Is Overclocking Worth It?

[@nicholasrankin9926]

I overclocked my microwave and now it cooks 1 minute rice in 59 seconds

[@photonicrider]

Don't forget to watercool it tho

[@nicholasrankin9926]

@@photonicrider too late, it exploded and burnt my hot pocket :(

[@saiyan_jt1339]

@@nicholasrankin9926 that's tragic bro.

[@ezsqueezy_]

@@nicholasrankin9926 have you bought a new one if so did you put water-cooling on this one?

[@nicholasrankin9926]

@@ezsqueezy_ i did but it made the toast soggy

[@Ben-fx9kx]

I overclocked my bank account now I'm facing this thing called IRS

[@ukarmycadet]

Ben IRS check tips

[@mehmeh1999]

A bit more voltage should help.

[@avocadokirby1517]

Ignore them for ten years and die in a glorified shoot out with the national guard

[@tannerwilson545]

Oof...

[@lunaticheaven9446]

What is an IRS boys

[@memo90frost]

I always overclock my Intel CPU before using my favorite program, Windows Media Player.

[@solarstrike33]

Sick burn (quite literally).

[@EireNero]

Beautiful roast...

[@jakobe_bryantgaming5580]

🅱️RUH MOMENT

[@Boristien405]

Ok but don't lie Intel has some of the best CPUs for real world usage and they have more/better laptops available with their chipsets 👀

[@dotachin93]

Don't forget the OG of benchmarking, WORD.. 😅

[@minimaalinen337]

I overclocked my hdd and now my pc is shaking and sounds like helicopter

[@Josh-ef6kv]

I laughed at this for no reason

[@coldlemonk3700]

@@Josh-ef6kv I know

[@be.7224]

Mine sounds like a jet

[@thomasnoonan2188]

JT Knightz yeah me too lmao

[@imabrokebeebidiot7741]

Hahahahahaha lol, you batter don't overclock it maybe you overclock it too much fail 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JohnEusebioToronto]

Linus would overclock his kids if he could get into the bios.

[@darksouls8667]

Some might need BIOS update using the belt sometimes

[@GrainMuncher]

Ah yes, the real RGB, the Rotating Gaming Belt

[@animelord1751]

@@GrainMuncher yooo im dead 💀💀💀💀

[@anon3631]

overcocking maybe

[@peculiarfellow]

they'll die faster

[@wogfun]

...says the channel overclocking everything that isn't bolted to the floor

[@farawaythrower]

because its FUN

[@bradleythatcher2869]

Maybe bolting it to the floor would help!

[@Italiandogs]

@@bradleythatcher2869 Would help with heat transfer.

[@Themrfuzzypants]

They even overclock their bolts

[@EdwarioERS]

I'd like to highlight the indignant attitude tech channel personalities have when they can't overclock.

[@yellowjuice554]

I love overclocking Grilling is my passion

[@JettHansley]

Jmack1lla it’s called 5 Ghz Celeron

[@ThorsShadow]

@@TheKing-hr7uh "Overclocking is greedy." Screwing people over for money is greedy. Wanting to have everything for yourself is greedy. Mate, you use Intel and talk about greed. Intel have been a greedy bunch for years. Wanting to experiment with PC components and trying to really get into the whole matter, doing research, testing stuff and simply trying to get more performance out of your CPU is not greedy. Your definition of greed is wrong. An overclocked CPU will also last "for years". Your 8700K does not fall apart after 2 years just because you overclocked it to 5GHz. I mean, if you want to keep your CPU for like 10 years you might have a point (never had any PC that long), but I don't know any data on the long-term effects of overclocking. Have a nice day.

[@Livedracersteve]

Nah I used to just use my FX-8350 black edition @4.8ghz to heat my room in the winter.

[@JimmyLe12]

i love overcooking

[@eastpavilion-er6081]

@@TheKing-hr7uh If you are willing to pay 200%-300% for reliability, get a xeon and ecc memory. It's usually twice as expensive but very reliable. Perfectly usable for 10 years to come.

[@Chaosdude341]

Overclocking is only worth it, if the cooler is RGB.

[@PhillipLemmon]

That means AMD!

[@Aragon1500]

Intel has RGB coolers tho

[@conorstewart2214]

Nicholas Bryant and you can get rgb aftermarket coolers

[@Aragon1500]

I'm in the middle of building a PC and I chose intel only because the games I play are optimized for it but if intel rolls out 7 nanometer transistors they could be back on top

[@sk711g6]

RGB means it's overclocked

[@Kyzerii]

Overclocking is useless we all know downloading more RAM gets you more fps

[@nasersi2586]

Yesterday I downloaded the SSD, everything runs smoother

[@benskyddd]

RectalDiscourse wat

[@benskyddd]

RectalDiscourse oh ok i now see the correlation between your “asshole & fps” argument and your username

[@ahmedelrasheed4432]

A very original joke

[@typicalsportsgamer4129]

RGB gets u more fps

[@kickpublishing]

I've overclocked the shit out of my CPU - now MS Word loads in just 50 seconds

[@tvold9204]

I think you should swap out that 47rpm hdd

[@7zagazoo748]

Tvold or just overclock it to a 30000 rpm hdd

[@steveweast475]

Just add a few more RGBs and it'll open in 40 seconds

[@nikaiitrk]

@@steveweast475 no i think it will open in 15 seconds

[@MarioAndWeegee3]

Intel CPU : draws 200 watts when overclocked Intel : Sponsors video about why you shouldn't overclock

[@eduardoavila646]

*STONKS*

[@hermon9835]

Us : ...... Intel: jebated

[@Khloya69]

MarioAndWeegee3 lol. AMD fanboy. I get it ur poor

[@eduardoavila646]

@@Khloya69 GIMME MONEY

[@adam346]

my 5ghz 8600k only draws 110 watts under synthetic load.. and about 60-90 watts gaming... so yah, why not.

