Non-K processors aren't designed with overclocking in mind, but an enthusiast has managed to squeeze more performance out of Intel's Alder Lake Core i5-12490F. How much performance? Well, according to ...

Overclocking refers to pushing your computer components harder and faster than the manufacturer designed them to go. The initial pitch is seductive: Buy a slower, lower-cost CPU; juice up the clock ...

I recently decided to try and turn on speedstep and the other CPU features to lower voltage/temps while my system isn't being fully used. It seems to be fine except after roughly 24-48 hours, it seems ...

I've got a 3.3GHz i5 2500K and a MSI P67A-GD65 motherboard which has the Overclock Genie. I've used it before and it'll go to 4.2GHz, but after running Intel Burn Test I would see temps (Core Temp) ...

If you know what you're doing and are willing to put in the time and research, overclocking is still a great way to squeeze out some added horsepower for essentially a free performance boost. You also ...

You may have seen the story last week about Der8auer overclocking a Core i5-12400's six cores to 5.2 GHz, or even this morning's story about HiCookie taking a dual-core Pentium Gold chip to 5.8 GHz ...

Intel has announced the end of its Performance Tuning Protection Plan (PTPP). An end-user who previously bought a PTPP from Intel was guaranteed a one-time replacement CPU if they fried their chip by ...

The MeLE Overclock line of computers are small systems with enhanced cooling that allow laptop-class processors to run at higher-than-typical power limits. Up until recently MeLE had mostly focused on ...