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Do overclockable parts have to be overclocked?

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Hello all! Title says it all. If I am purchasing parts that are optimal for overclocking, do I have to overclock them? Or can i run them factory clocked? 

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You don't have to overclock

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Hello all! Title says it all. If I am purchasing parts that are optimal for overclocking, do I have to overclock them? Or can i run them factory clocked? 

You do not have to overclock anything ever. Overclocking is an option. 

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Much the same as you can drive a high performance car like a little old lady and casually cruise, you don't have to overclock. However the way I see it, why have unused potential sitting there if you aren't going to use it.

(I may also be a rev head).

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like a video card or motherboard? it'll last for a very long time

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This is an odd question.

 

Hamburgers are made to be eaten, that doesn't mean you have to eat them.

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