[@healthyjibbit]

Overclocking? Useless Everyone knows with more RGB you get more FPS

[@varun_4125]

Lol +100fps

[@ab-vr1nh]

Nah just get a gaming chair

[@hunde2430]

Nah fam, download ram will make it so much faster

[@varun_4125]

@@hunde2430 Thanks for the suggestion now I'm downloading Graphic card too

[@bennettwarren3357]

Skins = Skills

[@liamscully5969]

Sponsored by Intel: The one CPU manufacturer that makes you pay for overclocking ability

[@GifCoDigital]

There are only 2 desktop CPU companies you twat, and AMD has locked multiplier in the past. Grow the fuck up you sad sack of shit.

[@martin0499]

@@GifCoDigital There aren't 2 manufacturers total, there are 2 major

[@omit01]

@@GifCoDigital *Trigger*

[@CheapBastard1988]

@David Morris Well to be fair, the Athlon dual core APU's like the 220GE have the multiplier pretty locked down. But it's a hell of a lot more open than Intel.

[@CheapBastard1988]

@@GifCoDigital Calm down dude. You have to be honest it would be nice if Intel just unlocked all multipliers on everything more powerful than a Pentium. AMD locked down processors in the past but isn't anymore on their RYZEN SKU which is the most relevant. They are gaining market share and they are getting a good image among consumers. It would be a nice move if Intel did the same on their "Core" SKU. It would make Intel a better value oriented brand and overclocking more interesting. Because overclocking would be more interesting there would be more KZbin video's about overclocking lower SKU Intel which raises product awareness which would most likely boost sales. The problem with Intel however is that consumers would likely buy a lower SKU CPU and there won't be higher sales numbers because they still have troubles with their 14nm shortage. But who knows if once their production shortage has been resolved Intel may change their ways. AMD should still be commended for unlocking most of their processors.

[@mrroronoa8]

Intel sponsoring Overclocking video. AMD must have hit them hard.

[@HeLrAiSiNg1]

They did their ryzen 2700x 3.70ghz perform better than my intel I7 6800k at 3.4ghz and its 60~70% price down also its have 2 cores more n threads and about the ram 6800k have 2400 mhz controller I tried the 3200 but after some hours or mins its auto shut down unstable af while amd have 2600mhz standard in some platforms and work well with 3200 mhz perfectly for stream gaming etc intel also gave up on socket 2011-v3 $uch $hit I will buy ryzen these christmas and forget about intel the same I did with nvidia cause I bought recently xfx 5700 XT thicc II and it surpassed rtx 2070 for a fraction less like hundred dollar or so hope amd will stay that high and loyal to their customers I love how the 2700 3.7ghz consume only 105w at max while 6800k its takes even 150+w even for an excel window with firefox so you can do better in performance even at 4ghz with less money on cooler and my cooler is some chinese waterblock with chinese parts kept the 6800k even with oc at bay with 40-50C at gaming praise china for low prices !!!

[@BrunoDarcoletoMalavolta]

hahahahaha . . . . . . yep

[@MostSaneBuddy]

Yeah...

[@SLO_MZ3]

I overclocked my clock it's going to fast now

[@mariostamate8767]

I underclocked my clock and I'm living in 2010 with my ryzen 5 rx 5700 pc

[@mageminx7551]

Why am I laughing?

[@unnamedchannel8607]

What's the future like?

[@Ahmed_onYT]

Yo MAKE IT FASTER SO COVID FINISHES

[@JoshDisher]

I'm a professional clock cleaner... I overclocked my cleaning clock and and started cleaning clocks so fast I doubled the rate of my nearest clock cleaning competitors. This one time I clocked more clock cleanes than my nearest clock cleaning competitors in 1/3 the turn of a clock to effectively become the clock-cleaningest motherfucker who ever did clean clocks!

[@copiouscoos]

Video: Is Overclocking Worth It? Video Answer: "Have realistic expectations"

[@SuMaSLo]

Underrated

[@Anthony.462]

This.

[@nesto9889]

So yes or no?

[@shadowreaper5413]

.

[@techno.4aov91]

@@nesto9889 have realistic expectations

[@teetehi]

Yeah I have to overclock so I can have a wallpaper that changes images *every 12 hours for processing time*

[@bruwyvn]

Linus: Is Overclocking Worth It? Also Linus: Thanks, Intel for sponsoring this video!

