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for folks just getting into the world of pc customization there's probably

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nothing more exciting than RGB lighting but a close second has got to be

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overclocking your processor just go to any large computer enthusiast forum and

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you'll encounter tons of people passionately discussing their

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overclocking results their cooling systems and which cpus are the most

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forgiving for tinkerers but as active and vibrant as the

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overclocking community is have you ever wondered whether it's even

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worth it to go through the hassle of making adjustments to your CPU to

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squeeze every last megahertz you can out

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of your hardware before it reaches the point of instability well it really

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depends on what you're trying to accomplish although seasoned veterans of

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the overclocking game know this well novices who get excited after buying

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their first unlocked CPU may not know

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that while you certainly can get a performance bump by overclocking you're

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not likely to change your computing experience in a jaw-dropping way

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but why would that be well as we discussed in this episode the

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improvements that we've seen with cpus over the past couple of decades have

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largely been due to changing their architectures that is the way that the

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pathways that handle logic inside the processor are put together as well as

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shrinking transistor sizes that make the processors faster and more power

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efficient like don't get me wrong higher clock speeds are still better but this

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is only true when you're comparing like to like that is to say two processors

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with the same micro architecture and the same number of course

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and to top it off you're almost certainly not going to be able to get

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close to say doubling the factory clock speed at home

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unless you're running some sort of incredibly exotic high dollar cooling

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setup and the thing to bear in mind guys is that even then that kind of equipment

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is usually meant for short-term overclocks in a competition environment

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not for everyday use with a standard air

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or water cooler you're likely to get a few hundred megahertz bump but anything

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north of one gigahertz is probably going to be a bit of a challenge

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so does that mean overclocking is a huge waste of time and does nothing practical

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well no we're not saying that at all

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we're just saying to have realistic expectations which includes knowing how

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different types of programs and games utilize your CPU and your GPU in

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different ways you see while some applications are

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heavily tied to CPU performance including programs that do lots of

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encoding such as video editing and file

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compression utilities others don't really care that much how

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fast your CPU is and this includes many games which are often much more tied to

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how quickly your GPU can spit out frames

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so if you were to overclock your CPU by a few hundred megahertz you could expect

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your files to compress or your videos to export a little bit faster but you might

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actually see virtually no improvement when you're gaming that is unless you're

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playing a title where there's a great deal of CPU-bound logic such as some

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larger scale simulation games however

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graphics card overclocking might end up being quite useful with some titles

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getting a bump of 5 or even 10 frames per second or more which could

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noticeably smooth out your experience especially if you're getting an extra 5

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or 10 frames during a dip while the action's intense

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there is something to be said though for the ease with which you can overclock a

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modern chip back in the day overclocking was far more tedious as we explained in

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this video but these days with easy to use firmware and overclocking software

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combined with power efficient chips that don't need a super expensive motherboard

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to overclock dialing in your settings can take mere seconds and then

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validating those seconds is often a matter of doing an automated stress test

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for a few hours up to a couple of days plus many folks love overclocking as a

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fun hobby and a way to get free performance out of their rigs even if

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it's not going to turn their home battle station into the cray supercomputer

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and while overclocking typically voids a standard CPU warranty modern processors

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are so reliable that this isn't much of a concern for most tinkerers so as far

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as we're concerned give it a shot the results might not be earth-shattering

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but it's one of the few times in life that you can go faster for free

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now if you'll excuse me i'm off to a traffic court

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just kidding do you want to get the most out of your overclocking experience

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check out the Intel performance maximizer a free way to confidently

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bring added performance to your unlocked system this intelligent tool analyzes

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your processor's individual performance characteristics and makes custom

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overclocking automatic and simple then for additional peace of mind consider

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Intel's performance tuning protection plan for a nominal price your 9th gen

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Intel core processor is covered in case it fails due to overclocking so check

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out the Intel links below and make your overclocking experience both easier and

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less stressful so thanks for watching guys like dislike

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