Overclocking in OS X

lilcosco08

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Jul 27, 2010

• #1

Is there a way to?
I figured that i'd OC the i3 3.2ghz up to about 3.6 and save the money, since I hear they are the same chips with different multipliers

 

Intell

macrumors P6

• Jul 27, 2010

• #2

There are no software overclocks for Mac. And hardware overclock would be difficult if it is even possible.

 

Hellhammer

Moderator emeritus

• Jul 28, 2010

• #3

The multiplier is locked, you can't overclock it. It would require you to overclock the base frequency which is a lot riskier and impossible in Macs due the lack of BIOS/open EFI.

 

DoFoT9

macrumors P6

• Jul 28, 2010

• #4

if you want performance like that, just build a PC/hackintosh for half the price and be done with it 😀