Well, about Dell not letting people overclock, they have motherboards in their systems built by Asus, and not the ones with cheap chipsets either. I've personally seen the room for OC'ing.
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Originally Posted by Jason425
I use the laptop for a few min.. i look at the crt and it's all blurry lol..
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Sorry man, but you have got to be looking at some bad CRT's. The most accurate picture is still found on a CRT.
For the most part, I'm in the same boat as you, manofthemusic. I don't need a very fast system, I'm perfectly satisfied with my (fast-for-its-day) Athlon 1.0GHz (my other system uses *gulp*
integrated video), because I don't use anything that demands that edge. However, in gaming situations, that millisecond of lag can be the millisecond that you get shot in. All those milliseconds add up from various parts causing enough lag to interfere with a gamer's performance. With overclocking, the electrons move faster causing more damage to electronic components, ripping away at the life of the components. Heat has even more drastic effects on the life, with every 10*C increase of the average temperature of a component, the life of it is cut in half. Water cooling, with a specific heat of about 10 times that of air (meaning the same amount of water as air absorbs 10 times the amount of energy [translates to heat]), can help everyone.