How do you KNOW you're an Overclockaholic?

[Kal-EL]

Please, share your stories.

Me? Well, yesterday, my wife asked me if I'd go with her someplace on Saturday. I told her, in an firm, unrelenting and determined tone, that I would be benching ALL day. So she bates me "You'd rather be benching than spend some time with me?" and I say "Yep, cuz I haven't been able to bench as much as I'd like cuz work".

Well, she abruptly turned purple at first, then an odd shade of red. I've never seen her look so pissed. Steam from the nose, crinkled red lines on the whites of her eyes and "headshot" scrollling across her eyes. She stormed out of the room. :green8:

I'm thinking WTF! That was wierd :blink:
So I go to investigate WTH and low and behold, I'm a deadman "hung:

I've forgotten our wedding anniversary :offhead:


:rroulette: That's how you know you're an Overclockaholic.

[69_Goat]

Holy crap, Supes !!
That'll put you in the dog house every time.
You just have to make sure to build your dog house big enough for a benching lab. :laughing:

[Kal-EL]

I've hidden all my high end hardware in the closet already :green9:

[Witchdoctor]

Dude... skip the benching bro and apoligize .......

Beg forgivness and start kissing ass now ........ you can bench another day bro...

My wife through me the hell out ....................:ohcrap:

Divorce = You can't afford it................

[Rogue210]

:ohcrap:(hana okalele)I say hide all ur new hardware....and it goes without saying....:kissbutt: small kine dead man....

[Kal-EL]

I don't do ass kissing but I'll pull thru this one like a magician, trust me, just a few short years and I'll be off the hook for this one ;)

[Bones]

Don't be suprised if you find a piece of Kryptonite hidden in your PC's tower one day after something like this happens.

[crustytheclown]

No no no Supes, you're not an overclockaholic...

you would if you gave your wife a i9 instead of a ring or something and told her:

"each core represents each one of the very wonderful years we've spent together... now how about some benching sugar???":D

You filthy superhero...happy :chaired: anniversary

[Neuromancer]

I know I am an overclockaholic. Supposed to hook up with an old GF this weekend for a little...

Got rescheduled and I dont care! I got a new board, PSU and a burning need for some bointing :) (Instead of Boinking LOL) (okay I do care, but at least I got something good to do)

Happy Anniversary Supes (trust crusty to be the first to think of saying that :) )

[Rogue210]

:laughing: that's right happy anniversary!!!!! and many more....

[Buckeye]

:laughing: that's right happy anniversary!!!!! and many more....

Same here !!

That is unless you get tossed into a volcano first :ohcrap:

[thebanik]

Oh My My, those things are supposed to be said delicately, she will still get angry but atleast wont hunt down on your hardware, :p........and happy anniversary........

[DrNip]

Been there, done that. Its easy to get all consumed in computers be it tweaking, benching or anything else. Got a week long vacation at my parents when I got kicked out the house for a week about a year ago!!! That was a valuable lesson I learned that week. The ancient art-form of balance! :)

[karmakazi]

I think this picture sums up my addiction credability :D Welcome to my basement...

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/429/img5412.jpg

[Witchdoctor]

Wow karmakazi you have a real problem....

You should find a good 12 step progam for that shit ......... :taunt:

[Neuromancer]

You could BUILD 12 steps outta all those boxes :)

[Bones]

Hey!

That looks like my room.....

[Kal-EL]

Certified Overclockaholics, all of you! lol. :good:

[Chicken Patty]

If only there were some more out there like Rogue. Then your wife would be more than happy to celebrate the anniversary with some benching :laugh:

Happy anniversary Supes, go kiss some ass now. Make sure you hide the hardware good! :)

[Neuromancer]

All my boxes are brown :( No glory shots

Guess I am a Ghettoholic too lol


Hope your anniversary was good, and hope the ole lady knows what sacrifices you make for her ;)

[Rogue210]

Thanks Chx patty...that was almost too sweet :blush::blush: ;)

[kikicoco1334]

I've forgotten our wedding anniversary :offhead:


:rroulette:

poor guy hahahaha that is THE funnest thing ever!
dude you are awesome!

[Chicken Patty]

poor guy hahahaha that is THE funnest thing ever!
dude you are awesome!
Perfect example of what OCA does to you :taunt:

[kikicoco1334]

Wow karmakazi you have a real problem....


:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing: :laughing::laughing:

karmakazi did you buy all that your self?!

