asadaga :
What is the effect of overclocking on cpu?
Does overclocking destroys a cpu?
An amd fx 8150 cpu was overclocked to 4.4. does overclocking make it work unproperly or causes some problems?
does overclocking make cpu or ram or motherboard not last longly?
1. A CPU executes instructions given to it per cycle (like 1Ghz is 1 Billion cycles/Hertz), overclocking raises the number of cycles so that computer instructions are executed at a faster rate hence better performance.
2. It's hard to kill a CPU by overclocking, today chips have fail safe methods that protect itself from dying. If the chip gets to hot, it shuts off, if it can't run on high voltages it'll BSOD or shutdown.
3.It might, sometimes chips can't handle the extra voltage, heat or sometimes your particular chip just doesn't like to have it's clock raised. Again generally, if something goes wrong your system will tend to display the abnormalities i mentioned above (BSOD, shutdown etc).
4. Overclocking does put more wear on your system because it outputs more heat and heat deteriorates computer equipment. Granted as long as you have a cooler that can dissipate that extra heat, it's really a non issue. It's not like you're going to be shorting your computers lifespan by five years from just a tiny overclock,