[@charlesgray6385]

Long story short intel makes you pay for overclocking so the company which you can’t really overclock with to sponsor the video is humorous. (You need to buy an “unlocked” cpu for example to overclock with intel)

[@bruwyvn]

@@charlesgray6385 weah but, but one of the reasons people buy Ryzen cause is unlocked right?

[@peterpace3379]

@@bruwyvn yep you got that right.

[@hodayfa000h]

it is not possible to see linus in a video that doesn't have an ad

[@gavinfair7683]

“Don’t overclock it doesn’t work” Ok I believe you *sponsored by intel* Nvm

[@XMANIAFLYYY]

Intel isn't too bad. As a person whos used Intel for several years, the experience wasn't overall bad...

[@gavinfair7683]

XMANIAFLYYY hold on i’ll get back to you in 11 months

[@sebastianbrunetto4938]

@@gavinfair7683 lmaooooo

[@atanki5682]

@@gavinfair7683 GDJEYJETJYEKE HAHAHAHAHAHAGAGA

[@Youba05]

Gavin Fair LMFAOAOAOOAOAOAOAOAO

[@AaryanPanigrahi]

I overclocked my ear and now I'm listening to Linus and my school teacher in my online class at the same time

[@Ahmed_onYT]

💀

[@Hardcore_Remixer]

Can I learn that power?

[@fjiaoijsjdfs4719]

Then there’s me who tried to overclock a MacBook Air and it caught on fire

[@Michealxlr]

Well oxygen does make fire so...

[@saltyitalianguy3243]

don't worry they catch on fire anyways

[@cappuccino-1721]

Micheal Xlr oxygen is an oxidizer

[@Michealxlr]

Cappuccino - You don’t say.

[@psychoalert1823]

@@mbsnyderc but oxygen is required to have any kind of ignition.

[@SananeNapcanAmq]

Intel:Makes a program to overclock cpu's easier Also Intel:Says that you shouldn't overclock

[@conorstewart2214]

Intel: we give you unlocked chips so you can overclock Also Intel: overclocking voids your warranty,

[@fuzzy6622]

@@conorstewart2214 Overclocking voids warranty on AMD CPUs aswell. No CPU manufacturer will cover you if you destroy your own CPU.

[@driq9315]

Also intel: releases k series processors

[@myst1schyt]

Also intel and my dumb ass buying that series cpu : F SERIES LOCKED 🤬😂 (i5 9400f)

[@Jewnald_Trump]

@@myst1schyt noob

[@JohnnyWalkerKat]

Yeah i want to sponsor a video about cancer. Yeah im a tobacco company!

[@Twitch_Moderator]

Most cancer awareness and health advertisements actually are paid for by the tobacco companies. It's a way they feel responsible for selling death in a box.

[@Yzyenthusiast]

Scrotum Monster isn’t it just a legal requirement

[@bigmike8586]

I overclocked my i5 7600K from 3.8GHz to 4.85GHz, and when paired with a 1060 6GB, it allowed me to go from a stuttery mess on low settings in VR games to smooth VR gameplay with high settings. It's definitely worth it, and with modern hardware, isn't that hard at all.

[@Deathbatman]

Man you must have had a huge cooling system

[@Jetdrag]

@@Deathbatman I did the same with my 7600k on a good air cooler. It's still kicking 5 years later.

[@Deathbatman]

@@Jetdrag thats great

[@Akuyamix]

do i need a water cooler to overclock my cpu i just got a i5 10400f and i wanna get a better vr experience or can i still rock the regular stock cooler with a little oc on it?

[@Jetdrag]

​@@Akuyamix Yes - You can certainly do a modest overclock on a stock cooler. That said an "F" intel chip is locked, so you can't overclock it really, not in the classic sense. You really want a "K" if you plan to overclock. You can do some BCLK overclocking on some boards, you'll have to look it up.

[@ThrashingBasskill]

"But it's one of the few times in life that you can go faster for free". Me: **Laughs in German Autobahn**

[@stefanobermair2761]

Your english skills are horrible

[@panzeroige]

@@stefanobermair2761 Your lack of a sense of humour is worse, unfortunately.

[@goosegg4653]

@@stefanobermair2761 joe

[@dustinmajo9897]

@@goosegg4653 Who is Joe?

[@goosegg4653]

@@dustinmajo9897 Joe favorite sponsor, glasswire.

[@kartikeysinha3834]

Overclocking is not worth it *sponsered by Intel phh I am surprised

[@KowalskiStyL]

Ya that was a plot twist lol, GN is going to see this video and think wtf guys... lol! why!?

[@Imkishore_12]

Coz Intel locks them... seems odd

[@psychozulu]

where in the video did they say overclocking is not worth it?

[@lashyndragon]

... Unless you have a chiller behind the curtains

[@Don_Valentino]

Is Overclocking Worth It? **insert "Well Yes, But Actually No" meme here**

[@Imkishore_12]

I already did then noticed your comment lol

[@deividux12]

Didn't Linus conclude: "Well No, But Actually Yes"

[@Michealxlr]

TheCodeAlive Well yes, But actually no.

[@itsJPhere]

I'm not saying overclocking is not worth it. But it's not worth it.

