Why overclock an Intel PC? The hard-core tech addict answers with the classic “because it's there.” While poetic, this doesn’t do much for the IT professional who needs more justification to risk ...

BIOS power settings that can significantly boost your CPU performance and overclocking potential, including PL1, PL2, EDC, and TDC.

Overclocking has been a staple of PC enthusiasts almost as long as computers have existed. It started with soldering of crystals and basic tiny jumps of, in some cases, fractions of a megahertz. Today ...

In this part we will be looking at tweaking voltages and tightening memory timings and generally optimising your PC now it is overclocked. At this point, as we are going a little bit more advanced, we ...

The days when you could overclock your Intel “K” or “KF” chip with impunity, while liquid nitrogen vapor wafted through the long tresses of your hair, are over. On Monday, Intel abruptly ended its ...

Computer World has put together a list of 5 ways to overclock many netbooks with Intel Atom processors. I’ve covered many of these tips and tools before, including Eeectl and GMABooster. But it’s nice ...

A BIOS update means you can no longer goose the speed of Skylake processors that don't support overclocking. I’m the deputy managing editor of the hardware team at PCMag.com. Reading this during the ...

All being well, your PC should boot straight to Windows now. Once you are fully booted into Windows, open CPU-Z (it can take a few seconds) and you should see something like this... You can now marvel ...