infamousIlusionist :
So there's basically I need some education...
What is overclocking and what is the use? Is it worth it? What's it for? Should I want to do it? Help me understand
Thanks a lot
Just to clarify since you've already chosen a best answer literally based on fear!
Overclocking is simply getting more than you actually paid for by manipulating the safe zone built into every CPU or GPU to get more speed from it, but to do that requires educating yourself on how to overclock in the first place, or else you live in fear of the unknown, always curious about overclocking, but fearful to take a step towards learning how to do it.
My fear reference comes for the user BigBadBeef that you chose for a best answer he is using fear to scare you away from it, and he obviously told you exactly what you wanted to hear anyway, for you to choose him as your best answer, think about it.
Overclocking is actually an addictive hobby, the more you do it, the more you want to do it, some just dabble in it, some are much more serious, and some are very extreme overclockers sometimes going all the way to doing it for competition and winning prize money for world record overclocks.
BigBadBeefs fear reference of an overclock that ends in an Atomic explosion 2 weeks later, could happen (as hardware failure but not an atomic explosion), if you overclock in ignorance, missing or disregarding all the information you need to keep that from happening, the highest investment in overclocking is knowledge that you invest yourself into learning.
If you're not willing to do that, then do not overclock!
Overclocking is not for everyone because besides the monetary cost of buying overclockable components and the cooling to allow it, you have to educate yourself on how to do it, without damaging your hardware and if you are not willing to invest that time in learning then do not overclock.
When you say is it worth it?
That can only be answered by those that actually do it, and it is definitely worth it to me!
Check out my CPU-Z validation.