PBO allows overclocking[1]. But it mainly allows you to configure other stuff, liking raising/lowering certain limits, that are not overclocking. Changing these

PBO allows overclocking[1]. But it mainly allows you to configure other stuff, liking raising/lowering certain limits, that are not overclocking. Changing these values will not make your CPU reach voltages it wouldn't otherwise have reached, nor will it make your CPU reach clock speeds it wouldn't otherwise hit. It will however make your CPU draw more amps and use more watts to sustain clocks for longer than normal and on more cores at once. Allowing here means that in the typical motherboard you'll have to change PBO from the default "Auto" to "Manual" to see these settings. Where do terms like "undervolting", "overvolting", "setting TDP" even fit in your vocabulary if you insist everything is to be called "overclocking"? These terms should be literally self-explanatory. [1] But only technically, because for some reason the AutoOC feature is found in the PBO menu on motherboards, even though AutoOC is not part of PBO. They are however typically marketed together.