[@Saigonas]

@@Michealxlr *well no, but actually yes*

[@bussin3456]

"Sponsored by Intel"

[@SurajGrewal]

Funny,They want to sell you the 'k' type cpu even if you ain't gonna overclock ever. This video promotes kinda the opposite.

[@bussin3456]

@@SurajGrewal so true, I mean you need both an unlocked Intel processor and a mobo that is compatible for overclocking

[@zac7386]

@@bussin3456 i just saw that paused the video, checked the comments then left it

[@mattbell420]

I love how shortly after he explains that clocking will void your warranty, he then does an ad for an Intel clocking utility.

[@aericraadley]

i love how doom 2016 was an example on how certain games dont care how fast your cpu is. the game looks nuts and runs so well

[@prateekpanwar646]

Well it’s made by Id software. Checkout their history, They’re behind quake, wolf and made fps into a genre.

[@heimvar]

As a total war player (ever since TW:empire) a cpu overclock has always been super helpful but that's just me and my use case

[@Bry.89]

I don't like overclocking, because I always got obsessed with it. I'd rather enjoy my PC, and not be paranoid about it running at the best possible clock speeds.

[@CookieAsArrow]

@KarlKlaus vonS Overclocking is basicly a mindset thing. If you need the extra performance you can get a half decent oc by using auto tuning utilitys in your mb, if you don't need it but still think about it, you're a likely tinkerer and enjoy fixing it if you "break" it

[@CookieAsArrow]

@KarlKlaus vonS True, but note that the more you do video encoding the more an oc worth it, but at the same time, as soon as something depends on your work, e. g. your income, stability gains value too. For some workloads cache oc or memory oc can be worth it too.

[@CookieAsArrow]

@KarlKlaus vonS True, allways just want to call a number and get shit done ^^

[@Baff0000]

@KarlKlaus vonS Just a question from a noob. If you drop the voltage, isn't performance lost in the end ?

[@kloroformd]

Overclocking was cool back when you could double clockspeed with a fancy cooler. I'm not gonna waste hours of my life for 2% FPS increase. I'm an adult now sadly.

[@Longgshot]

You are an adult now, and so you can make absumptions on topics you know nothing about XD. If you don't plan on trying to push all you can get out of your cpu and you just want some extra performance, you can OC your cpu with a quick google seach and 5 -10 mins, and get way more than a 2% performance bump. Or.... just flip the sync all cores switch in the bios for Intel CPUs.... wich takes less than 5 mins. Except with the new Ryzen AMD cpus, those require to touch quite a bit of things, because they are perform pretty much as good as they can out of the box.

[@glenwaldrop8166]

Some of us so this for fun because we enjoy tinkering with tech. Nothing to do with being an "adult". If it was only 2%, yeah, I wouldn't bother. Also, I've been in this a long time. I'm having a hard time remembering a single CPU that could double it's clock without liquid nitrogen.

[@joefmagat5586]

"I'm an adult now" means he has less time tinkering with tech due to a more busy schedule..

[@glenwaldrop8166]

@@joefmagat5586 fair, but so am I. I find time for hobbies so I don't resent that which consumes my time.

[@TheAssirra]

I dunno. From 4.3GHz to 4.8Ghz and using less power which makes it more silient is quite an upgrade.

[@hkoizumi3134]

Like many others, Crysis got me into overclocking. I just tried Crysis last night on my modern hardware. At 3840x1080 super ultrawide monitor, I was able to get 65 to 100FPS on my Ryzen 5 and 1080Ti. I was freaking amazed.

[@Twitch_Moderator]

Well there's your problem. Your monitor has the dimensions of a ruler 📏 ========================= *Ummm I developed cervical arthritis from panning my head left and right 30 times a second to view the whole screen* Get a normal screen dude. Humans best see at 16:9 ratio. Not 21:9 or 64:27 😑

[@dustinmajo9897]

@@Twitch_Moderator I play on 3440x1440 (21:9) and I am simply amazed how much the peripheral sight can catch without even looking at it. You see people moving on the side of the screen without looking there directly - and that spot would have been hidden in the normal FOV on a "normal" monitor. I'm now the spotter in our crew because I can basically see 180° in game 😉

[@MrMuBot]

Ah another very balanced opinion. Winning hearts of both sides. Knowing basic (or casual) OC can actually help sometimes. I was going nuts with my 3900X for days. I did not want to get into OCing it because I felt it is just not worth it. But just by going the casual OC way I was able to get a way way better multi core performance on the chip with the same temps I got on stock. I have made a whole video on this actually. It is really beautiful what even a basic knowledge can do. I am not into crazy OC craze but even the basic one helped me a lot. So yeah, OC doesn't mean now that it just about getting more clocks on it. Right on, on at least the ryzen 3000 series, OC means getting same performance on multicore with same temps as stock. :)

[@Kpaxlol]

most cpus nowadays are hotter on stock settings.

[@miljanvideo]

0:53 WHERE ARE HIS TEETH?

[@PsychoKern]

The fuck

[@lordelliott42]

Behind the lips.

[@Ecliptor.]

He sold them to get the i9 unlocked

[@alves6465]

Yoda_Lego Wait what?

