first starting playing CS on the lan at school and it was my handle. My buddy Andy (WheaT) and I OC together as a full-time hobby now. I just built my second comp to Fold and to be a server on the LAN next year at school for WC3. I love everything about this forum; the people, the knowledge, and most of all, the escape from homework. (You all know what I am talking about.)

Thats me in a nut shell.

Fold fast, love life, and live OC'ed.

Drop-Top

[WheaT]

Well hes not lying ;). My name is Andy Olsen, most call me WheaT, or in drop tops case wheatdog. I have been into computers ever since I was hurt. I broke my back in a snowboarding accident my senior year in high school, and ever since the summer after i have been into computers. Its kind of funny because I went from a 3 sport high school athlete to a complete computer nerd ;). Not that its bad, just a drastic change in a quick period of time.
The first system i built myself was a watercooled system. It came after about 2 months of research, and waiting for an intel proc with the 800 fsb to come out. Lately I have been getting more and more into the forums and the wealth of knowledge this place provides. Im just trying to soak it all up and pump as much juice from my system . You have to understand, and drop-top will confirm this that I live my life in slow mo, but not when im on my computer ;). If you see me on say hi to the handicapped kid.

P.S. I can park in handicapped spots. Makes you jealous doesnt it ;).

WheaT

[I.M.O.G.]

Hi handicapped kid. Good to have you two buddies around, I love this place. :)

BTW, report directly to the folding forum if you haven't already rescued your wasted CPU cycles. ;) Nice rig. :D

[BPM]

Hi, my name is Jason. I like long walks on the beach and candle-light dinners.

Ok seriously, my name IS Jason, and I like computers. I'm 24 and I'm a QA Analyst for a company that develops software for CPA firms and financial planners. I test accounting software.

I started a little late, as I built my first PC a little over a year ago at the ripe old age of 23.

[slyfury]

hello my name is ivan and i'm an alcoholic...oh sorry wrong intro!
anyway, nice to be back,been gone for a while due to computer problems.
feels good to be back!

[speed bump]

Hi my name is josh Huckeby, I live in Butte Montana and I am 17 years old. My job is being a lifeguard, which means I will one day have enough money to build a SMP comp but it won't be anytime soon. Given the chance I will drive you nuts. I also am an nvdiot just ask me I might drive you nuts.

I got into computers hardcore about a year ago, It started with a want for a comp to use for playing mp3s on my stereo. So my dad gave me an impression mobo(still one of my favorites ever) a cyrix 686 233 that went to 266 as well as not frying itself when accidently run without HS for an hour. 48megs EDO ram, an s3 virge and a 6 gig Wd HD. Trying a new case with it I fried that mobo sniff. So my dad brought me home a celery 300, with a pc chips mobo(hated it beyond hate) that was suppesdly bad and 32 megs pc100. So I ran that for a month and one of my dads friend gave me the p3 system in my sig except the GF2U. I ran that for about 5months and I am now about to get my xp-m or a64(please let deal be real please). So that is my real comp and oc exeperiances.
I found overclockers.com about 8 months ago but didn't join the Forums until may. If you wan't to know crazy stuff about pools and swimming ask me and I will find out.

Sjaak your articles are one of the things to get into o/c very hard core. THANK YOU THANK YOU.

[daba]

Hi.

I'm daba, or you may call me David. I'm a full-time undergraduate at UC Berkeley's College of Engineering. Naturally, I spent too much time on the computer, tinkering with hardware, and other hedonistic activities where I should be studying and working towards a solid future so I can fulfill my dream to become a hedonist (like the hedonist-bot in Futurama!).

Regardless, I like these forums and the enthusiastic welcomes that come about. Looking forward to a good stay here!

[drenader]

Hey, im Dre I am still in high school, one more year left in this hell. Then off to college to do some buisness stuff. Always been into computers, neworking, and repairs. I think i spend more time here then studing, so much for college.

[shard]

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[UnderClocker]

Hi,
I like Animation & Music.
Andyman902042 got me to Join.
I joined yesterday.

[Andyman902042]

Hi,
I like Animation & Music.
Andyman902042 got me to Join.
I joined yesterday.
Hi!!! Welcome to the forums. I bet you'll have a good time.

