On 2007/01/18 11:42 (GMT-0800) Steve Wendt apparently typed:

> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:49:40 +0000, rallee2{at}comcast.net wrote:

>>some of these machine were heavily overclocked putting considerable extra 
>>strain on the hard drives.  

> What does overclocking have to do with "strain" on the hard drive?

Probably that CPU overclockers tend to be bus overclockers as well. The
PCI bus was designed for 33MHz. Devices designed for that speed (e.g.
HDs) tend to tolerate 37MHz, but not 41 MHz.
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