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Defining Overclocking
• How is this done?
– Obtain a motherboard optimized for Intel
®
unlocked
processors
– Change unlocked ratios or platform clock frequency
– Increase voltage on relevant interfaces
– Improve cooling on overclocked/overvoltaged
components
• What is Overclocking (OC)?
– The process of increasing clock rates beyond
specification
• Why Overclock?
– Increase performance for compute intensive tasks,
e.g., transcode, gaming, rendering
– Compete, Promote, Socialize