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overclock 

Overclock - to raise the speed of the CPU, GPU, memory, or any buses with the quantifier that tells its speed: "hertz".

To overclock is to force some hardware mentioned above to run at faster, often non-intented speeds.
Generally this is doable, however few factors come in such as when one overclocks a piece of hardware to its max the power circuitry usually does not deliver enough voltage to the hardware, thus the voltage needs to be manually raised.

When raising the voltage, heat will be generated more substantially, which is the hardware's number one enemy.

Thus is why companies like Thermaltake and Globalwin have mustered their efforts to produce efficient and powerful cooling systems to counteract the heat.
Using the motherboard's BIOS. I set the FSB to 210mhz, thus overclocking a 10mhz difference on my FSB.


I used RivaTuner to overclock my video card's memory's clock speed from 250mhz to 305mhz.
overclock by Andrew the kool January 1, 2004
A slang term for the popular MMORPG: Ever Quest. Evercrack jokingly refers to the games addictive replayability by comparing it to an addiction to crack.
"... No he can't make it, he's at home playing evercrack instead."
evercrack by Justin Chase July 6, 2004

overclockability 

I overclocked that CPU to 3.2GHz, it's got wicked overclockability.
overclockability by grubby91 July 16, 2008

Overcocking 

The unsuccessful version of Overclocking a PC.

Components end up totally fucked, cos they has been successfully Overcocked.
guy A: hey, wheres Rok at?

guy B: oh, he's busy Overcocking his PC.

guy A: don't you mean Overclocking?

guy B: nah, he's overcocking it cos he's proper fucked it all.

Overranked 

Synonym of overrated, often used to refer to players in competitive video games whom use strategies which are generally seen as requiring little effort for the reward given. Mostly found in rhythm game communities, and is primarily used as an insult.
A: You're overranked, a 300 point play on Despacito is actually depressing.

B: Yeah.
Overranked by Underscorebaka January 24, 2022

overclockability 

I overclocked that CPU to 3.2GHz, it's got wicked overclockability.
overclockability by grubby91 July 21, 2008