Would my explanation be correct?

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Well I'm going to be doing my first OC soon, and, at first, it really confused me! :confused:

Nevertheless, I finally managed to get my head around it, by thinking the CPU is like a runner. Let me explain.

A CPU at stock speeds is like the runner jogging. When you increase the FSB, your runner starts to sprint. If you don't provide him with enough carbohydrates, or volts for the CPU, he will stop running. Also, if his body gets too hot, then it will shut down, much like your processor.

Personally for a complete beginner at over clocking, this will help to explain how it works; it certainly did for me! What does everyone think?
 
You don't really need an analogy for overclocking.

More speed as a result of Modified FSB and/or Modified multiplier requiring increasingly more power (voltage) as speed increases which as a result increases heat output that must be countered (cooling)

I'm not sure why that needs to be simplified. The process in which you achieve it is the complicated bit.
 
Sin_Chase said:
I'm not sure why that needs to be simplified. The process in which you achieve it is the complicated bit.
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For a complete first timer that did not even know that overclocking was possible, thinking of it this way helped me to understand what was going on.
 
Judgeneo said:
Haha, some sort of relay perhaps? Like a 100m track with a multiplier of 5 would be complete 5 times quicker by 5 identical runners doing 20m each simultaneously. But thats not really an athletics event :s
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Lol, that would work I suppose :p
 
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