[@TheOriginalFayari]

Meanwhile, over at Linus Tech Tips: *LET'S OVERCLOCK THIS RGB TOASTER!"

[@ekinbal8767]

I just overclocked my mouse. I have 100 more dpi now

[@La_sagne]

i kinda want an rgb toaster now

[@puerlatinophilus3037]

When bathing in 60FPS isn't enough

[@dynamout2978]

No, more like "Let's water cool a mouse!"

[@puerlatinophilus3037]

@@dynamout2978 Let's watercool linus

[@timchambers55]

I mean...I've got a 6700k running at 4.7ghz. So to me a sustained clock speed increase of 17.5% over the base clock is definitely worth it! And as Linus says, it is easy. It took changing, what, like 2 settings in the bios to hit this speed? Seems silly not to go for that tbh

[@vanesslifeygo]

Id like to see what damage to a CPU looks like after overclocking.

[@idkwhattohaveasausername5828]

As long as your voltage and temps aren't too high, you'll be fine.

[@PDrSn-bx5rh]

If you arent going for extreme overclock then you dont need to worry too much If you are able to maintain your cpu cool, your cpu will becouse obsolete before you need to worry about any issues with it. Tho heat stress is something to worry about, If it heats up fast and cools down fast you can kill any electrical component very fast, so spending in a better cooler and optimizing the fan curve in a way that It maintains stability in your cpu temperature, dropping as slow as possible while not being hot when under Full load is essential If you try to overclock, be that your cpu or gpu

[@blaze8405]

i overclocked my appartement now it's a penthouse

[@sysierius]

I overclocked my eyes, to keep up with my pc!

[@felixchua-wz7ge]

@Had Ma is that a joke or ....?

[@felixchua-wz7ge]

@Had Ma Cool

[@CookieAsArrow]

@Had Ma at least you know it was bad ^^

[@goosegg4653]

Your eyes can only see in VGA

[@Krydolph]

I somehow found it a lot easier to do and understand back when you had to move around jumpers on the motherboard to OC.

[@joeycameron4744]

@2:10 "anything north of 1GHZ is going to be a bit of a challenge"....G3258 says, hold my beer.

[@solarstrike33]

X58 chips on the whole these days also say hi.

[@Eidolon2003]

I got more that 1GHz extra out of my 6600k. I love this thing

[@PlasticinaVerde]

I had that pentium for emulation, OC 4.7 golden cpu

[@danielb6472]

@@Eidolon2003 I've had a 1.1 GHz overclock on my 3770k for 7 years and counting.

[@gavinfair7683]

Joey Cameron literally read this as he said it

[@Nothy]

0:48 where is that guys teeth

[@kris4637]

😂

[@B8ann]

😂😂😂

[@conanthegamer]

I worked as a mechanic before I got into IT. The thing that comes to mind is the difference between a passenger car and a race car, a passenger car is measured in miles and a race car is measured in hours. “The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.” Lao Tzu

[@jenko5039]

“Is overclocking worth it?” *sponsored by INTEL*

[@saltyitalianguy3243]

@@KAKUN_DESU i feel like i'm getting whooshed here

[@DenDeath]

@@KAKUN_DESU yes this is a whoosh or you just got scamed because AMD puts overclocking for FREE on all of there cpu's

[@ThatJay283]

@Untermensch I overclocked my Ryzen 5 2600 from 3.4 GHz to 3.9 GHz. Have you tried increasing voltage?

[@samueladitya1729]

@@ThatJay283 3.9 ghz is stock boost clock, single core. did you do it on all cores?

[@ThatJay283]

@@samueladitya1729 yeah it was at 3.9 GHz all cores. I currently have it at 4 GHz all cores.

[@furtrapper11]

The last cpu that I overclocked was a 75 mhz Pentium... I cranked that baby up to 90 smokin mhz!

[@charlesharper2357]

Good times. I remember going to 4 different computer shops to find one of the right Pentium 133 CPUs...I got it working fine at 233. The last time that I found overclocking made a real, noticeable difference.

[@lorenhusky2717]

@@charlesharper2357 That sounds really cool. My first PC was a Compaq Presario with a 100mhz Pentium. I had no idea about overclocking back then, but I really wish that I did. Starcraft probably would have ran a lot better.

[@NicholasNicolaides]

I had that same pentium 75mhz. I over clocked it to 120mhz. No active fan back then. I still have the cream colored Packard Bell computer!!!!

[@Out2GetYaWorldAKAMcfly]

I had an AST with the 75 MHz . The first thing I learned to do is create a home network to play Quake Death match with my Brother's upstairs 🤪

[@edward3709]

wow... tech really has evolved

[@metricmine]

After years having my CPU overclocked over 600 MHz, I realized it really wasn't worth it after I had to reset my BIOS, went to default settings and realized I did not observe any difference in my computer's performance. I also noticed a significant drop in the power reading off my UPS. I was burning up all that extra power for nothing. I now have it overclocked around 300 MHz, which small increase in power usage. Sure my file compression, file checksum, and video encoding operations will run a little bit longer (about 10%), most times I just set them to run in the background while I work on other things. Having them complete faster doesn't benefit me. Games perform the same.

