Because tights
are not Pants!
Yeah it is true their not. They are Lance Armstrong’s
leggings, and if you’re not him then don’t wear them
(Special concession for Jessica Alba, Eva Mendes
and others of such pleasantness) and now that we’ve
fulfilled our social responsibilities for this issue.
No prizes for noticing, it’s been 3 month
since the last issue. A lot has taken
place, since the last time yet oddly
enough, besides the usual records,
there have only been two major talking
points. Namely the peculiar AMD FX
CPUs (and subsequent jokes) and the
formidable, if uninspiring X79 CPUs.
Nothing to get overly excited about
really, but these are the major CPUs
from each camp so we took a look at
both this issue.
On to something else though,
speaking with some people since the
last issue it’s dawned on me just how
serious we as a community are about
overclocking. In fact, I’d say too serious.
One would think we were saving lives
and changing the world for the better.
Not true really, because overclocking
is a hobby and even more so, is not a
sport. The presence of competition in
any past time or discipline does not
make it a sport. In the same way, Chess
is not a sport.
Xxxxxxxxxxat that body, do you play
“Wow, look
chess?” you are unlikely to have ever
heard this question and the same goes
for overclocking. This past time has
existed long before it was formalised
and will continue to do so for many
years. What I’m saying is let’s all
have fun and a laugh with it. It can be
frustrating and more times than not it
is a fruitless past time, but let us not
turn it into Counter-Strike. (To those
who are still playing this, erm... yeah
no disrespect. I too enjoy the turn of the
century immensely)
On to more serious business though.
Have you ever had the feeling that
something you were given, looking
at or doing was not quite right? Sort
of like the pants on this page. (Yes,
4 The OverClocker Issue 17 2011
Corduroy is wrong sadly) Well, I recently
had to review a motherboard for an
undisclosed platform, and while it ticked
all the right boxes, something did not fit
(pun unintended) right. Everything was
there, the BIOS was “fully featured”, the
usual clear CMOS, Power and Reset
buttons were there, voltage measuring
points, POST LED etc you name it, it
was present. Yet it just didn’t come
together in a way that would make you
feel that if you bought this board you
would have made a wise decision. It’s
like buying a BlackBerry in this day and
age of Smartphones. Yes, it can call, it
has buttons and a screen, but you can’t
shake the feeling that next to say, an
iPhone 4S or Samsung SGSII, it feels
like “The Life and times of the Beiber”
biopic stacked between Lord of the
Rings and the original Star Wars trilogy.
On to more pressing issues though,
please note that we’ve not abandoned
are crusade to highlight our 80s
heroes, it’s just that we can’t decide on
who to focus on next. We may actually
switch to animated characters, like
Captain Planet (who is actually early
90s). A blemish in humanity’s history
and downright awful idea, made even
more so by his adorning of a green
mullet. That we would entrust the
fate of the planet to a translucent
man with a staggeringly horrific patch
of hair should have precipitated to
us just how futile the campaign had
become. Anyway, that is about it for
the Ed’s note, and as I am sure the
entire team will agree, easily the most
illuminating Ed’s note to date. We hope
you enjoy this issue, as we will see you
all in January 2012. Until then have a
wonderful holiday season.?
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