"Overclocking, considered one of the most dangerous things to do to your precious system. Also considered by some to be the most fun thing to do with a computer. Some do it to squeeze in an extra few frames per second in their intense 3-D gaming. Others do it to get faster Divx ;-) encoding or video rendering. And some freaks (like us) do it just for the sake of doing something fun with their computer that might make it perform the least bit better and add a sense of personalization to the mighty box. It's the sense of hardcore tweaking that drives us to push our machines to the fullest even if it costs more than a practical upgrade or if it risks the system's functionality"
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