[@irisusyn]

Instructions unclear, I overclock my brain, but I still only get 100 fps on CS:GO!!!

[@bananomet4052]

I remember back in the day (13yo at that time) my Athlon 1700+ was not able to run COD2 stock so i overclocked it by 400mhz and it worked! A year later i also learnt you can overclock your GPU, i ended up frying my MX440 with passive cooling, so i got used FX5200 ASAP. My parents do not know till this day hahaha. But hey, we had no internet at that time so i was doing this all by trial and error method.

[@matthewgray9896]

My first Techquickie with no views. I feel honored.

[@christopherstromberg3070]

About to upgrade from my 2500k all core OC to 4.7GHz from 3.3GHz. It’s been a great cpu, but is definitely showing it’s age. 8 years and no stability issues.

[@bensmith7624]

I got the same cpu, I got mine at 4.5ghz but only when paying a select few cpu intensive games. Otherwise I leave it stock and I'm still paying latest titles at max graphics on 3 24" monitors. Had to upgrade the gpu to do that. I still don't see a need to upgrade the cpu. 😊 I hit 5ghz in oc on cpu but found no use for it yet.

[@lorenhusky2717]

Christopher Stromberg would you seriously consider selling that 2500K chip?

[@christopherstromberg3070]

Loren Husky I’m sorry, but I’ll run it in a second system for a few more years. Eventually I’ll cast it in acrylic or something. It’s ridiculous, but it’s been such a great piece of hardware for me that it has sentimental value.

[@lorenhusky2717]

@@christopherstromberg3070 No problem. I'm stuck suffering with a I5 2300 and a 2500K drop in would be the easiest possible thing for me.

[@CookieAsArrow]

@@lorenhusky2717 Aren't there always a bunch of 2500k's on ebay?

[@dan_loup]

Sometimes it really worth it. Like if you was reduced to an awful geforce MX4000 with a 32bit memory bus, you could literally double the memory speed and get some performance back.

[@speedylordinc.3748]

Mx4000?

[@NaNekoRx10]

@@speedylordinc.3748 that was a gforce 4, at least he didnt have a GeForce 4 440 that was a real BS, didnt Even have t&l instructions when the GeForce 3 had those

[@dan_loup]

@@speedylordinc.3748 Long time ago, Nvidia rebadged the Geforce 2 as Geforce 4MX. Cards that were cheap and delivered decent DX7 performance but were also misleading because unlike the Geforce 4ti, they had no pixel or vertex shaders. There was the 420/440 and 460, running with a 64/128bit memory bus and different clocks and it was ok. Then they made a pact with satan and released the MX4000 card, that was a lot cheaper, but had the terribly bad 32bit memory bus, which made the card be literally half of the speed of the slowest Geforce 4 mx.

[@Twitch_Moderator]

@@NaNekoRx10 I had the MX440 64MB 64-bit. Gross!! The bonus marketing focused on the S-video port 😆 My first video card was an SVGA SiS 1MB 3D accelerator (which was actually 2D) lmao

[@cary3345]

4:30 just wanted to say, that the performance boost is not "for free" - a lot of times the CPU suddenly draws more energy than before the overclock :)

[@dontcare5319]

3:03 *Minecraft and Java joined the chat*

[@MarbleSquare422]

13 900k still bottlenecks Minecraft 😂😂

[@ShogunSRT]

I took my cpu cooler off and put my PC in front of my heater... I dont want the poor thing to freeze to death :(

[@kpmccain293]

Ah yes, fire

[@henryorsomething]

It’s like a car engine bro. Can’t have a cold engine, it won’t perform well. So you gotta get that PC nice n hot to the electricity flowing nicely

[@kpmccain293]

@@henryorsomething it's especially nice when it makes the monitor have special effects

[@Catalina._]

Intel non K CPU : Can't overclock Intel : Sponsors video about overclocking

[@a_grnd]

bclk is also an overclock

[@CheapBastard1988]

@@a_grnd Yes it is, however it has gigantic drawbacks like nvme ssd's not booting. It's also more a tool to get a less than 100MHz advantage out of your overclock where for example 5.1GHz isn't stable but 5.05GHz is stable.

[@Twitch_Moderator]

I've never met anyone who couldn't afford a K series Intel proc. So I've never heard of someone not being able to OC 😕

[@Matt-sc6gg]

Btw your photo is actually Katy Perry from "Roar"

[@V8Power5300]

I remember getting a 1+ GHz overclock on an i5 2500k and 3570k. Good times back then

[@tobytheoffensive]

I overclocked my shower now the water warms up in just 19 seconds.

[@usmanjaved3802]

When i show a scratch DVD to my PC my pc start to over cloaking.

[@andersonklein3587]

It really depends on what CPU/GPU you have. I've tried overclocking a Ryzen 2 to no avail. I barely budges by a couple hundred hertz. Now with my trusty 5820k I was able to push 1GHz across the board at virtually no cost, literally .1v and 10-20C higher and that's it. It's of note that overclocking has been getting way tougher across the board recently...

