Hey /g/ What is overclocking and why you do it? (or you

>>60605888
A way to get better performance for free.

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Overclocking, to be put simply, is sending more energy to a hardware component to boost it's performance. I overclock is like >>60605940
says it's free performance, and unless you're retarded it's perfectly safe.

>>60605950
>Overclocking, to be put simply, is sending more energy
That's overdriving.

Don't do it. Your CPU will degrade over time from doing it.

>>60605981
Why it will degrade?

>>60606007
Everything degrades, your CPU will degrade regardless. It'll just degrade slightly faster if you overclock. It'll degrade a lot faster if you don't use proper cooling or try to pump too much electricity into it.

>>60606007
Heat causes degradation on the materials by causing expansion and contraction, until eventually something breaks. High voltage just wears out the stuff it goes through until eventually something burns. Both can degrade your CPU separately, and can degrade it fast if present together

Can I revert the overclock?

>>60606075
Yes

>>60606080
How?

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I only overclock when I'm about to emulate a gamecube or PS2 game.

Otherwise, fuck it.

>>60606090
Usually in bios or uefi i think

>>60606090
By setting clocks to stock frequency.