Ya Know Ur A Real Ocer When...

[danyo64]

just thought i would add one.

 

you have been contacted by the police in some way 1337 times because you have too many loud computers going at the same time.

[romeo55]

--When your electric bill jumps 100 dollars because you left the comp. on overnight (guilty)

 

--When you post on a 1.5 year old thread

 

--You blow a fuse when you turn on a comp. (guilty)

 

-- opened up a 500 watt psu and stuck a multimeter in it and blows up (heh... i think i might've killed my self that time)

 

-- You get dizzy when you see your grammas p-2 rig(hahah guilty)

 

-- when you rather choose to buy a comp. part than for your girlfriend (that was sad... can't believe i did that)

 

-- Your comp is faster than the school counties server (that just down right sad right dare....)

 

-- when your comp. putts out more heat than your oven

 

-- you ever put a good P4 or A64 on a keychain

 

-- Your schools IT proffesional ask YOU for help (hahahaha daily ritual now)

 

-- thinks computers are more important than your girl friend

 

^i hate my self for that....

[nan0click]

lol

 

when newegg is your home page

 

when instant just isn't good enough

[cchalogamer]

When you try to OC the 4mb vidoe card in your main rig after your 6800 died so you cna play BF2...(umm i didnt do that...hehe)

 

When you run BF2 on a 5200PCI and can actually PLAY it (humm yes i managed to do that...)

 

When you have a 650mhx Akt A duron sitting on your book shelf for decoration (hum it needs dusting again)

 

When your main rig ideling at 15C isnt cold enough (im trying for 14C here...)

 

When you buy a new piece of hardware and it performs WORSE than your old stuff when it's running stock speeds (humm kinda like that OCed 2.66 P4 i used to run on going to my 3000+...there wasnt a big jump in performance )

 

When you OC your laptop (i had the 2.6 celly that came in it running 2.65....)

[Kamikaze_Badger]

When you use the OCC emoticons in MSN.

[Ste]

when you refresh the OCC forum webpage ever 3 seconds to see if theres a new post to read.

 

(i did that once for 4 minutes.)

[Hyper Threaded]

You know you're an OC'er when you try to overclock your typing skills by leaving out half the letters in your words.

 

Your post looks a bit like this: omg i ocd my cpu to 56667755 wit a vcore of 1.3

 

 

[BabyBalrog]

I'm going to repeat a few only because they are true fo rme

 

You know you're a real OC'er when

...Your 6600GT dies and you still manage to play Doom3 on your "spare" TNT2

...You spend hours online looking for Volt mods, only to realize the best ones are for equipment you dont have.. so you go buy it.

...Your schools IT proffesional ask you for help

...You wish compainies would release products slower, so you can be ontop longer

...You wish compainies release products faster so you can mess with them

...You learn assimbaly code just to rewrite your bios/drivers

...The computer science teacher at college differss to you durring class

...When FOLDING is no longer considered a stress test by your standerds

 

 

and a few links to true OC'ers

 

 

Graphics card

...You consider this custom copper system "so-so"

Best Copper Block Ever