In
order to increase the clock speed of any component we can use phenomena called
as over clocking. It increases the component’s clock rate, running it at a
higher speed than it was designed to run. Increasing a component’s clock rate
causes it to perform more operations per second, but it also produces
additional heat. It guides the user for squeezing the component’s performance.
What is actually the process it involves?
Whenever
we go to buy the computer, it arrives from the company and that time that
computer is set to a particular speed. If you run your CPU at that speed with
proper cooling, it should perform fine without giving you any problems.
Fig1: The Actual Process(1)
It
also provides us with the feature increasing the CPU’s speed by setting a
higher clock rate or multiplier in the computer’s BIOS, forcing it to perform
more operations per second.
Fig2: The Actual Process(2)
It may become physically damaged if you don’t
provide additional cooling, or it may be unstable and cause your computer to
blue-screen or restart.
Is this possible to adopt this feature?
One
may not be able to do so since many motherboards and Intel CPUs ship with
locked multipliers, preventing you from tinkering with their values and
enabling this feature. One can think of building the most powerful gaming PC
imaginable with a water-cooling system so he might need to push its hardware to
the limits with over clock, one needs to take this into account while buying
components and making it sure buying the over clock-friendly hardware.
Fig3: BIOS Settings
What is the need of this feature?
One
enjoys the experience of faster CPU performance per second for operation. This
is bit critical. Gamers or enthusiasts that want their hardware to run as fast
as possible may still want to over clock. However, even gamers will find that
modern CPU's are so fast and games are so limited by graphics cards that over
clocking don’t work the magic it used to.
What Procedure does one need to follow?
There
are following ways by which you can work with this feature.
- See to the proper Cooling of
the water: Water-based coolant is pumped
through tubes inside of the case, where it absorbs the heat. It’s then
pumped out, where the radiator expels the heat into the air outside of the
case.
Fig4: CPU Inside
- Check the BIOS setting: one need to check into computer’s BIOS and increase the CPU clock rate and/or voltage. Increase it by a small amount and reboot computer. See if the system is stable run a demanding benchmark to simulate heavy use and monitor computer’s temperature to make sure the cooling is good enough. Over clock little by little to ensure its stable; don’t just increase your CPU’s speed by a large amount at once.
Beware!!
When
you over clock your CPU, you are doing something you were not supposed to do
with it this will often void your warranty. Your CPU’s heat will increase as
you over clock. Without proper cooling or if you just over clock too much the
CPU chip may become too hot and may become permanently damaged. This
complete hardware failure isn’t as common, but it is common for over clocking
to result in an unstable system. The CPU may return incorrect results or become
unstable, resulting in system errors and restarts.
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