-Andy

[Docta_Z]

Oh my an introduction thread!

My name is Jon. I'm from Canada's favorite frigid northern territory. I live within 400 km of polarbears and the arctic ocean. I'm taking Civil Engineering at the University of Alberta and hope to complete that and begin on an aeronautical engineering degree in a year and a half on the east coast or in the US.
I love hockey, soccer, paintball and any other water sport you can name. I game like a maniac and somehow 3 or 4 years ago this lead to overclocking and I've been around ever since.

PS: If you send me $10.00 + $1.00 S&H I'll send you some fresh snow in june. ;)

[PHILIP1193]

im Phil hence philip1193 im in the UK at coll doing comp programming and ICT. I have two things in common with every one on here "all your mates ask you to fix thier comps" and "often go on your compter than do what you are ment to b doing" lol

Phil

edit *hope it now makes sense* :D

[I.M.O.G.]

Welcome Phil! :)

Could I ask, is your keyboard broken, or did you sneak into college? LOL

That may just be one of the hardest posts to read and understand that I have ever seen! I thought we Americans were the ones bent on the deconstruction of the English language! :D

[PHILIP1193]

lol neither of the above lol i just type too quick and often type quicker than my brain can read the keys and process it and tell my hand where to go lol, but ill edit it in a min to make more sense so sorry

Phil

[Dragonprince]

Heh an intro forum...ok here goes.

Hi my name is Ed. Im a manager with Some Big telephone Company. I run a repair crew now, ran a construction crew for 5 years before this job and prior to that I was a tech working in the field (all with the same big company). When im not at work im either taking classes to finish my Applied Sciences (yeah, telecom, go figure) degree program or doing stuff with the family in between trying to steal enough time to get some frag on :)

[Buhammot]

[drum roll]
The one and only, Buhammot!
[/drumroll]
No way affiliated with SquareSoft, Final Fantasy or any affiliate there of.

Well, John here. Serious gamer of mainstream PC games since the shareware version of Doom. Remember playing Doom with my brother when we had a serial connection between the 2 486 comps. But have started overclocking since I got my first comp in 2001. Started small, and always have been on the budget end of the product lines, but still manage to pull off some impressive stuff.

Currently working and going back to college to get my degree in Architectrual Technologies, and glad I found THE FORUM to go to! I do what I can to help, and usually in the CPU/AMD CPU, nvidia, sound categories.

Best overclock was my 2500+ runnin at 2.4 on an SK7, with an MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR mobo. Not the best for overclocking, but was stable enough to pull off a decent score in 3dm01.

I am looking for 2.5 on my A64 2800+ when it gets in. And no, I dont fold, I search. :D

[Teger]

Teger... I build PCs for friends and whatnot.. Recently a mobile A64 in a K8N Neo Plat for a friend - unfortunately the voltage is still being a bitch and the whole thing has issues but at least it's stable with about a 200 mhz overclock... Board is annoying as hell ..

If I'm ever not poor - I'll probably go with an A64 with an Epox or the new DFI which looks promising.

Currently an Aviation student / Pilot at SCSU in Minnesota.

[devvingiorgio]

Dev,

I'm a perfectionist, and it sucks :beer:

[arabarabian]

My name is Daniel, I have been visiting since late 2001. I was introduced to here by Donny_paycheck, a step-brother of mine. My username is just because I am interested in horses. I am currently running my Athlon XP Thoroughbred B 1700+ at 2223 mhz, 171fsb X 13 multi.

[I.M.O.G.]

Nice to meet you Dan!

Sorry to hear about your relation, that must be hard for you. :D ;)

[Captain Newbie]

Hmm, I realized I've been here since January 04 and have yet to sign this thread.

*signs*

Wohoo!

[obsolete]

I'm Trevor. I have a short fuse with people who irritate me. I pretty much hate everyone equally & don't discriminate against anyone individually. (I know thats a saying, but I'm not stealing it, it's true).

Now that I started that off on a good note. :p I love computers, it's the only hobby thus far that has held my interest. I have had a lot of hobbies & computers has lasted the longest, so I'll spare you the boring details of others I have had. I currently work at an insurance company & will be in transition to somewhere else very soon.

