overclocking

[mongo_dude]

guys i have a 2011 macbook pro with the specs of 6gb of ram and a i7 2.7ghz cpu but when i check the ghz of the cpu is showing 2.1ghz is there a way to overclock my macbook and when i use volta to overclock my mac it crashes

 

[Aggedor]

The speed of the processor will throttle up and down depending on load and temperature. There's not need to overclock it. If something requires it to run at 2.7GHz, it will run at 2.7GHz. It might even run higher, if it has a Turbo Boost (I can't remember if the 2011 MBPs did).

 

[mongo_dude]

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The speed of the processor will throttle up and down depending on load and temperature. There's not need to overclock it. If something requires it to run at 2.7GHz, it will run at 2.7GHz. It might even run higher, if it has a Turbo Boost (I can't remember if the 2011 MBPs did).

i do have turbo boost i was just thinking if i could go above 3ghz