Overclocking is a technique in which a microprocessor's clock speed (the speed at which it processes data) is increased beyond the factory-default setting. This process can be performed on any device ...

Things may be just about to get easier for overclocking enthusiasts using AMD products — the company has filed a patent for an automatic overclocking tool. If the tool is released, it might make ...

AMD’s ongoing X3D chip crisis has another wrinkle: AMD is now placing additional guardrails on AMD Ryzen 7000 as well as Ryzen 7000X3D processors, preventing them from being overclocked via a new BIOS ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

In September, AMD added support for simple CPU overclocking to its graphics drivers. If you had a Ryzen 5000-series CPU and wanted to benefit from the extra performance, this auto-overclocking ...

It seems that AMD may be working on a new memory overclocking standard for its upcoming AM5 platform. The company has recently trademarked “AMD EXPO,” and a reliable source reveals that this tech ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. After users running both a Ryzen CPU and a Radeon GPU started ...

Ryzen 5800X3D owners are doubtless aware that their CPU isn't supposed to be manually overclocked, with AMD having locked out the ability to up the voltage. Now, though, it seems there is a ...

It's worth noting outright that the official product pages for the upcoming AMD Ryzen 7000X3D with 3D V-Cache have removed the note about overclocking. But that didn't stop several people from ...

Would you trade the ability to easily overclock a CPU for a stash of additional cache and the performance benefits that come with it? It's a question enthusiasts may answer when AMD ships its upcoming ...

A strange bug is overclocking AMD CPUs for some users, but you can circumvent the issue until it's patched. Brendan is a freelance writer and content creator from Portland, OR. He covers tech and ...