So I thought about this and any "normal" way to do it wouldn't really work; overclocking is just kinda "how much did you spend" if you just go by results/raw numbers. And that's not really interesting or fun. But running benchmarks and trying to get that damn thing to POST is kinda fun, if you have any excuse to do it. My thoughts were roughly as follows:
- You post results at stock speed and overclocked on the same system, goal is basically "how much more can you get by tweaking this thing".
- Pictures, videos, writeups, etc, about HOW you got from A to B are highly encouraged. That's the fun part basically.
- Either people vote on what they thought was the most impressive or it's just all for fun. I don't wanna be a judge, finding judges sounds like work.
And on the technical side:
- Benchmarks all done in linux with stuff that can be ran on a liveboot. It's Cohost, no reason to use windows here (and simplifies setup greatly).
- I'd probably build out a lil python script that runs the benchmarks, because that sounds fun to make.
- Would need some tests that run faster/slower so people can pick benchmarks that don't take hours to run if they show up with some old stuff.
- CPU stuff only for the first go around, makes it more simple.
- LN2 explicitly banned, just in case.
Really it's just a good excuse to drag out some old computer bits and see what can be done with them. If I had to guess I'd be expecting hardware ranging from "old enough that it uses DDR3" to "old enough that it requires 32 bit linux".
Does this sound remotely interesting to anyone else? Or like a bad idea? You can tell me if it's a bad idea I don't mind.
Thinking about this again, probably not before EOY.
I'm thinking it'd be best to run it for a LONG time? Like, 2-3 months? I want to balance "some kind of deadline so people are more likely to do it"1 vs "oh shit I have no time to do this"
Soliciting input on this because if I do it, I'd like there to be more than 3 people including myself who partake lol
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I am the kind of person that benefits from having SOME deadline. I assume I am not alone.