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Does that come with a side of psychotherapy?

I do not agree. If you overclock correctly, you find a safe stable place for your processor to run, and crashing just doesn't happen. If you get memory timing wrong - crash. Set voltages wrong - crash. Use the clock multipliers wrong - crash. Go too far - crash. Do it right - purrs like a kitten in overdrive. Some people don't know how to do it. They give overclocking a bad name. I worked with an Intel Beta Tester to tune my i7. It works flawlessly at 4.2GHz, up about a 27% OC from its native 3.07GHz.

Fuckin' 'eh, Bubba. Rock that shit today. Happy Birthday. See you in VN FreezeTag...

Right, Crunch. That's why I'm a proponent of the Corsair Hydro Series CPU coolers. I have one. It's the no-fuss water cooling system that will be unlikely to spring a leak like the full blown water systems. Not saying the full blown systems are bad. Installed properly and with cooling applied to all the support chips and the GPU, those systems are probably the best. But you'd need a liquid nitrogen system to really be safe with most of them, and I don't think you can get one of those. Or can you? I don't really know.

Even though overclocked, the real culprit when it comes to all the "DANGER WILL ROBINSON" warnings is temperature. As long as the CPU is maintaining a temp COMFORTABLY (usually no more than EightyºC) below the spec referred to as "T-Junction" (usually 100ºC) you should be okay. A simple water cooler like the CORSAIR Hydro Series H80 can keep your temperatures down to reasonable levels without going nuts with extreme H20 cooling systems with all their piping and fussy installation nightmares. It also helps to have a good guide to all your BIOS overclocking settings, as well as to know how to adjust voltages and memory timings to keep things operating as they should. My system is an Intel I7-950 that I built in 2009. It's been running reliably overclocked from its native 3.07GHz to 4.2GHz all that time. That's about a 27% overclock, and as far as I think I should push it. Core temps don't redline. My flight simulator apps are the only programs I have that actually push the limits. A lot of games like we play here, rely heavily on the GPU rather than the CPU. I've upgraded my video card twice since the build in 2009. The system still screams! I'm deliriously happy with it. I have had one HD failure, though. Luckily it was my backup drive, so I didn't loose much except the backups. I'm now packing about 5.15TB total storage (2x2TB, 1x1TB, 1x150GB WD VelociRaptor.) Again, as long as the voltages, memory timings, temperatures are set and monitored properly, there should be no real danger to your expensive processor chip or memory modules. Get it wrong, though, and one of 2 things will happen. 1) The chip's onboard protection circuits will shut it down before operating in T-Junction long enough to cause real damage, or 2) The Magic Smoke will be released. It's the smoke that makes all this stuff run. Release the Magic Smoke into the atmosphere, and it shall never run no more. .

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Dude, you've got humor! Welcome to the website.

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Pistols and Knives. Beers, you can't vote repeatedly for gas like that. Gashole,

Yea! More bullet fodder. Welcome.

I like 'em with butter.

Thanks, Labob! You rock!

I didn't know there was a union for whiskey and beer drinks. I must be an Idiot. Welcome to the forms Talon_Devil.

Good to see you on board, Deeds. Catch you in the maps.

Get well soon, Rusty.

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"I came when he said laundry." LMAO!

1 minute 53 seconds of my life I'll never get back. Served.

This is the "unplugged" version of Emily Jay and Frentik's "Not A Bitch." Really fun song. You can catch the "Plugged-in" version over at Girls Rock Radio.

If this band doesn't make you feel young all over again, check your pulse. You may already be dead. This is one of the hottest tickets in Rock & Roll today. Not a one of them are legal yet, but every one of them is dripping with talent! Personally, I've always had a thing for drummer girls, so I can't get enough of Nia on drums. So much energy!

Looks like I'm a little late to this party, but WELCOME all the same. See you around the maps.

Right.

Gotta agree with Labob on this one. I've used some of the leading AV solutions in paid and free editions. The industry will say AV Program A is the best this year, then AV Program B is best the next. So I guess we're supposed to hop on that merry-go-'round if we want to be protected to the ultimate level, right?. Well, then along can Security Essentials. Free and provided my Microsoft. I don't know about you, but as an MCSD, I'm well aware that documentation on all the hooks into Windows are not public knowledge. The only conclusion is that there is only one source that is uniquely positioned, and with full knowledge of how best to protect a Windows system. That's Microsoft. And did you get the part about how MSSE is FREE? The Antivirus merry-go-'round came to a grinding halt for me at that point. Oh, and BONUS - it's about the fastest, most resource friendly AV program out there. And oh yeah, did I mention it's FREE? Go get you some.

Here's the soundtrack...

Worth getting is one thing. The world will eventually go there. Question I have at this point is, what with the whole Metro redesign, has anyone who is running Win8 found any incompatibilities with existing software?