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My video games are slower than they are at the arcade or my friend’s house. Should
I overclock my cpu for gaming?
You could void the computer’s warranty doing that.
Overclocking gets your computer to work faster than it is originally designed.
Overclocking could cause your computer to overheat, because it is working so hard and
so fast. You could even ruin the CPU.
Putting a fan on the CPU could help with that.
So would an ice pack, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.
Someone with a water-cooled system could overclock it more than an air-cooled system.
If you want to buy a water-cooled computer, why not just pay extra for a faster one?
I want to get more life out of my existing one, instead of upgrading. Overclocking lets
me run games designed for newer generations of machines.
Overclocking could make your system less reliable, because the built in controls may not work
to correct defaults as fast as they arise.
If I toast the CPU, then I might regret it.
Based on your scores, you’re toast if you don’t get faster somehow. There are built
in controls to make it hard to overclock the machine.
I’ve found software online that lets me do that.
Be careful you don’t install malware instead, ruining the very system performance overclocking
gives you.
I had to verify that I have a motherboard and CPU that could handle it before researched
how to do it.
A little overclocking won’t ruin your system, but it could void the warranty. Too much overclocking
will break both.
What if I just overclocked the video card?
If the video card comes with the ability to adjust the clock speed, try adjusting that
before you mess with the CPU.
Or I could up the voltage.
Power up only works in video games! You aren’t a Power Ranger.
I meant adjust the voltage in the system, a method of overclocking.
Now you know you’ll fry the CPU.
Fine. I’ll overclock the video card first, to minimize the risk.