Quote: "NVidia ... Factory OCed"
Oh, I'd send it back and choose a different company to build the machine... Or better yet, save youself over 50% of the cost and build it youself, that way you can get parts that aren't overclocked and therefore won't break down and leave you blaming Windows for something that's actually the cause of the stupidity of the person putting the machine together.
Seriously though, jokes asside. I've noticed that overall, you get one of two things from overclocking. Either less speed or less stability. The less speed is because the extra heat causes the chip to actually slow down if it doesn't cause glitches or outright destroy it.
If that doesn't describe why it's a bad idea, the chips are often clocked as fast as they can go while being stable in the first place. They take the chips from a batch, test them to see how fast they go, and then throw them into the proper speed bracket and stamp them. They do NOT stamp the marks for the speed onto the chip until AFTER they've already tested how fast it can go without losing anything.
Now why do they do that? Because the manufacturing process isn't as "scientific" or as "refined" as they'd like you to believe. Plus, all the chips cost the same to make regardless of speed. Since faster chips sell for more, it only makes sense in a business sense to label them for their fastest stable speed.
That being said, if you ARE going to continue worshipping overclocked crap, invest in a good oil cooled case. and possibly run a radiator through the oil to cool the oil further. I have two computers that aren't overclocked running on aircooling in my living room and it's at least 10 degrees hotter in here than in the other rooms from just the computers alone.
Nothing I say is intended to be rude. My autism means that I do not know what is rude and what isn't rude. I apologize if I seem rude. It is not my intention.
