Overclocking the system processor is one of the easiest tweaks you can do to get more performance out of your PC. Motherboard manufacturers have steadily opened up more voltage and clock-speed options ...

Arcticsid asked the Answer Line forum to explain overclocking, and why it is, or is not, a good idea. When you overclock a hardware component–usually the processor–you trick it into working faster ...

If you think overclocking is something that only hardcore PC enthusiasts can get into, think again. At Computex in Taipei last week I got the chance to try overclocking Intel’s latest processor, the ...

And now the stock values of the most popular Core 2 Duo CPUs: In the above table, we've left out the Xtreme models since, as we've said, this guide is aimed at ordinary folk not hard-core enthusiasts.

Overclocking a computer increases the clock rate, or operating speed, of the central processing unit, the hardware responsible for executing coding instructions on a machine. Although a lot of users ...

AMD Extended Profiles for Overclocking (EXPO) and Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) are two technologies that allow memory modules to be automatically overclocked by the manufacturer. When purchasing ...

AMD announced its first Zen 4 APUs for its AM5 desktop platform at CES, so people are just now beginning to take these budget-friendly processors out for a spin. They are the most up-to-date ...

In this part we will be looking at tweaking voltages and tightening memory timings and generally optimising your PC now it is overclocked. At this point, as we are going a little bit more advanced, we ...