Overclocking a desktop remains a badge of honor among many PC enthusiasts. It’s the equivalent of a gearhead slapping her own headers on a V-8, or a home handy-man installing his own plumbing. It’s a ...

Overclocking is a technique in which a microprocessor's clock speed (the speed at which it processes data) is increased beyond the factory-default setting. This process can be performed on any device ...

I certainly agree that Tom’s Hardware Guide may not be the strong promoter of overclocking anymore that it once used to be. I decided to keep overclocking at a quieter and more reasonable level, ...

Elvis Shida is a Tech/Hardware Writer from Kenya. He has been building PCs for a decade and is keenly interested in motherboards, monitors, and gaming TVs. When not building PCs or writing about ...

Don’t know what overclocking is or how to overclock your CPU? Don’t worry, we’re about to walk you through it. If you’re thinking of upgrading your CPU to optimize your gameplay, why not take a look ...

Navya Pramod, a systems engineer in Intel’s overclocking lab in Hillsboro, Oregon, pours liquid nitrogen to cool down a 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900K processor during an overclocking demonstration in ...

Some people crack open their computers, force their processors to run to near melting point and use liquid nitrogen to keep the whole thing in check. Here's why. Luke Lancaster is an Associate Editor ...

Overclocking refers to pushing your computer components harder and faster than the manufacturer designed them to go. The initial pitch is seductive: Buy a slower, lower-cost CPU; juice up the clock ...

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