Editing Overclocking (section)

== Manufacturer and vendor overclocking ==

Overclocking is sometimes offered as a legitimate service or feature for consumers, in which a manufacturer or retailer tests the overclocking capability of processors, memory, video cards, and other hardware products. Several video card manufactures now offer factory-overclocked versions of their graphics accelerators, complete with a warranty, usually at a price intermediate between that of the standard product and a non-overclocked product of higher performance.

It is speculated that manufacturers implement overclocking prevention mechanisms such as [[CPU locking|CPU multiplier locking]] to prevent users from buying lower-priced items and overclocking them. These measures are sometimes marketed as a [[consumer protection]] benefit, but are often criticized by buyers.

Many motherboards are sold, and advertised, with extensive facilities for overclocking implemented in hardware and controlled by [[BIOS]] settings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3Plus/M5A78LUSB3/|title=｜｜ASUS Global|website=ASUS Global|access-date=2021-05-10|archive-date=2021-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510170944/https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3Plus/M5A78LUSB3/|url-status=live}}</ref>