P pscl macrumors 6502 Original poster Jun 3, 2013 397 61 Apr 4, 2015 #1 Anyone tried to overclock the CPU / GPU with e.g. MSI Afterburner? what about the temperature? any information would be nice! greetings
Anyone tried to overclock the CPU / GPU with e.g. MSI Afterburner? what about the temperature? any information would be nice! greetings
S snaky69 macrumors 603 Mar 14, 2008 5,908 488 Apr 5, 2015 #2 pscl said: Anyone tried to overclock the CPU / GPU with e.g. MSI Afterburner? what about the temperature? any information would be nice! greetings Click to expand... The CPU is not overclockable, it's locked down. The GPU is, but I wouldn't bother. The computer just doesn't have the thermal headroom for it. You'll run into throttling issues before you reap any tangible benefits. The glory days of overclocking are long gone, IMO.
pscl said: Anyone tried to overclock the CPU / GPU with e.g. MSI Afterburner? what about the temperature? any information would be nice! greetings Click to expand... The CPU is not overclockable, it's locked down. The GPU is, but I wouldn't bother. The computer just doesn't have the thermal headroom for it. You'll run into throttling issues before you reap any tangible benefits. The glory days of overclocking are long gone, IMO.