Q&A: What is Overclocking?

In this video, I answer a question from Promzy from youtube who asks "what is overclocking, what good does it do for your pc or laptop. And how do you do it?" Thanks for the question Promzy. The wikipedia definition of Overclocking is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overclocking . I'll try to keep it as general as possible. "Overclocking is the process of running a computer component at a higher clock rate (more clock cycles per second) than it was designed for or was specified by the manufacturer, usually practiced by enthusiasts seeking an increase in the performance of their computers." You can think of Overclocking as a turbo charger for your computer. There's a lot to this topic so watch the video for more on it.

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[14kskim]

thanks morpheus

[taylorcooper1]

Kenpachi Fried Chicken

[parasteve82]

a good video for someone who is at square one. Im sure thats what you intended. what I am looking for is a video that actually explains what "clocks" are what front side bus is and how changing voltage effects things. not some supertech video but a scooby-style breakdown. If i ever figure it out ill make one! But again great vid for what you intended.

[cappaTONEpuppet]

@gohog3 IT'S A TRAP!!! Sorry everyone was saying its a binary clock(which It is) and I wanted to be different

[dburnside22]

Your binary clock is going the wrong way

[MarsidNuho]

Best Explain in YouTube:) - Keep it real buddy!

[maximevhw]

ahahhahahah so if im thirsty i just need to overclock my pc to get some juice out of it hhahah :p

[reissyboy64]

thank you so much - so overclocking is a way to work your computer to max to get better performace out of it

[Henoik]

@feuchster Have you ever heard of homemade CPU's? But what you are saying may be true, but anyways, liquid helium is below 0.9 K (-272.25 degrees celsius), much cooler than liquid nitrogen.

Worlds highest overclocking was beaten Sep. 13. 2011, by AMD's Bulldozer with 8.429 Ghz. That is a lot. Yes, they used liquid helium, see more info at techwarelabs(dot)com

[feuchster]

@Henoik the current world record is something like 8.14 gz, held by AMD's bulldozer. They used liquid helium to reach that.

[baconsizzle121]

They will even leave the case open in some cases lol