Does overclocking require you take-apart your PC and do something to the parts themselves or is it something on the operating system or what? Basically what I am asking, can I turn my computer on, follow some steps, and overclock my PC. Also, I want to do that for the video card and RAM too.
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No, you don't have to touch your parts when you overclock. The only time you may have to is when you reset the CMOS. Most of your OC'ing is done in the bios.
So yes, you can just turn on your computer, follow some steps, and OC.
Before you begin OC'ing though, post your hardware and cooling. You won't be able to overclock much if you don't have adequate cooling.
So yes, you can just turn on your computer, follow some steps, and OC.
Before you begin OC'ing though, post your hardware and cooling. You won't be able to overclock much if you don't have adequate cooling.
@Qwert
Go into your bios and check your front side bus and your multiplier. With that, figure out what FSB you will need to overclock to 2.7ghz.
Say for example you had an AMD @ 2.65ghz with a multiplier of 10x. You would have 265HTT (265 * 10 = 2650mhz = 2.65ghz). If you want 2.7ghz, you would throw it up to 270HTT. It's the same type of idea with an intel, but the multipliers and FSB have a different range. Very simple concept.
@PZEROFGH
I built this PC back in April '05. The Venice & San Diego didn't come out until a few months later. To be honest, for my purposes for my computer, the difference is irrelevant.
Go into your bios and check your front side bus and your multiplier. With that, figure out what FSB you will need to overclock to 2.7ghz.
Say for example you had an AMD @ 2.65ghz with a multiplier of 10x. You would have 265HTT (265 * 10 = 2650mhz = 2.65ghz). If you want 2.7ghz, you would throw it up to 270HTT. It's the same type of idea with an intel, but the multipliers and FSB have a different range. Very simple concept.
@PZEROFGH
I built this PC back in April '05. The Venice & San Diego didn't come out until a few months later. To be honest, for my purposes for my computer, the difference is irrelevant.
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