Perfect example of what OCA does to you :taunt:

haha
that's why i wanna be one too!

[Chicken Patty]

:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing: :laughing::laughing:

karmakazi did you buy all that your self?!



haha
that's why i wanna be one too!

Soon my friend, soon! Give it some time, it'll get to ya! :Hi:

[Josifek]

How do you know you're an overclockaholic ?

You dont even bother putting you PC in a case cause youre always modifiing something... Even if you do, the case MUST be open at ALL TIMES(what if you suddenly wanna mod your GPU ?)

You remember your Win XP serial instead of your relatives birthday...

When you go out for a walk in the city, you look wery weirdly on the aircon units outside the buildings thinking "Ohh if only i had som power tools..."

When you go and get drunk once in a long time(cause most of the time you spend home alone, benching) you calculate how much LN2 could you buy instead of the beer you were going to buy... Finally you decide to go for the LN2 and you either go home, or parasite on someone else...

All your room furniture is laid out exactly to best fit your benching needs, of course none can be stock, all must be modified !

A huge ammount of PC hardware is laying everywhere so between benching, when you occasionally eat, you have to eat on the floor...

Of course "benching language" is a must. Like my mom asked me the other day if i saw our pet(cat) in the room and i replied: "Dunno, she was lying here by default"

[Chicken Patty]

How do you know you're an overclockaholic ?

You dont even bother putting you PC in a case cause youre always modifiing something... Even if you do, the case MUST be open at ALL TIMES(what if you suddenly wanna mod your GPU ?)

You remember your Win XP serial instead of your relatives birthday...

When you go out for a walk in the city, you look wery weirdly on the aircon units outside the buildings thinking "Ohh if only i had som power tools..."

When you go and get drunk once in a long time(cause most of the time you spend home alone, benching) you calculate how much LN2 could you buy instead of the beer you were going to buy... Finally you decide to go for the LN2 and you either go home, or parasite on someone else...

All your room furniture is laid out exactly to best fit your benching needs, of course none can be stock, all must be modified !

A huge ammount of PC hardware is laying everywhere so between benching, when you occasionally eat, you have to eat on the floor...

Of course "benching language" is a must. Like my mom asked me the other day if i saw our pet(cat) in the room and i replied: "Dunno, she was lying here by default"

dude, we should make this like some sort of OCA anthem or something, Oh man, this made my freakin' day!

[Josifek]

dude, we should make this like some sort of OCA anthem or something, Oh man, this made my freakin' day!

Glad to hear that :D

And ive got another:

Any form of a Manual or a Service manual is a strictly prohibited literature !

[Chicken Patty]

Glad to hear that :D

And ive got another:

Any form of a Manual or a Service manual is a strictly prohibited literature !

:laughing: :thumbsup::thumbsup: I like you, not in a gay way of course.

I am doing a project log and you can view it on here which involves a case, but to back up your point, I do have a tech station :)

http://img.techpowerup.org/100103/PC134355resized.jpg (javascript:SelectAndCopy('vbblink'))

[Josifek]

:laughing: :thumbsup::thumbsup: I like you, not in a gay way of course.

I am doing a project log and you can view it on here which involves a case, but to back up your point, I do have a tech station :)

Thanx m8, its always nice to be around ppl that have similar way of thinking :D

Yes, i forgot, but i dont count a benchtable as a case :D

[Chicken Patty]

Thanx m8, its always nice to be around ppl that have similar way of thinking :D

Yes, i forgot, but i dont count a benchtable as a case :D
Well when I said case I was referring to this one

http://www.overclockaholics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1384

[DrNip]

How do you know you're an overclockaholic ?

You dont even bother putting you PC in a case cause youre always modifiing something... Even if you do, the case MUST be open at ALL TIMES(what if you suddenly wanna mod your GPU ?)

You remember your Win XP serial instead of your relatives birthday...

When you go out for a walk in the city, you look wery weirdly on the aircon units outside the buildings thinking "Ohh if only i had som power tools..."

When you go and get drunk once in a long time(cause most of the time you spend home alone, benching) you calculate how much LN2 could you buy instead of the beer you were going to buy... Finally you decide to go for the LN2 and you either go home, or parasite on someone else...

All your room furniture is laid out exactly to best fit your benching needs, of course none can be stock, all must be modified !

A huge ammount of PC hardware is laying everywhere so between benching, when you occasionally eat, you have to eat on the floor...

