RockyZ
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Wow, how rude.
Well if you ask me Overclocking is pretty simple. When I first overclocked I used programs like CPUIdle(well actually I still do) to cool down my CPU so it doesnt overheat too much, but with higher end processors those programs don't work well anyways.
All you have to do is enter your BIOS(if you don't know how to do this maybe you shouldn't be considering how to do this), but since you won't listen to me anyways, you do that by clicking DEL when your system boots.
In you BIOS you would want to find "Advance ChipSet Features" or if your BIOS supports other OCing utilities it should be pretty obvious. Find your cpu speed/multiplier and change their values.
If you system doesn't have the CPU speeds locked at a certain point, you can freely change the value of your cpu Clock/Multiplier. I have tried overclocking by changing the Clock speed but I did not see any significant difference, but when I change the multiplier, the differences are easily seen.
Equation for your CPU speed(pretty obvious): Clock*Multiplier=CPU Speed
Since your CPU speed is at 2.8GHZ you might want to OC it to about 3 to 3.2 GHZ depending on the cooling you have.
You might also want to do some research to see what Multiplier/Core Clock a CPU of the same family who is a level or two above yours have, you will get better performance if your Multiplier/Clock is matched correctly.
Well if you ask me Overclocking is pretty simple. When I first overclocked I used programs like CPUIdle(well actually I still do) to cool down my CPU so it doesnt overheat too much, but with higher end processors those programs don't work well anyways.
All you have to do is enter your BIOS(if you don't know how to do this maybe you shouldn't be considering how to do this), but since you won't listen to me anyways, you do that by clicking DEL when your system boots.
In you BIOS you would want to find "Advance ChipSet Features" or if your BIOS supports other OCing utilities it should be pretty obvious. Find your cpu speed/multiplier and change their values.
If you system doesn't have the CPU speeds locked at a certain point, you can freely change the value of your cpu Clock/Multiplier. I have tried overclocking by changing the Clock speed but I did not see any significant difference, but when I change the multiplier, the differences are easily seen.
Equation for your CPU speed(pretty obvious): Clock*Multiplier=CPU Speed
Since your CPU speed is at 2.8GHZ you might want to OC it to about 3 to 3.2 GHZ depending on the cooling you have.
You might also want to do some research to see what Multiplier/Core Clock a CPU of the same family who is a level or two above yours have, you will get better performance if your Multiplier/Clock is matched correctly.