CPU Overclocking software.

[FierceDagger]

Is there any software to overclock a CPU without going into the bios?

 

[androbourne]

Depends on your system. Intel has XTU and AMD has its own tool, MSI Afterburner.

There is also some 3rd party ones.

https://techreviewpro.com/top-best-gpu-and-cpu-overclocking-software-9229/

 

[Barty1884]

Quite a few actually. AMD have their RyzenMaster or Overdrive (pre-Ryzen), most MB vendors have some option - ASUS has X-way optimization etc.

All that being said, the BIOS is still the best place to OC.
Auto-OCing utilities are helpful as far as getting a solid idea of what can be achieved at whatever voltage, but they do tend to over-volt which will result in additional heat output.

In the BIOS you can get to a much more granular level.


If you want a software solution because your motherboard doesn't support OCing then no - they don't really exist.
There are a couple of options, but they're horrible ideas. Boards that aren't supposed to support OCing don't have the required power-phases, VRM cooling etc.