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<blockquote data-quote="imported_SuXoR" data-source="post: 135464" data-attributes="member: 7931"><p>/Disclaimer</p><p></p><p>Remember life is a sequence of trade-offs, and such is the case with overclocking. On one hand you can overclock your CPU, RAM, and videocard in an effort to achieve performance of higher-end hardware on less expensive hardware at the expense of system stability, hardware failure, greater heat output, data corruption, and voided warranties.</p><p></p><p></p><p>/end Disclaimer</p><p></p><p>With that said, I am assuming that you are using a store bought system ie. Dell, Gateway, Compaq (ugh), e-machines (even worse), etc. Most of these systems have a BIOS that does not offer options to overclock your CPU and RAM. The BIOS options that are most useful for overclocking your CPU and RAM are voltage settings for CPU and RAM, front side bus speed, CPU multiplier, PCI and AGP bus speeds, and RAM to front side bus ratio. The most common method of overclocking your CPU and RAM is to crank up your front side bus (this is mosty due to the fact that the CPU multiplier is locked). If you have a P4 2.4a GHz, your default settings are 133 FSB with a multiplier of 18. If you turn up your FSB to 166, the resulting speed will be 2.98GHz. Usually one would have to increase the CPU core voltage to maintain stability. Note that older motherboards have PCI clocks that depend on the FSB speed. Back to the P4 example, the PCI bus should operate at 33MHz, which is derived by dividing the FSB by 4. When you turn the FSB up to 166, if there is no BIOS option to increase the PCI divisor, then the resulting PCI bus speed would jump up to 41.5MHz. This can cause problems with your AGP card, IDE drives, USB ports, and sound card.</p><p></p><p>You can also overclock your video card by increasing your GPU speed and memory speed. This method is best for store bought systems because it is done through software rather than through the BIOS. You first have to determine what video chipset you are running. Than do a search for an overclocking utility for that chipset ie. NVtune for Nvidia chipsets. It is helpful to be able to turn up your AGP voltage in the BIOS to increase the overclockability of your viseo card. You should keep in mind that both increased voltage and clock speed will increase heat output, so supplemental cooling is a must.</p><p></p><p>I must stop here, because there is no way that I can write out all that is involved in an overclocking project. Overclocking is a hit-and-miss endeavor. Results vary and are highly dependent upon the "luck of the draw." Just because one person can get good results on a particular piece of hardware, it does not mean that another person will get similar results with an identical piece of hardware. You must also increase speed a little bit at a time. Kick it up a notch and test it. If everything looks good, then turn it up some more. Repeat process. If you are still interested in overclocking, there are a plethora of information on the subject on the web. A good place to start is http://www.hardocp.com or http://www.anandtech.com</p><p></p><p>Puppet, if you want to overclock let me know what specific hardware you have and I will do my best to guide you through the process. Good luck and be safe :lol:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="imported_SuXoR, post: 135464, member: 7931"] /Disclaimer Remember life is a sequence of trade-offs, and such is the case with overclocking. On one hand you can overclock your CPU, RAM, and videocard in an effort to achieve performance of higher-end hardware on less expensive hardware at the expense of system stability, hardware failure, greater heat output, data corruption, and voided warranties. /end Disclaimer With that said, I am assuming that you are using a store bought system ie. Dell, Gateway, Compaq (ugh), e-machines (even worse), etc. Most of these systems have a BIOS that does not offer options to overclock your CPU and RAM. The BIOS options that are most useful for overclocking your CPU and RAM are voltage settings for CPU and RAM, front side bus speed, CPU multiplier, PCI and AGP bus speeds, and RAM to front side bus ratio. The most common method of overclocking your CPU and RAM is to crank up your front side bus (this is mosty due to the fact that the CPU multiplier is locked). If you have a P4 2.4a GHz, your default settings are 133 FSB with a multiplier of 18. If you turn up your FSB to 166, the resulting speed will be 2.98GHz. Usually one would have to increase the CPU core voltage to maintain stability. Note that older motherboards have PCI clocks that depend on the FSB speed. Back to the P4 example, the PCI bus should operate at 33MHz, which is derived by dividing the FSB by 4. When you turn the FSB up to 166, if there is no BIOS option to increase the PCI divisor, then the resulting PCI bus speed would jump up to 41.5MHz. This can cause problems with your AGP card, IDE drives, USB ports, and sound card. You can also overclock your video card by increasing your GPU speed and memory speed. This method is best for store bought systems because it is done through software rather than through the BIOS. You first have to determine what video chipset you are running. Than do a search for an overclocking utility for that chipset ie. NVtune for Nvidia chipsets. It is helpful to be able to turn up your AGP voltage in the BIOS to increase the overclockability of your viseo card. You should keep in mind that both increased voltage and clock speed will increase heat output, so supplemental cooling is a must. I must stop here, because there is no way that I can write out all that is involved in an overclocking project. Overclocking is a hit-and-miss endeavor. Results vary and are highly dependent upon the "luck of the draw." Just because one person can get good results on a particular piece of hardware, it does not mean that another person will get similar results with an identical piece of hardware. You must also increase speed a little bit at a time. Kick it up a notch and test it. If everything looks good, then turn it up some more. Repeat process. If you are still interested in overclocking, there are a plethora of information on the subject on the web. A good place to start is http://www.hardocp.com or http://www.anandtech.com Puppet, if you want to overclock let me know what specific hardware you have and I will do my best to guide you through the process. Good luck and be safe :lol: [/QUOTE]
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