Just got all my computer parts from newegg and put it together. This was my first computer build so I am no longer a virgin. HURRAY!
And guess what...it works! I am amazed that I didn't screw something up.
I'm thinking about overclocking my AMD 2.7ghz 5200+ a bit. I don't want to do anything huge or fancy but if I can get it to 2.9ghz I will be happy. This is mostly just to get my feet wet so I can understand the process. I am just using the stock cooler for now so even if I can get .1ghz more I will consider it a success. I have a nice ASUS motherboard so I should have lots of BIOS settings to play with.
Can someone give me a starting point. What should I be changing first and also what programs should I get? I am running an XP machine with the AMD CPU and 4gigs of ram. Thanks for any help!
(BTW, I have a 250gig SATA HD and its only showing up as 127gigs? Does this have something to do with windows?)
And guess what...it works! I am amazed that I didn't screw something up.
I'm thinking about overclocking my AMD 2.7ghz 5200+ a bit. I don't want to do anything huge or fancy but if I can get it to 2.9ghz I will be happy. This is mostly just to get my feet wet so I can understand the process. I am just using the stock cooler for now so even if I can get .1ghz more I will consider it a success. I have a nice ASUS motherboard so I should have lots of BIOS settings to play with.
Can someone give me a starting point. What should I be changing first and also what programs should I get? I am running an XP machine with the AMD CPU and 4gigs of ram. Thanks for any help!
(BTW, I have a 250gig SATA HD and its only showing up as 127gigs? Does this have something to do with windows?)