NC, my "ricer" equivalency comment comes from the major efforts folks go to to make a benchmark 100 points higher than before.
One of the guys I taught got into it and for a while he had the fastest in teh UK on overclockers !!!! I knwo hte enjoyment in getting it right. BUT, the ONLY way to tell it was faster was the benchmark as there was NO discernible difference in the time real world apps and games took
When it gets to that level then it's not really that relevant except for bragging rights -- just like big fart cans
BTW, HIS ultimate was a sample chip that didn't have the Intel clock timing interlocks. I helped on that one as he water cooled it and the chipset AND the graphics card. Went like shit off a shovel .... and then it leaked
jsut as with ricers we ask WHY the big wing, the stikkas and the fart can ..... WHY overclock ? ( Note, SOME o/c makes sense esp Intel where you can buy the model below and clock it up to the one above and save $100
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Look how many overclockers now add coloured cables, LED fans and El lamps
Western Digital have now even produced a HD with a CLEAR top cover so you can watch the disc drive work