Trio

I was just curious if OC was really needed. I know it helps boosts performance for slower PCs, and helps with multi-tasking and using powerfull programs, but the way its talked about on here makes it seem as if no CPU is effecient enough to run any program without a slight lag. So, is OC really needed? I'm only planning on playing a few games, so I'm not very sure if OCing is needed...

MosIncredible

OCing is mainly done for "free" performance. Even though most forget that this "free" performance requires the purchase of quality cooling.

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Nevakonaza

yeah thats why i done it and many other here too,get free performance boost from your cpu,not that i realy needed it because it was damn fast at stock but wth.

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