I'm blunt, honest (sometimes both at the same time which can hurt), I enjoy helping people out if I can. I've been here actively posting since I joined & have learned a lot from members here ( ;) thanks!). I've made attempts to come onto IMOG, but have not succeed (he said something about distance & he doesn't like stalkers, dunno :rolleyes: his loss I guess).

Highest stable OC thus far is on my current rig (see sig) 230x11.5 at 11-2-2-2........It's fast but not as fast as my 4 banger Eclipse 02'.

I have used this same nick for about 4-5 years online. Many meanings behind it, overall it fits computers perfectly, because they are ALWAYS obsolete the following day.

[fastcuda]

Hi, My name is Joe and I love Overclockers since I was referred here from a person in a car club. I originally learned a lot about computers by joining a games forum while I was going to Arizona State University. It's amazing what a 12 year old that wants to play doom faster can show you about computers :thup: So anyway I built my first computer when I joined here and never looked back, its so nice to know something about the inside now and not get burned buying pre-made of the cheapest parts manufactured systems.

[Diablo23RD]

My name is HUNG...

I learn how to o'c when I know a site name: overclockers.com, around 4 years ago. Normally I do a lot of seaching in this forums and find what i need. This place is a big help, and have to go here every day, WHY???

[aniwarp86]

Well, I'm Jon-Paul, and I'm a freshman at the University of Oklahoma and studying to get degrees in Chemical Engineering, applied to Biotech, Biochemisty, and minors in Mathematics, Zoology, and Chemistry. I'm prolly gonna end up being a 2nd or 3rd year senior, lol. My best OC was getting my 3.0Ghz Intel to 4.1Ghz... didn't last too long though. Crashed quickly, but it WAS there.

[itshondo]

My name is Leigh - I'm an Airline Pilot and computer enthusiast (geek). I've been engrossed with computers since my first computer, a Tandy 386SX with windows 3.1. I was very excited when I installed a Wang Math Coprocessor, bringing my SX up to a DX. Yeehaa...

I enjoy both the hardware & software end of computing, especially overclocking. And finding a freeware app that works better than a commercial version is always great.

The Forums are very much part of my daily routine- helping others when I can and learning from all of the great folks here.

[kurisu]

My name is Christopher, and I'm 20.

I work for Antietam Cable; a small cable ISP in northern Maryland. I also administrate forums for the world's largest and most-visited Minidisc website in the world, minidisc.org. I'm new to the OC'ing scene and I haven't done anything in that regard [other than my vga card], but I look forward to tweaking a bit and seeing what I can come up with. It's a pleasure to be here and I look forward to contributing to discussion whenever possible. Nice forums, btw. :)

[I.M.O.G.]

Welcome Kurisu, you will likely find many more like you around - though their homes away from OC may not all be as large as yours, many around here have their own sites they run.

Feel free to PM anyone on staff (blue, green) if you need pointed in the right direction for anything. :) We're always glad to help.

[Inceptor]

Hello OC forums!

As my name suggests I'm a beginner. My real name is Anthony, wife's name is Melissa. We live in Iowa but I grew up in Lake Worth, FL. I'm 25 years old and I've lurked here and at a few other forums for quite a while but due to a lack of the right components and enough courage I haven't actually overclocked anything yet.

That's about to change. I've only actually owned three computers in my entire life and the first two were out-of-the-box systems. The third I built with overclocking in mind but with only a basic knowledge of what I needed. I'm glad I did because there is no comparison between a system you build yourself and a Dell. It's very satisfying.

I've already talked to Drisler on AIM to thank him for posting the RAM guide that answered a lot of questions I had about an aspect of overclocking that I don't yet fully understand. I hope to meet a lot more of you.

If any of you want to chat about computers or have any advice for me shoot me an IM on yahoo messenger to Moghedien71 or on AIM to M34tpupp3t (Long story on that name I really need to change it). I'd enjoy any good tips or advice anyone has.

Sorry but my IRC is on my system which is in pieces at the moment, I'm on my wife's computer.

[Mr. Chambers]

We live in Iowa

HOLY CRAP! A fellow Iowa-person! :eek: Whereabouts do you reside? I'm about 30 miles south of Mason City, in north central iowa, if you know where that's at?

