Several AMD Ryzenownerstook to Redditto share that their Ryzen processor had increased its clock speed on its own.

Changing Gears

Overclocking forces the processors to run at speeds higher than that intended by the manufacturers.

Some users overclock their CPUs to squeeze out more computing power from their processors.

A closeup on a processor with 200 percent overlaid on it to indicate overclocking.

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Typically, people have to fiddle around in the BIOS tweaks to overclock the processors in their PCs.

Notably though, the app displays a warning before it allows users to modify the processors performance parameters.

Closeup of a cooling fan on a circuit board.

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