Working on new Blog Post but I need permission.

[Archer]

Well I am going to working on a clocking Blog. Over clocking, Under clocking, Over volting, under volting, max recommended volts OC (generally not the same as stock volts).

Some of us were considered hacker way back "Hardware Hackers" and Overclocking was very limited.

I want to use some of the members as examples of types of clockers. I will send each person I use a copy of the inital, working and final draft. If any of those mentioned in the blog wish to add to or disagree with anything I will be glad to edit the post.

Also do understand I would love to have input from those who I use as examples of the "Archetype's" in the enthusiast community.

ATM I am thinking about:
chew* - Extreme OC in the cold "The Extremist"
Dolk - Seeking knowledge "The Thinker"
Archer - Seeking balance "The Moderate"
I need someone here - working with stock voltage limits "The Conservative"
KTE - using minimum power and under volting to achieve a cool and efficient system "The Frugal Clocker"
The guy just getting into this "The Primal Clocker"

Just from the few examples above we can see that those in the know have purposes.

I want to cover choosing component for certian qualities you want and what to do before pulling the trigger.

Review sites that are considered reliable.

Avoiding some of the wilder crap that is seen in some forums (I have seen it stated that if you buy X CPU and apply Y settings without consideration of the MB you WILL (not may) get an OC that is a wild outlier).

There is more but I am in the outline stages at this point.

[EnJoY]

Sounds like a great idea. You have my permission. ;)

Sites to trust...AnandTech and TechREACTION, that's all I can think of right now. :p

[Archer]

Well I also wanted permission of those mentioned above. I hate to use someone as an example without permission.

I might add the "tinkerer" (Neuro) as another Archetype as well.

[KTE]

I think you mean the types of overclockers end pursuits, what they're after. Most of us do tweaking/tinkering, the full breadth, with every new hardware but that's not what we run daily and optimize for in the end. We have different goals.

There are even those who seek the easiest guranteed max power, hence max MHz. The ones who want the least hassle full stable. I do it on many systems per week but, calling it turbo clocking... maybe randomizer fits this better? :poke::D

I fit in the guy who will do anything to make a passive/noiseless system for my AiO/HTPC. I only undervolt/underclock passive systems, but yep, this is my ongoing cause for 2009. Anything plus dual-core has so far been automatically out for this purpose (until next week).

- I do about 3 months worth of detailed testing on the setup and then pick the best setting, which is the max MHz per cooling allowed. That's a 55°C IHS temp limit and approx 20W CPU power limit (depends on the CPU), anything tipping past that in 35°C case ambients is automatically disqualified. Everything in the case must be very efficient in the worst conditions - HDD/RAM/VRM/GPU and chipset. I test the complete build for 4 weeks in that environment to check for stability and operability. If it passes, I run with that.

Indeed, I started off as a hardware/code hacker and cracker in the mid 90's and nearly took that up as a full profession. Took professional training and worked part-time in such a post for 3 years. Still help out every other year on this if called in.