Of course "benching language" is a must. Like my mom asked me the other day if i saw our pet(cat) in the room and i replied: "Dunno, she was lying here by default"

Well spoken! :wtf:

[Josifek]

Well when I said case I was referring to this one

http://www.overclockaholics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1384

Well... at least its not stock :D (just kidding, i really like the projct, i did a few noob casemods myself...:) )

[Chicken Patty]

Well... at least its not stock :D (just kidding, i really like the projct, i did a few noob casemods myself...:) )
hey hey, I am no n00b :p Yeah, this is coming out nice so i'm excited to put everything together and see how it looks :)

[Josifek]

Sorry mate I didnt mean it like that :blush: I just wanted to say that i am the noob in case modding, not you :toast:

[Chicken Patty]

Sorry mate I didnt mean it like that :blush: I just wanted to say that i am the noob in case modding, not you :toast:
I'm not angry at all, I'm only messing with you bro :)

[kikicoco1334]

dude this is awesome!


You dont even bother putting you PC in a case cause youre always modifiing something... Even if you do, the case MUST be open at ALL TIMES(what if you suddenly wanna mod your GPU ?)
see attach


You remember your Win XP serial instead of your relatives birthday...
my old cdkey is rmkjr 772gr wdcbc fm384 tm79k


All your room furniture is laid out exactly to best fit your benching needs, of course none can be stock, all must be modified !
no ac on all time! window open all time


A huge ammount of PC hardware is laying everywhere so between benching, when you occasionally eat, you have to eat on the floor...
i am not as bad as some people here but i am pretty bad...
one day.....

[Kal-EL]

Yep, you certainly seem like a glutton for gadgetry ;)

[lakeside2189]

hey hey, I am no n00b :p Yeah, this is coming out nice so i'm excited to put everything together and see how it looks :)
well, I am a noob for life but also a First rate Hardware Junkie and always will be..

CP, do a refresh on your Bots sig..You don't have 26 points anymore but sport a nice respectable 125 or so....I am proud of you mate!!!!!!;)

[Witchdoctor]

You may have a problem if you are sitting in your baseemnt with the window open piping -8F air on to you SS condenser and video cards ..... :Dizzy:





WTF am I thinking ..... forgot to turn on the AC unit ..........:thumbsup:

[Chicken Patty]

well, I am a noob for life but also a First rate Hardware Junkie and always will be..

CP, do a refresh on your Bots sig..You don't have 26 points anymore but sport a nice respectable 125 or so....I am proud of you mate!!!!!!;)
How the hell did I get soo many points? BTW, it doesn't refresh??

[Kal-EL]

looks fresh to me ;)

[DrNip]

How the hell did I get soo many points? BTW, it doesn't refresh??

Click the signatures tab under the identification section on the left side of HWBot home page. You will then see a bunch of sigs including two of the one you are currently using at the top of the page. The top one will be one you are currently using and the other one that is stored on the remote signature host. Click the force a refresh. Now here is where it gets stupid. For me it refreshed the top sig but not the bottom one. Which ever one it didn't refresh right click that image, and choose "view image" if you are using Firefox. Afterwards, press CTRL+F5 to force a refresh on the image that is being viewed in another tab. If you are using Google Chrome you will have to right click the image, then copy image url and paste it in a new tab and then do the Ctrl + F5 trick. If using Explorer, right click the image, then properties and copy the url within it and paste in new tab. Then Ctrl + F5.

[Chicken Patty]

Click the signatures tab under the identification section on the left side of HWBot home page. You will then see a bunch of sigs including two of the one you are currently using at the top of the page. The top one will be one you are currently using and the other one that is stored on the remote signature host. Click the force a refresh. Now here is where it gets stupid. For me it refreshed the top sig but not the bottom one. Which ever one it didn't refresh right click that image, and choose "view image" if you are using Firefox. Afterwards, press CTRL+F5 to force a refresh on the image that is being viewed in another tab. If you are using Google Chrome you will have to right click the image, then copy image url and paste it in a new tab and then do the Ctrl + F5 trick. If using Explorer, right click the image, then properties and copy the url within it and paste in new tab. Then Ctrl + F5.

I swear to god I had done that. WTF, oh well it's all good now. Thanks man. :toast: So, how it look now?

