need help over clocking a computer.

[lit666]

so yeah anyone know how to do it? I have a basic idea's of computers and any input would be nice. I pretty sure it has to do with upping the voltage but I'm not 100%, please help

[Turbo-Triumph]

typically you can just set a wall anchor, and hang the clock off of that.

why would you put a clock over your computer, anyways? theres a clock in the bottom right corner.

you obviously have much to learn about computers.













kidding

[wrath]

What do you have for a board, RAM, and processor?

Increasing the voltage is often done to help with the power needs of running more cycles.

[DerangedPony]

I overclock. If you do it correctly, you can make your components have the same performance or better then much more expensive stuff. Upping the voltage could be part of it but not always. List what you have in your system and I'll see if I can help.

[ND4SPD]

so yeah anyone know how to do it? I have a basic idea's of computers and any input would be nice. I pretty sure it has to do with upping the voltage but I'm not 100%, please help

For marginal overclocking you shouldn't need to touch your voltages at all. Basically you have to first of all figure out if you have a motherboard that will let you do it. Then it's a matter of dialing up the front-side bus clock either via going into the BIOS setup or via a windows utility. See if it boots up. If it does, see if it loads windows. You also need a way of monitoring temperatures.

So, you'll need this: http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

Then its best to test it out with a program that puts a heavy load on the CPU like ORTHOS

http://sp2004.fre3.com/beta/beta2.htm

If it supports your motherboard Clockgen is an easy way to raise the FSB clock in windows.

http://www.eocfiles.com/bdc86eb1ed2989c30dcd1902e84939ae/motherboard/utilties/ClockGen_1.0.5.3.zip

As far as raising voltages... you can raise the vCore a little bit to help stabilize the CPU, but it generally makes the CPU run hotter.