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 ...

Overclocking has been done to CPUs since the days of the original Pentium, and is a common "do-it-yourself" performance boost used by gamers and consumers. While it's not for all form factors of ...

January 13, 2014 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If you want to squeeze every last ounce of processing power out of your new (or aging) computer, overclocking ...

Sometimes getting the best bang for your buck with PC components means putting a little extra work in, whether that's shopping around for the best prices online, or researching which CPU or GPU is ...

An increasing number of people are now gaming on PC, with estimates suggesting that more than a billion people play games on computers — a significant amount more than those who play games on consoles ...

Undervolting just does more where it actually matters ...

A Little Extra Turbo Boost for your 1080 Sir? Last week you guys have been able to read up on all the glory there is to be found regarding the GeForce GTX 1080. And though we briefly touched on the ...

Intel's Core architecture has certainly stirred up the CPU industry. It has been nearly two years that the CPU giant had to take a back seat to AMD in the performance ring. While clock speeds did ...

For a lot of people, one of the best parts of getting a new CPU to upgrade or to build a new PC is to overclock the heck out of it. It’s a hobby that’s existed for about as long as computers, and why ...

The one-on-one workshop was jointly set up by G.SKILL and overclocking-enthusiast group HWBOT. Rather than getting me to build from scratch, the instructors had already put together a rig that would ...

In September, AMD added support for simple CPU overclocking to its graphics drivers. If you had a Ryzen 5000-series CPU and wanted to benefit from the extra performance, this auto-overclocking ...