Hacking Question How safe is overclock?

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@Goku1992A I don`t think you understand overclocking. Overclocking will degrade your system regardless of what you`re doing. It works by, well, making the clock go over what it normally is so the system will run at a higher voltage so the energy can handle the clock speed, which makes it degrade faster. You`re thinking of when manufacturers change the clock to lower speeds so it will save energy, applying the same logic to overclocking. With overclocks, your system will degrade your system regardless of anything. No matter if idle or at full load. A clock speed will always degrade the same in a certain unit (not model, not all CPUs or GPUs of the same model are made equally).

TLDR? Overclocking will degrade your system the same regardless of load.

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@Goku1992A I don`t think you understand overclocking. Overclocking will degrade your system regardless of what you`re doing. It works by, well, making the clock go over what it normally is so the system will run at a higher voltage so the energy can handle the clock speed, which makes it degrade faster. You`re thinking of when manufacturers change the clock to lower speeds so it will save energy, applying the same logic to overclocking. With overclocks, your system will degrade your system regardless of anything. No matter if idle or at full load. A clock speed will always degrade the same in a certain unit (not model, not all CPUs or GPUs of the same model are made equally).

TLDR? Overclocking will degrade your system the same regardless of load.

But also keep in mind, that the switch is underclocked, and most of the "overclocks" used with sys-clk arent real overclocks, and fully within specs of the soc.