[Inceptor]

Sure do. I'm in Mitchellville about 5 miles east of Altoona and maybe 25 miles east of DesMoines.

I can understand your surprise. I'm no computer guru but I know more then everyone in a 50 mile radius it seems. Sometimes it gets lonely :p

So you in Allison or Sheffield?

[Mr. Chambers]

Sure do. I'm in Mitchellville about 5 miles east of Altoona and maybe 25 miles east of DesMoines.

I can understand your surprise. I'm no computer guru but I know more then everyone in a 50 mile radius it seems. Sometimes it gets lonely :p

So you in Allison or Sheffield?

I live just outside of Marble Rock, went to high school in Rockford, and currently goto college in Mason City :) Good to see someone from the same state, doesn't happen too often!

[duo007]

god dang! it really is a small world! yo what up hustlas this FrankGT here .am im overclocking noob. tellin you this from porn valley ,ca . and been with computers since 00feb.when momma bought one. athlon 550mhz 96Mb pc100 1x64MB 1x32MB Crucial,S3 savage sumthing 8MB,nice white case.with nice light up fans.oh so nice.from then and now i have whats below.
-one question is this messy ,know it is. but really is it? is tarzan suppose to be in there. cuz its a jungle in that motha! http://groups.msn.com/aggressiveinlineskating/gttechheadquarters.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=170

[Kevin007]

hi, my name is Kevin and i live in Florida. I love computers, and this site is addicting. Gah!

[Kevin007]

i'm not into James bond just couldn't think of any other name.

[mjw21a]

Hi, my name is Matt and I'm from Brisbane, Australia. I've been using computers for the last 12 years and working in IT for the last 5 years.

I love playing with my systems hardware settings. Unfortunately I was unlucky with my desktop Athlon XP 2500+ and had to take the voltage up from 1.65V to 1.7V just to get it to run at stock speeds (1826MHz).

The best overclock I've managed with this is 2377MHz as my mainboard won't support more than 1.9V. Not a big deal as my little 330W PSU can't keep up, with voltage readings going all over the place.

I intend on replacing the CPU with a XP-M 2600+, the PSU with a Super Flower 500 w/ 14" fan and my HSF with a Thermalright SI-97 + 120CFM 92mm Sunon fan this year. It's not about value for money, it's the feel good factor with those high overclocks!!!!!

[RangerXLT8]

My name is Bo Derchak, I'm 21 and I live in "dirty" Jersey(NJ). I've been lurking on the forum for about a month and the idea of Ocing really appealed to me. I've been a computer junky for about 10 years now but just recently got into higher end performance. I scrapped my old system(P4 1.4ghz Gateway 2000) and built this one with gaming performance in mind. So far so good, I havent melted any componets YET. I must credit my 400mhz OC to the helpful people on this forum. Just today, I also joined Team 32 and I'm looking forward to folding.

[rewind_rob]

Hi i am mitch. i've been involved with computers for about 5 years now. i was at the web site overclockers.com a few times but i didnt know the forum was so active and helpful. i lurked for a while then saw a few other peoples problems i thought i could help with so i posted.

i've had a koolance before then dabbled with my own watercooled system. some bad luck struck me (well really a deer smashed into my car and totalled it) and i needed money bad. i sold off some parts in the gaming rig and made two pcs into one. i am very intrested in all aspects of computers. hardware and programming the most.

i hope to help others in that ask on here and look forward to others helping me as well. i am happy to be a part of such a friendly community. my AIM is in my profile here so if anyone wasnts to talk about PCs or just shoot the **** feel free to send me an IM.

:-)

[I.M.O.G.]

Welcome Mitch, glad you like our little place we run here. :)

[Kevin007]

ello people im Kevin.I am resently saving up to get rid of my crappy dell.sos i can over overclock a pc.I am a student at kenndey middle school.and i'v been into computers since i was born.I got my first this dell aprill.and my favorite word is uber and i like saying things like shiggity shiggity shwaw. I am also learning how to type at school.right now as i speak i am typing without looking.Kinda neat.

[Streifenkarl]

Hi, i'm new.

