The question of whether overclocking can damage your CPU is nothing new, having been a topic of debate for years among hardcore gamers, tech buffs, PC DIY builders, and content creators alike. To some ...

Overclocking has been a staple of PC enthusiasts almost as long as computers have existed. It started with soldering of crystals and basic tiny jumps of, in some cases, fractions of a megahertz. Today ...

CPU overclocking is one of those topics that tends to incite passionate sentiments, bringing out the pitchforks. Many users ...

Computer hobbyists for years have tweaked their computers’ innards to squeeze out extra bits of performance. Known as overclocking, the practice has long been a holy grail to users who demand maximum ...

Processors The radiance of a thousand suns: Overclockers set a new world record of 9.1 GHz with a P-core only 14900K Processors The GPU-less version of Intel's best Arrow Lake chip, the one I bought ...

Half the CPU overclocking world records on HWBOT are now owned by AMD's latest Ryzen chip, the $2,000 Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. Given that it's a 32 core processor with 64 threads that maybe isn't a ...

Mathew from the USA wants to get our opinion and some tips on overclocking his Intel Core i7 8700K CPU. I have been thinking about overclocking my CPU, but I've never done it and don't know if it's ...

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 ...

While Asus advertises the current generation Eee PC as having either a 900MHz or 800MHz Celeron processor, depending on which model you buy, the truth is Asus underclocks these chips to run at 630MHz ...

Overclocking is supposed to be optional, but not all of AMD's software is respecting that fact. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

A strange bug is overclocking AMD CPUs for some users, but you can circumvent the issue until it's patched. If you’re rocking AMD components in your desktop PC, take a moment to make sure your CPU isn ...