Editing Overclocking (section)

=== Limitations ===

Overclocking components can only be of noticeable benefit if the component is on the [[Critical path method|critical path]] for a process, if it is a bottleneck. If disk access or the speed of an [[Internet]] connection limit the speed of a process, a 20% increase in processor speed is unlikely to be noticed, however there are some scenarios where increasing the clock speed of a processor actually allows an SSD to be read and written to faster. Overclocking a CPU will not noticeably benefit a game when a graphics card's performance is the "bottleneck" of the game.