Why Does Overclocking Void Your Warranty?

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It's common knowledge that overclocking your CPU will void its warranty, but why is this the case when AMD and Intel openly market some of their processors as being "unlocked"?

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  1. Aiden Kane5 May 2018 at 05:05

    4:12 lol I didn't fall for that because I was on mobile.

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  2. spambi5 May 2018 at 05:05

    My amd ad apu overclocks it's self when needed. am i screwed?

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  3. Nash Anderson5 May 2018 at 05:05

    Short answer: yes

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  4. Carson Tsang5 May 2018 at 05:05

    Dude Im using macOS and you throw a BSOD to me...
    You "GOT" me XD

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  5. zack99120005 May 2018 at 05:05

    I agree but if they are encouraging it and advertise it as such. As well if the over clock is within their testing limits it is reasonable they should cover it.

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  6. kitgzz5 May 2018 at 05:05

    too much overacting.. i got annoyed mid way

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  7. Dylan McDonald5 May 2018 at 05:05

    I keep forgetting this guy is in Canada.

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  8. Dylan McDonald5 May 2018 at 05:05

    What about the automatic Turbo Boost on Macs?

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  9. AntiSTG5 May 2018 at 05:05

    My brother keeps telling me that if I over clock it will make my graphics card survive for only 3 years

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  10. 9AUTO5 May 2018 at 05:05

    Does undervolting void warranty

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  11. nathan wright5 May 2018 at 05:05

    that moment when you find out your cpu hits 69 degrees celsius for its oc max temps

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  12. TheCrazyInsanity Inc.5 May 2018 at 05:05

    i think overclocking my laptop by -1 hertz will make it explode with the power of a nuke

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  13. _AmazingTaco_5 May 2018 at 05:05

    Loving the Hitchikers references!

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  14. sarowie5 May 2018 at 05:05

    if a CPU refuses a 2 MHz overclock, then it is a piece of shit - for EMC compliance, some mother boards apply an intentional jitter to the clock speed to spreed the frequencies.
    This is normal industry practices and any CPU can do that. So any overclocker first disables that frequency spreading, so that the mainboard does not randomly over- and underclock the CPU causing stability issues.

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  15. Daniel Gannon5 May 2018 at 05:05

    Penis

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  16. Master Bluspark5 May 2018 at 05:05

    #iamteamblue :)

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  17. French Fries 285 May 2018 at 05:05

    I actually removed the overclock on my i7 7700k that I got over a year ago as I don't need the extra performance. I plan on keeping it for many years to come so I want it to last a while. I may overclock it in the future when it is starting to age.

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  18. MaxxTheEnder5 May 2018 at 05:05

    Ha troll fail, I’m using my iPod.

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  19. MrRickulus5 May 2018 at 05:05

    It's a free country, says the Canadian (it's a meme, chill my dudes)

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  20. Alec Heesacker5 May 2018 at 05:05

    I would like to not overclock my CPU/GPU/

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  21. Edward Rosario5 May 2018 at 05:05

    you suck. lmao i just spent a long time fine tuning my 8700k and saw more of those than i care to count and you include one in the very first video i watch after im done benchmarking and think my PC is completely stable man i cringed and i had that undescribable dissapointment feeling. this was just a funny case of perfect timing

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  22. soldaten SS5 May 2018 at 05:05

    thought my raspberry pi broke when that error message thing happened

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  23. anikanbounty975 May 2018 at 05:05

    Software oc that way no proof of oc

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  24. Aston Wiggin5 May 2018 at 05:05

    Mine only goes up to 1 hz, what an unlucky lottery

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  25. Chrizerker5 May 2018 at 05:05

    "Some of theirs chips" XD

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  26. SeireiART5 May 2018 at 05:05

    4:12 Jokes on you, I'm watching this on a second monitor

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  27. Θανάσης Καρέζος5 May 2018 at 05:05

    in my oponion overclocking your CPU is completely unesecary couse you never even use so much power even for unclocked speed so why risking to fry your CPU and void your warranty for no reason... anyway games use most of GPU so wont make your gaming any faster.

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  28. Stephen J5 May 2018 at 05:05

    Please take and old CPU and cut a block of cheese and see if it still works.

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  29. TurtleGamez5 May 2018 at 05:05

    "He's overclocking the ruby! That's insane!" Tails, Sonic Forces

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  30. Elias Piirainen5 May 2018 at 05:05

    When my prosessor and everysingle part in the pc expired, i just went crazy and said "heck with that, it already expired" and overclocked my CPU by 2 Gigahertz and 10 volts, i thought it would burn, but it didnt, now it runs at 3.3GHz. (This was 5 years ago)

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  31. KYMOND FANG5 May 2018 at 05:05

    Hardcore "enthursiast" nerds

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  32. Theawesomeking44445 May 2018 at 05:05

    4:13 ITS NOT THE VOLTS THAT KILL ITS THE AMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    jk

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  33. Sam Wansitdabet5 May 2018 at 05:05

    Intel allows you to buy a new cpu after frying it. How revolutionary

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  34. Matthew Lysenko5 May 2018 at 05:05

    You... Live in Canada?

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  35. MoonoonLP5 May 2018 at 05:05

    2V is too much? I am running my fx8350 with 2v on box cooler

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