Have you considered Overclocking your PC?

screed · 04-25-2009, 02:52 AM

If you aren't sure about what to do, consider researching for a crash course to overclocking. It can literally boost your system more than 20% in speed. I have a 1.8ghz Celeron and i got it working to 2.2ghz with just the stock cooler. This can be great for people that don't have the budget for an expensive rig but having to tweak them to get free computing power.

Don't worry much about the bills, the Speedstep technology for intel processors would downclock your processor while idle.

bammer · 04-25-2009, 11:21 AM

Really?,...that's a very helpful idea...it cost me a lot on my prev computer it was a celeron also, when i upgrade it for more good performance....i should known that before..hehehe...

Ricardo · 04-25-2009, 12:35 PM

I've heard a little about it, but at this point I don't think I'd try it.

I wonder how likely you are to do damage to your system if you go too far?

It would be tempting to get the results that you mention.

rickydbz · 05-31-2009, 03:41 PM

Yes i did , i accely did it , when i bought my quad core intel,i sayed to my self , to try toasting my old AMD 3500+ so i took the old motherboard and the graphics and ram memory(they were old type , wouldn't fit on my new cpu) and i had 5 20 centimeters coolers waving air on it i used Silver Termoconducting paste and i got 2,86 gHz i think doh i should mention that i used that procesor for 5 years, and i really used it didn't just played Mario or something like that

edit : oh yeah and i modifiyed the Voltage from Bios the minimum is 1100 the normal 1400 i've put 1550

and it didn't got toasted , after this i took the procesor and washed it and put it like a trophy on my desk :d

mani1987 · 06-08-2009, 02:24 AM

Two ways, hardware and software. Hardware is modifying the component in some way, or maybe by changing specific jumpers on the motherboard, to increase voltages or increase cpu multipliers for example. Software is using a program from within windows, that lets you adjust component settings.
Some pc's have settings in the BIOS to adjust voltages, ram timings, bus speeds and cpu multiplier settings. If your new to overclocking, may i suggest visiting a few oc forums. If you don't know what your doing, you could kill your system vey easily. Slow methodical tiny increases, test, try again, any thing out of the ordinary, go back a couple of notches. that should be safe to use, but then again overheating during overclocking is normal.
hope this helps.