[sevendevilhell]

i like to get a lot of computer power for a little bit of money.

so naturally, i go for AMD, nVidia, and overclocking.

i'm a senior in high school in baton rouge, louisiana. i'm taking prep classes for the network technology major i plan to pursue in college.

want to know more? PM me or send me an IM.

so far i love these forums. whenever there are no computers to fix in my tech class at school, i'm on here.

[count minaba]

Dropping in to greet you all :wave:
I've been slack at registering as I hesitate to join too many forums. I currently hang most of the time at ABXzone where I'm rapidly approaching 10,000 posts and occasionally I get to bleedin edge.
I really like the feel of this place and the members appear super helpfull and chatty :cool:
I'm looking forward to making some new friends and enjoying the never ending pusuit of a better OC!
Cheers
cm

[I.M.O.G.]

Welcome CM! :)

Ya, I don't register many places either, and never post anywhere else more or less... Though I lurk. :sn: I hope you like what you find here - you should see that everyone is friendly, and many are willing to go out of their way to answer your questions.

I started this thread so new members could get the feel of the forums more quickly after joining - we're a good bunch of guys and we're into overclocking, thats what we're all about. Thanks for stopping in to say hi, with your post frequency at ABX, I imagine I'll be seeing you around.. :)

[9mmCensor]

we're a good bunch of guys
withaldo fairness, guys should = people.

[count minaba]

Welcome CM! :)

Ya, I don't register many places either, and never post anywhere else more or less... Though I lurk. :sn: I hope you like what you find here - you should see that everyone is friendly, and many are willing to go out of their way to answer your questions.

I started this thread so new members could get the feel of the forums more quickly after joining - we're a good bunch of guys and we're into overclocking, thats what we're all about. Thanks for stopping in to say hi, with your post frequency at ABX, I imagine I'll be seeing you around.. :)
Thanks for the welcome I.M.O.G :p
I agree it's difficult to focus on more than 1 forum at a time but I'm sure you will see me around some ;) I'm in Australia so it's hard to sync with the time diff but it is suprising how often buds do cross paths! It's trully a global thang these days. Catch you soon :burn:
BTW... it's nice to use a few new smilies LOL

[mjw21a]

Thanks for the welcome I.M.O.G :p
I agree it's difficult to focus on more than 1 forum at a time but I'm sure you will see me around some ;) I'm in Australia so it's hard to sync with the time diff but it is suprising how often buds do cross paths! It's trully a global thang these days. Catch you soon :burn:
BTW... it's nice to use a few new smilies LOL

Wow, another Aussie! I find the same problem CM. You post today and have to wait for tomorrow for an answer. Kida sucks, but that's just the way it goes, eh? :p

This is the best forum I've come across also, although NH isn't too bad. They just don't have enough members though. OC Forums are superior! :beer:

[count minaba]

Wow, another Aussie! I find the same problem CM. You post today and have to wait for tomorrow for an answer. Kida sucks, but that's just the way it goes, eh? :p

This is the best forum I've come across also, although NH isn't too bad. They just don't have enough members though. OC Forums are superior! :beer:
Gr8 to meet you mjw21a... Aussies are everywhere!. I bet there's a few others here as well? :p

[Silent Buddha]

Yes, a certain member named eva2000 with one of the last remaining hoards of BH-5 is from Brisbane :thup:

[count minaba]

Yes, a certain member named eva2000 with one of the last remaining hoards of BH-5 is from Brisbane :thup:
Yes... I'm very familiar with eva2000's work. His detailed posts have helped me numerous times :clap:

[Quattro]

I've been for ages and still not posted here!

Well, my name is James, I'm 17. I sell cars for a company under the VW Group. I've been into computers since the 486s, when I was really young. I only got into overclocking in about 2000. I live in West Sussex, UK just moved from Essex.

If you need advice about anything to do with the motor trade or any help give me a PM and I'll let you know what you should do.

[webdevst]

Hi! My name is Stefan and I am a client-side [HTML/CSS/JS] web developer. I live in Iasi, Romania. If you happen to come to my city, please let me know. I can help you while you're here!

webdevst

[CrashOveride]

Hi and welcome Stefan!

[samuraisam]

I haven't yet introduced myself yet...

I'm Sam. I don't have a last name on the internet. Computers are pretty much my life. Currently, I'm in the mid years of highschool, and my job is centered around computers. I set up their new locations with networks/computers that I built etc etc. It's quite a responsibility, and it's quite fun too.