[@clay4816]

The last time I got a substantial overclock on a CPU was my I5 4690K. Had a max overclock of 5.1 GHz(didn’t try to go higher) settled on 5.0 GHz for daily use. It was a good CPU until my computer got hit by lightning the second time. Upgraded to 2700x (not exactly an overclockers dream CPU)

[@theunboxingexperience3480]

I was thinking of EXACTLY this question. Thank you so much for the content!

[@vicviper319]

3:50 nearly spit out my drink when Linus said this with an intel chip on b roll. Intel, the company that typically only unlocks K letter chips on expensive Z series motherboards...

[@exnint]

Ad: Linus Video: Linus Me: Menacing

[@TheBird..]

I overclock for the folding at home organization app so there can be just that little bit more to donate

[@jorgebohyn]

A good option actually is to just lower the graphics settings a bit for getting that FPS increase you want. It doesn't make that much of a difference at all in the end for the texture quality. Also, your CPU would last much longer instead of killing it's durability with overclocking. So it's basically useless. But that is just me, you can have your own opinions.

[@onethiccnest3031]

I overclock for “Microsoft Word” best benchmark

[@JustWeather]

Instructions unclear, overclocked my toaster and now its producing toast faster than ever

[@magburner]

"Anything north of 1ghz is going to be a bit of a challenge..." My very first overclock was with my 9900K, and I added 1.4ghz to the overclock to make it 5ghz stable all cores, at 1.27v. It was not even difficult.

[@fhgnius]

I still remember overclocking the 1.6A GHz Pentium to 2.4-2.8GHz. Those were the days...

[@chrisparussin5359]

I have an i5-6500 overclocked from 3200Mhz to 4500Mhz

[@glenwaldrop8166]

Those were the days of overlapping products and all gains came directly from clock speed. Back then they'd release a CPU on a new process and ramp up the clock speeds for years before changing anything up. Today they essentially make one line of CPUs and fill in the middle and low range later on during the year as capacity increases. The baseline Northwood was 2GHz, the big dog was 2.4GHz and the value was 1.6GHz with the previous generation stopping around 2.2GHz. Today the highest bin is released roughly the same time as the mid and low end and there aren't any real improvements coming until the next generation.

[@hielke309]

I7 2600k to 4.9GHz

[@NaNekoRx10]

@@glenwaldrop8166 the core i generation Will never understand ...

[@jeremyswindlehurst1578]

When you overclock your cpu to 9ghz Power supply and air cooler: We’llah head out

[@teejay3082]

uploaded 5 minutes ago..... comments from 5 minutes ago.... do you even watch the videos first before commenting?

[@aceman67]

Floatplane viewers who have already seen the video ;)

[@LoL768491]

Some people really do not watch The vids first lmao

[@HULK-HOGAN1]

Mind your own business

[@Noneokless]

I overclocked my friends neck and now he wont wake up

[@egamall8015]

i overclocked my alarm clock and I didn't hit snooze anymore

[@Vitaliuz]

AMD Ryzens: * overclockable * Linus [ *sponsored by Intel* ]: "Overclocking is not worth it"

[@legenddairy0]

I overclocked my wallet. Now its the whole bank.

[@Gooey777]

Scrub, real ones overclock the bank

[@Janduin45]

2:08 1GHz overclock a challenge? My 2600k laughs at this statement. OC'd 1GHz since 2012!

[@Janduin45]

@Poo Head No it has been rock steady since day 1. I'm running a Zalman CNPS9700 cooler on it though, which is far from stock.

[@ADCFproductions]

hmmmm overclocked 1000mhz??

[@Janduin45]

@@ADCFproductions Yes, 1GHz is 1000MHz.

[@ADCFproductions]

@@Janduin45 i know it is, but i doubt it. so how many ghz is the cpu at now?

[@Janduin45]

@@ADCFproductions Base frequency of the 2600k is 3,4GHz, mine is at 4,4 and has been so for many years. The 2600k is known as an overclocking beast, and had you just googled it you'd find a guide on tomshardware where they went all the way to 4,6 base and 4,9 single core.

[@mikex4941]

Sometimes practicality isn't the sole answer to every question (such as this one). It's just that mindset, apart from synthetics and maybe shaving a few seconds to a few minutes of production time, that you're getting free additional performance out of your money and not considering the noticeable changes it may or may not bring to the table all of the time.

[@dhewton1966]

ok, that traffic court joke was brutal!!! lol

[@joshuanwosu1493]

Linus: Anything north of 1Ghz is difficult Some Guy in 2014: Gets an FX 8370 to 8.7 GHz from 4Ghz

[@OriginalMrE]

was that with liquid nitrogen, though? can't be just a casual at home overclock -- I had an FX 8320 ( the same CPU, just lower clock ) got it from 3.5 to 4.7 and I noticed a difference, then the next wave of new games came out, and it blue screened constantly. so, unfortunately - it was bumped down to 4.2

[@juansolo1617]

@@OriginalMrE Could've had something to do with the chipset and VRM's. With the FX series you definitely want the 990FX boards if you're going to overclock, something in the +$100 range.

[@OriginalMrE]

@@juansolo1617 yeah, I think the board I was running on it was an ASUS M5A97 R2.0 So... it was a middle budget board, it served its purpose. I really can't complain.

