What is overclocking? :)

[karl]

yeah this is kinda embarrasing hence everybody in here seems to know it, but what the heck is overclocking?

 

[Yeti]

http://www.computerforum.com/announcement.php?f=7

 

[deathbysunshine]

im a newb too dude dont worry

overclocking is modding a certain part of your computers hardware for better performance basically, check out the thread i started a few days ago. http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=7555 or check out overclocking 101 (really helpful) ----> http://www.computerforum.com/announcement.php?f=7

 

[Praetor]

check out overclocking 101 (really helpful)

.... hehe its surprising how readily avail that was eh?

 

[deathbysunshine]

deathbysunshine

lol true, forums are great

 

[tomprice43]

Overclocking is a risky procedure where people try to increase hardware performance past stock speeds.

 

[Praetor]

Its not risky [as OEMs would have you believe]. It's full of pitfalls yes but certainly not risky (i.e., if you apply common sense you should be fine)