Advise on over clocking whatever I can on my 13.3" macbook pro (second model 1499USD)

Question

pls help
MacBook Pro
13-inch, Mid 2012
Processor  2.9 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory  8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics  Intel HD Graphics 4000 512 Mb
Software  OS X 10.8 (12A269)
i have like $200 to spend on this

Answer 1

Overclocking was a real interesting hobbyist exercise when good old desktop computers could be overclocked easily. If you screwed it up and wrecked your processor, the replacement parts were fairly cheap. You could sometimes get a few percent more in processing power by applying the hacks.
The "tragic flaw" is that if something stopped operating correctly, you had this nagging suspicion "is it the overclocking that is doing this?"
Nothing is cheap about a current MacBook Pro. And everything is soldered down. If you screw up you are out a lot of money to fix it.
Most MacBook Pro are not compute bound. They are I/O bound because there is only one drive. Overclocking is a risky and a waste of time. Buy yourself a big SSD and your MacBook Pro will be quieter, have longer battery life, and be way faster without rsiking anything.