| Q : What is over clocking?Overclocking is when | | | | recommend that you start by only overclocking |
| you make your system processor run faster that | | | | a little bit before you try to get |
| its normal | | | | the most out of your processor.Q: Tips for Over |
| speed. This has many advantages and | | | | clocking?Start by overclocking only by a small |
| dis-advantages.Advantages : This is obvious, your | | | | amount. If you overclock your processor to |
| system will run fasterDis-Advantages : Your | | | | much your system will not come on and there is |
| hardware is likely to have a less life span. Your | | | | a chance that you could damage |
| components will run at higher temperatures and | | | | the processor and motherboard. If you do |
| there is an increased chance your | | | | overclock your processor to much and |
| system will overheat and crash. You need to be | | | | the computer does not come on you can reset |
| very careful or you could blow up | | | | your motherboards configuration by |
| your processor and / or motherboard.Q: What | | | | removing the power at the back of your PC and |
| components do I need?You need to buy a special | | | | also removing the battery on the |
| motherboard. Most motherboards will automatically | | | | motherboard for a few minutes.- Monitor the |
| | | | temperature of your processor. You can |
| detect your processor make and speed and you | | | | sometimes check this by |
| can not make any configuration | | | | going into your computer BIOS as it will be |
| changes. When buying a motherboard you need | | | | displayed in there. If it is not in |
| to make sure that you can change the | | | | there, there are freeware programs that you |
| processors bus speed. You will also need to buy | | | | can download, Try searching |
| some extra fans for your | | | | Make sure you have a descent processor fan. |
| computer as it will be working harder and as a | | | | Always buy a fan that supports |
| result everything will run at a | | | | much faster processors as this will cool your |
| higher temperature. It might also be worth | | | | processor much better. Buy and fit |
| looking for a case that can hold lots | | | | as many case fans as you can.- Before |
| of case fans.Q: How do I overclock a | | | | overclocking your processor do some research |
| processor?What you need to do is over clock the | | | | by searching the internet |
| processors bus speed. You will need to | | | | for stories of what other people have done. This |
| check the manual that came with your | | | | way you will know how much you |
| motherboard on how to do this. I would | | | | can realistically overclock. |