Overclocking a CPU sounds seductive, right? Adjust a few settings on your phone or tablet, and the device goes faster. Games play without laborious, stuttering, forced slow-motion effects, and everything loads quicker. Well, like everything in life, these adjustments involve a tradeoff. Just as there are risks in taking your car out for a rural run and heavy-footing it, there are implications for a CPU speedup. In the case of the car, risks can include a blown gasket, or crashing and possibly getting killed. In the case of a CPU, there are also some harsh possible outcomes.
wow I never thought there would be a need for this again, the one thing you forgot to mention Is the need for cooling the CPU.
When you start pushing your CPU from 800Mhz-1Ghz+ you generate a lot of heat.
If this catches on I'm sure some Inventive fellow will come up with a cooling solution for It.
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How to Overclock a CPU: Getting Started
Posted by: Patrick Nelson March 29, 2012 05:00 AMOverclocking a CPU sounds seductive, right? Adjust a few settings on your phone or tablet, and the device goes faster. Games play without laborious, stuttering, forced slow-motion effects, and everything loads quicker. Well, like everything in life, these adjustments involve a tradeoff. Just as there are risks in taking your car out for a rural run and heavy-footing it, there are implications for a CPU speedup. In the case of the car, risks can include a blown gasket, or crashing and possibly getting killed. In the case of a CPU, there are also some harsh possible outcomes.
When you start pushing your CPU from 800Mhz-1Ghz+ you generate a lot of heat.
If this catches on I'm sure some Inventive fellow will come up with a cooling solution for It.