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Originally Posted by chucker
When they sell you a machine and say its CPU is clocked at X, you as a customer couldn't care less that the CPU manufacturer said it's only recommended to be clocked at Y. When it doesn't run properly at X, that's Dell's and Apple's problem, not Intel's and Motorola's. Therefore, it is not overclocking, because it doesn't go over anything. That CPU manufacturer recommendation just plain frigging does not exist for you as a customer.
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Overclocking is about a system-builder's promises now? Where does the distinction end? If I sell someone a PC built around a 2.4 GHz Q6600 and then configure it to run at 3 GHz, can I claim it's not overclocked because I tested it for a couple of days?
It doesn't matter if Dell makes a promise. Dell has gone outside normal parameters and changed settings to allow a CPU to run out of spec. That same CPU when dropped into a reference motherboard will be automatically configured at a different clockrate!