Overclocking Win8 means more BSOD

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Me thinks Microsoft may be in cahoots with the large PC sellers.



http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07...dware_crashes/

Microsoft: Don't overclock Windows 8 unless you like our new BSOD

Redmond boffins burn up CPUs so you don't have to

By Gavin Clarke • Get more from this author

Posted in PCs & Chips, 2nd July 2012 07:39 GMT

Microsoft's Blue Screen of Death is the curse of Windows. Not just its appearance, mid way through some serious game play or spreadsheeting, but the messages themselves - digital monologues on the existence of a problem, its possible causes and how you can fix it.

Yeah, right. Just shut down and re-start like everybody else.

With Windows 8 Microsoft has re-engineered BSOD for the era of Twitter and texting - unhappy smilies and chirpy one-liners.

Based on some Microsoft research, though, it seems you could be seeing more of the Windows 8 BSOD if you buy a PC from an OEM who's fiddled with the chip to make it go that little bit faster. Also, beware the temptation to buy a PC from an unrecognized PC maker.

A Microsoft Research report, published in April 2011 but only just coughed to the top of the web ahead of the Windows 8 launch, has found that overclocked CPUs are substantially more likely to make a Windows PC crash than chips left untouched. The message: pick your PC wisely and resist home-brew fiddling.

Also, it seems that PCs from makers in the top 20 are less prone to crash than machines from white box manufacturers.