What is considered an overclock?

[Mogush]

I have a i3 10100 and that it has a boost clock of 4.3 ghz, if i change the clock speed to 4.1 ghz for example, would it be considered an overclock?

 

 

 

(Sorry for grammatical errors, english is not my main language)

[RAGNES7]

Underclock

[TatamiMatt]

That would be an underclock, and overclock would be clocking over the manufacturers set clock speeds

[Mogush]

Thanks

[RAGNES7]

CPUs, RAM, GPUs, have a clock speed based on how much voltage they will consume. now if you increase the clock cycles and voltages to run at higher speeds, thats considered Overclocking.

i said that in simple terms, there are people/websites for explain this in detail with pictures.

[Mogush]

4 minutes ago, RAGNES7 said:

Underclock

Wait.... Isn't underclock like lowering the clock speed lower than the base speed? The i3 10100 has 3.6 ghz of base clock and then i want to increase it to 4.1 ghz, is it still underclock because its below the boostclock???

[Mogush]

Just now, Mogush said:

Wait.... Isn't underclock like lowering the clock speed lower than the base speed? The i3 10100 has 3.6 ghz of base clock and then i want to increase it to 4.1 ghz, is it still underclock because its below the boostclock???

Oh wait nevermind, didn't read your reply my bad

[TatamiMatt]

2 minutes ago, Mogush said:

Oh wait nevermind, didn't read your reply my bad

Generally the clock speed you change is the boost clock, so changing to 4.1 would limit it to 4.1 instead of 4.3, changing to 4.4 would change your boost clock from 4.3 to 4.4

[Mogush]

On 12/13/2023 at 5:27 PM, TatamiMatt said:

Generally the clock speed you change is the boost clock, so changing to 4.1 would limit it to 4.1 instead of 4.3, changing to 4.4 would change your boost clock from 4.3 to 4.4

I dont really get it, can you explain it in a simpler way

[TatamiMatt]

13 minutes ago, Mogush said:

I dont really get it, can you explain it in a simpler way

So when editing clock speed, youre editing the max clock the cpu can hit, in other words, its boost clock.

If you lower this you reduce the maximum clock the cpu can reach.

Inversely, if you increase it, you increase the maximum clock the cpu can hit

 

There is a bit more that goes into it than that, youre not being able to increase clocks indefinitely and thats where it gets more complicated