I think the results shown above really stand on their own. With the ease that overclocking can be done on most Intel P4 systems, and the basic lack of detriments now associated with overclocking, you don't have a good reason not to try. In the past, there were issues with PCI bus getting out of spec and causing a myriad of problems. Processors also stood a good chance of dying from excessive heat. Lastly, playing with jumpers was never my idea of fun. With a system similar to mine though, none of those issues are here any longer. Instability? Yeah, that does occur. However, by doing some testing of your system, you can be assured that you won't have any more while your system is overclocked than it did while at stock speeds. Lastly, you don't even need expensive "overclocking" gear to get more performance. I think I showed that even with a very average setup, you can garner improvements to your system.
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