To overclock or not to overclock that is the question
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If you are computer enthusiast, you probably heard about overclocking. Basically, overclocking is making some part of your computer works faster than it set by manufacturer. Usually people overclock CPU, memory, video cards.
There two questions why they doing that and why it is possible?
Let’s start from why it is possible. Usually manufacturer test chip for its performance. There are higher quality chips and lower quality. Obviously higher quality chips can perform faster or fully. Less quality chips failed some checks but can perform at lower speeds or became less functional product. For example, for CPU if it failed to work say at 4 GHz it can work as say 3 Ghz. Or if it fails to work as [...Read More]