[@Bhartiya_Otaku]

4:30 Intel thinks differently

[@omkarrasal3c185]

While Desktop users seeking overclocking here, laptop users are searching undervolting and underclocking somewhere else.

[@marosis99]

Thats bcs people don't know how to buy laptop with good cooling system. I have overclocked gtx1050 in ntb and have maximum 80°c

[@omkarrasal3c185]

@@marosis99 I go hardly above 75Degrees mate with 1050ti!

[@invidious07]

i9-9900k @5GHz, paired with 2080ti with slight overclock, both air cooled. Really noticeable in Battlefield V in 64 player maps at 1440p 144hz. Tons of physics, high resolution, high refresh rate, highly optimized for multi threaded computing in dx12. I run ultra settings (ray tracing off) for a nominal 144fps most of the time dropping into 120s during heavy battles, which is actually a CPU bottleneck with all of the physics explosions, GPU rarely exceeds 90% usage.

[@GewelReal]

Drake saying no | overclocking Drake saying yes | undervolting

[@erikisip3843]

You guys did this video now has me asking, is undervolting worth it?

[@MJ-cf3qm]

Depends what it is. In 1 game i go from 124 FPS to 148 FPS with a Vega 64 from only undervolting and increasing the power slider to max. It then goes to 171 FPS after increasing the memory frequency, only. No GPU frequency increasing at all. Less heat, noise and power used is often the case with undervolting. Many other graphics cards and CPU's decrease performance with undervolting. Undervolting performance is largely related to architecture types such as Vega.

[@llrennanll]

Yes but, just like overclocking, If you push it too much the system will be very unstable, I've seen some people posting that it's better to lower the power target, rather than the voltage, you get the same benefits from undervolting while maintaining stability.

[@aryantakkar810]

Lower temps and equal performance, what's not to love?

[@techbuildspcs]

Yes it is

[@Anon.G]

I mean personally I think the best idea is overclocking but with stock voltage, unless of course you have problems with temps

[@Adamtronik]

between my overclocked gpu and cpu I get about 20 fps increase in battlefield 5, and the temps all stay below 75 so in my opinion its worth it

[@williameldridge9382]

Are you already getting 100+ FPS? If so I'd say it wasn't worth it.

[@TheJarJarKinks]

@@williameldridge9382 Unless they had a, say, 120hz panel. Then they can actually benefit.

[@ADCFproductions]

@@williameldridge9382 100fps on a 60hz screen is wasted frames, they won't render. V-SYNC FOR THE WIN!!!!

[@ADCFproductions]

@Aqua Blade about what?

[@ADCFproductions]

@Aqua Blade Ahhh you're talking about my V-sync joke! XD no need to take it so seriously! Either way i appreciate the explanation.

[@hamuchann01]

"Is overclocking Worth it?" Linus : *Well yes but actually No*

[@Hardcore_Remixer]

Yes, if you intend to upgrade in no more than (10 - x)/ years, considering x is the amout of years since you use the CPU you want to overclock. If you want your CPU to have a long life, than don't do if. Of course it also depends on how much you use the PC with that CPU. If you game a lot, then be careful. Everything has a risk.

[@wingnut2893]

Back in 1989, I bought my first PC. A 386 DX with 4mb ram and a 100Meg HDD, operating at 25 mHz. I was able to replace the oscillator with a 32 mHz one. That's an improvement of around 33%. The entire PC only gained a mere 10% of performance improvement.

[@seb5995]

Nice pulseway ad Linus But seriously wtf was that I can't be the only one he's an actor now?

[@Kuri0]

I overclocked my craptop and the charger exploded

[@bondy3814]

Im dead 😂

[@samin90]

Overclocked my 200GE to 3.9GHz, totally worth it

[@kot3405]

Thats a gold chip you got there

[@westernspy561]

lucky you,i cant OC my r3 1300x cuz A320M mobo:d

[@kot3405]

no point of OCing ryzens with x at the end

[@westernspy561]

@@kot3405 well true

[@kot3405]

i mean, a320 still bottlenecks it because vrms and stuff

[@TheRealDavidLawrence]

You have to overclock the RGB first, that way the cpu can sync with it... duhhhh

[@OwlyEagles]

Overclocked my fan speed, now I have to clean the dust traps 1 day sooner than normal.

[@AugustineDelgado]

I have a Ryzen 5 1500x. It's base is 3.5 and it's boost is 3.8. I run it overclocked at 3.92Ghz. It makes a big difference in gaming for me as it would otherwise bottleneck my system. Eventually I'll try my hand with a better cpu but I'm trying to wait for a bit to let Ryzen 3000 drivers mature.

[@3lectr1x]

I dont even know how to overclock so idk why im watching this lol

[@remlatzargonix1329]

I heat my home with an over-clocked CPU.....it works great and occasionally we have a fire in the living room. Fun for the whole family....anyone want s'mores?

[@ImyaSmol]

"Power efficient chips" Intel in 2021 be like :

[@ImyaSmol]

And for people who think I'm hating on Intel here, I preordered gen11 LOL

[@bloomberry-s]

I overclocked my pencil so now it writes a word in five minutes

[@potatofuryy]

mm, now my computer sounds like a jet engine!