On the side, I'm a devoted martial artist. My martial art of choice is Jeet Kun Do / Vale Tudo. Both of which are full-contact (very few rules). Jeet Kun Do is my favorite though, because, like true karate, it's spiritual. This or computers will end up being my career. Or both, which would be really cool.

Welcome to the forums guys.

-Sam

[mjw21a]

Welcome to OC forums Stefan!

[Penel]

Hi and hello to everyone here at ocforums.

I am young entrepreneur in the audio and dj'ing bussiness. I joined ocforums because I belive it is a good source, for information. Especially computer/electronic related. Not to mention how nice everyone is ;)

[fabulouscoops]

Hi, I'm Don. I live at the New Jersey shore.
I am 52 and a PhD chemist retired from a career in Pharmaceuticals.
I am thinking of starting a new career as a PC builder/upgrader/repairer and have learned tons of useful stuff here including everything I know about overclocking. This forum has to be the most flameless place on the internet. Kudos to the mods, senior members and all the mature folks who post.
Someday I will get around to creating an avatar, but keeping my sig current is a full time job.

(referred by navig)

[Finken]

I just want to say one thing :)
The OC Forum is the best! :)

[Sjaak]

I forgot to mention previously....behold of the bunny!

[Finken]

Seriously!
This forum is filled with the best people in all fields related to computers and overclocking. OC has it all! Cooling (including H2O and extreme), video cards, CPUs, PSUs, memory, motherboards, and so on.. and even software.
But most importantly I really like the members themselves. How the atmosphere is at the forum and how others are welcomed and everyon tries to help out...

I just want everyon to know how much I appreciate this forum (and the members) and that I'm proud to be one of you :)

[Brundle Fly]

I'm Dave, living in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Computers are my hobby, modding and over-clocking are by-products of that hobby(okay, almost obsession).

Divorced, father of three(2 living with me), shacked up, getting married again in October 2006.

I value honesty and integrity above anything else, and I'm brutally honest, which does not earn me a lot of friends, but the friends I do have, are the very best. :thup:

I'm just a wee bit if a cynic, okay, I'm very cynical, that comes from working in the trades for most of my life. I have to bite my tongue(my fingers in the case of the forums) a lot. My wife(girlfriend/common law spouse/person who yells at me alla time for drinking too much beer) says that biting my tongue is a good thing. I'll defer to her opinion on that, so I don't get yelled at, heh heh heh. :D

These forums contain a wealth of information, and so do its members, it's a priviledge to a part of this place/community. The OC forums rock, and its members are the reason that it rocks! :attn:

[Lakai]

My name is Cedric Cook, and I am a computer half-newb! Well, not for long. For the last few months I have been studying the workings of hardware, Windows, and soon Linux! (tried it once, loved it). I will be overclocking and modding as much as possible soon enough as well, so expect to see a lot of posts from me.

I reside in Terrace, British Columbia, Canada, but only since Fall 2003. Before then, I was a North Vancouver, BC local.

I love skateboarding - I'm obsessed, as you can see by my sig. I also like listening to music as much as possible, and I'm an avid reader.

I am currently finishing my last semester of grade 12, and will be attending my local community college in Fall 2005. I will be taking a variety of computer courses.

And last, but not least, I am VERY skinny. Remember me as "CedStick", not Cedric haha

[Kevin007]

hi, comment sont vous et connaissez-vous l'homme de muffin ?

[NsOmNiA91130]

Hey, I'm Peter, and I'm 13, 5'6".

If you look at the processor in my sig, I've overclocked that old-ass processor to nearly 950Mhz (actually, 948.42 Mhz, to be exact (damn you, number 42!)). Shooting for 1Ghz :p

I'm also an avid Xbox modder, and currently have a server *experiment* running on the computer in my sig. I might post a story somewhere, so search for it :D

I've performed an all-region mod on an NES, acquired a laptop from '92, and have a friend who I helped to build a computer (Intel).

I also have a girlfriend, and she is the best person I've ever known. Her name is Leah, and she gave me permission to put her in my avatar. :) I love her. I sware, there is no one better than her.

Peace.