Processor overclocking

 Overclocking Of Processor

Overclocking means increasing the clock speed of processor than the clockspeed provided by factory. This is done by trespassing the system security. This will improve the overall performance of the device. Overclocking is usually done to increase the performance and to utilize processor to its fullest. Overclocking can be done in any device such as laptop, desktop, smartphone etc. Overclocking in smartphone is a difficult task as that phone must be rooted or jail breaked to access the system settings and modify the settings in such a way to increase the performance of the smartphone to its fullest. In case of computers and laptops, most of the modern processors are capable of getting overclocked without any much complications. Some of the processors also comes factory overclocked for e.g. Intel processors ending with 'K' (i5-8600K) comes with factory overclocked. In overclocking, base clockspeed of processor is increased due to which multitasking can be done more smoothly and heavy tasks can be performed without any lag. In case of laptops, overclocking may be possible but it will be better if not done. Because laptops already don't have good ventilation and cooling system. With that if you try to overclock, then a large amount of heat will be dissipated which will damage the internal components of the laptop and can also result in short circuit of the motherboard. Processors always comes with additional cores along with main cores. These additional cores are provided to automatically function when any of the main cores get damaged thus there will be no decrease in performance. When overclocking is done manually, these extra cores are also unlocked thus emits double the heat released by processor before overclocking. Overclocking will also emits a lot of heat as extra cores are unlocked which will emit a lot of heat so good cooling system will be necessary to prevent overheating of the system. 

Requirements for overclocking the processor

For running an overclocked device successfully, it will require some of the components to avoid overheating and prevent damage to pc. Your pc must have a excellent processor cooler which can suck up the heat from processor efficiently. Stock coolers provided with processor are only good for cooling the unoverclocked processor provided with it. Overclocked processor requires excellent cooling systems like liquid cooling system and thermal sytems etc. Other heat sink plates and even liquid nitrogen is also used in some devices which can efficiently cool the overclocked device. Air ventilation for emission of heat from inside is also very important as that of the cooler. If proper ventilation is not provided to cabinet then heat generated by the components of pc will collected in the cpu cabinet and will damage its components. Computer processors are generally overclocked by bringing some changes in the cpu multiplier. They can also be overclocked by increasing base speed of the bus clock. The most important thing for overclocking is to provide sufficient voltage and power to run the overclocked processor without any instability. For that a high current rated PSU will be required to supply the required voltage. Other components like RAM and GPU are also important factors. If an overclocked processor is combined with DDR3 RAM which has low speed then much difference in the performance will not be seen in the PC. The system must have atleast DDR4 RAM to see some difference in the performance. Similarly if a low end graphic card is combined with oc processor then any improvement in the gaming will not be seen as performance of the processor will be bottlenecked by the GPU. 

Some important things you should keep in mind before overclocking processor

Always do overclocking under guidance of any computer expert otherwise doing it wrongly may lead to serious damage to the computer. Other important thing that I mentioned above is the cooling and ventilation system. If you believe that yourbsystem has enough cooling and ventilation system to cool the processor then go for overclocking. And after using the system, if pc heats up, then improve the cooling system with liquid cooling system and setup more exhaust fans to reduce accumulated heat. Some processors have lock to unlock the power. This is to prevent the damage to processors. Most of the AMD black edition processors are ready for overclocking and can be overclocked either from system bios settings or by plugging the pin provided in sone of the AMD processors. Intel also provides factory overclocked processors which are unlocked for performance. These intel processors are denoted by 'K' and 'X' series which has are already unlocked and will perform with increased bus clock out of the box. You should never overclock a processor which is under warranty. When manual overclocking is done, warranty of the processor provided by the company becomes void. This is because damage due to overclocking is caused by the greed of the user to attain more performance. So there is no fault at company's side. Sometimes after overclocking manually, the processor may start showing anomalies. These anomalies can be like shutting down of pc automatically while in use, showing black or blue screen, windows corruption, frequent lagging of pc etc. If these anomalies are showing then this indicates that the overclocked processor is very unstable and will be better if it is underclocked and returned back to its normal base frequency. 

Conclusion :-

Overclocking of the processor is a risky process in which a small incompatibility of the processor with its components can lead to serious damage. If you ask me, then I would never suggest anyone to overclock unless he is a computer specialist and has a really great spec pc to support overclocking. I had once overclocked AMD fx black edition processor but since I had DDR3 RAM and low end GPU and motherboard, I couldn't notice any improvement in the speed and multitasking. On the other hand, my pc got fried up a month later due to overheating. After that I started reasearching more about overclocking the processor without causing any damage and thus, gathered a lot of information about overclocking which I have shared with you. I hope this will be very helpful to you.