[Gutterz]

looks good

[Chicken Patty]

looks good
Thanks bro, yours looks even better :D

[kikicoco1334]

You may have a problem if you are sitting in your baseemnt with the window open piping -8F air on to you SS condenser and video cards ..... :Dizzy:


....... that's what i'm doing right now....
only -1C and i am out side...:thumbsup:

[Chicken Patty]

....... that's what i'm doing right now....
only -1C and i am out side...:thumbsup:
:eek::eek::eek:

[Kal-EL]

Post up some benches coco :)

[DrNip]

I love it! Sounds like me last winter when I was outside in my garage for hours a day on days end overclocking. Girl thought I was crazy!

[kikicoco1334]

Post up some benches coco :)

it was too cold out side today lol -4 didn't really do well..:argh:
sry but here is some pic
oh yeah what makes me wanna :argh:more is my 3dmark06 and pcmark05 WILL NOT start when it's out side:argh::argh::argh::argh:

I love it! Sounds like me last winter when I was outside in my garage for hours a day on days end overclocking. Girl thought I was crazy!

you are lucky that people don't bitch at you when you overclock
i still live @ home....
my dad is anti overclock...
everytime i try overclock i got to try hide or somethin...
and now they want me sale my dewar

[kikicoco1334]

here is more...
http://hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=941003
and
http://hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=941005
not really sure is the os got to do with this or not
003 is windows xp sp3
005 is windows 7

[kikicoco1334]

it is 2 am right now, and i been doing this for about 6hrs from 2night and here is my final...
http://hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=941024
did it kinda good
what do you guys think?

[DrNip]

you are lucky that people don't bitch at you when you overclock
i still live @ home....
my dad is anti overclock...
everytime i try overclock i got to try hide or somethin...
and now they want me sale my dewar

Oh don't think I never got bitched at. Its a fine balancing act. At times I will admit I was too involved in the computer than the girl and I heard about it sometimes. But for the most part I am blessed for the relationship I have and the girl doesn't mind it but I do know some folks that their girls are like the soup Nazi!

[Gutterz]

yeah last January I kiiled a relationship cause of OC'n. I couldnt help it X58 an i7 just came out an I just got a new Dice pot so I was in the zone until reality set in lol. Oh well what can ya do besides keep movin foward

[kikicoco1334]

Oh don't think I never got bitched at. Its a fine balancing act. At times I will admit I was too involved in the computer than the girl and I heard about it sometimes. But for the most part I am blessed for the relationship I have and the girl doesn't mind it but I do know some folks that their girls are like the soup Nazi!

that made me :rofl, made my day haha



btw what do you guys think of that super pi 32 score?
windows xp pro sp3 vs windows 7 ult :shock:
Windows XP SP3 Pro [new install bench only os (got nothing but bench based software)]
http://hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=941003
Windows 7 Ult [everyday using os]
http://hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=941005

hope snow stops soon I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH MY SCORE from last night:argh:

http://hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=941024
got me .1 H-point:laughing::laughing:




yeah last January I kiiled a relationship cause of OC'n. I couldnt help it X58 an i7 just came out an I just got a new Dice pot so I was in the zone until reality set in lol. Oh well what can ya do besides keep movin foward

poor guy

[Chicken Patty]

You know you are an overclockaholic when...

You are at work and you rush to finish or get caught up only so you have free time to check the forums.

Or when you go to the rest room to do your daily dispatching of your troops and the first thing you check is to see if you brought your phone to browse the forums while the nukes are getting launched.

Or when ....... I'll get a few more later.

[kikicoco1334]

You are at work and you rush to finish or get caught up only so you have free time to check the forums.

wow that's what im doing right now haha:shock:

[Chicken Patty]

I'm caught up now, that explains why I'm on the forum :D

[Neuromancer]

How do I know I am an overclockaholic?

I am moving today and laying out the room in my head so I can hang the radiator out the window :)

[Chicken Patty]

That's awesome :laughing:

[kikicoco1334]

How do I know I am an overclockaholic?

I am moving today and laying out the room in my head so I can hang the radiator out the window :)

i really like what you are thinking there...

i was thinking the samething but hang my whole system outside in the mid air and have a really long dvi cable and swich and everything like keyboard or other io stuff are wireless lol:D

[Splave]

hey kal I got pulled over the other day, cop comes up and I say its cool bro, I know the Hawaiian super man. He then proceeded with the field sobriety test rofl ;) What did I do wrong?

[RomDominance]

It was probably obvious to the officer that you were overclocked Splig!:shock: