How is Overclocking Actullay Done ?

[Mechapixel]

I know what overclocking is but how is the actual process accomplished ?

 

[Yami]

That's a can of worms you're opening

Best done through the BIOS, you change the clock speed (MHz) and/or multiplier (i.e. 9x) of your FSB (Front Side Bus) (and RAM, but there's no RAM multiplier (that I know of)).
Increase FSB/multiplier works for a bit, but then you need to increase the voltage to allow higher clocks. However this creates heat, hence why OCing tends to require good aftermarket cooling. Eventually you reach a point where your board (and cooling) just isn't designed to handle the voltage needed to keep pushing your CPU.
Oh, and every CPU is different, even the exact same make+model+etc., so they all require different voltages and multipliers and clocks and so on.

And that information I gave you is actually fairly vague. If you want more specific information, I can give you links and such.

I'm no OCing expert however, I'm sure others can explain it much better

 

[Nubbleet]

Basically what Yami said. You want to do it through the BIOS, change FSB, voltages, and some more settings. RAM is set in a ratio.

 

[Slaymate]

Your question is actually asking quite a bit. I could probably type a short novel trying to explain it all as it varies depending upon the the platform your PC is based upon. What are your system specifications and we'll determine if you can even overclock your PC

 

[S0ULphIRE]

eh? there's RAM multipliers. lol, a fact I thank god for every day, otherwise my ram would be running at 2652Mhz from its 1600Mhz stock speed

 

[Yami]

eh? there's RAM multipliers. lol, a fact I thank god for every day, otherwise my ram would be running at 2652Mhz from its 1600Mhz stock speed

Are there? My board only has ratio/MHz settings.

 

[chesirecat1701]

Are there? My board only has ratio/MHz settings.

umm you might wanna check that out, because if your running @ 4 GHz as your sig says your ram could be at all sorts of screwy settings lol

 

[Slaymate]

I've never seen a ram multiplier, just ratio's.

 

[Hefemeister]

My board is set up on a ram multi. 24/7 I run a 160 bclk with a x10 multi for 1600 speeds.

 

[Yami]

umm you might wanna check that out, because if your running @ 4 GHz as your sig says your ram could be at all sorts of screwy settings lol

Well I'm 800 miles away from my comp atm, but it was running fine when I left (and had been for a month at least), I underclocked it a bit to about 740MHz but other than that it's exactly the same. My RAM's settings are what I set them at