Overclocking
From Extreme Overclocking
Overclocking
Simply said, upping the frequency that runs through a chip. This involves more than meets the eye, as you will find out when you do it. There are many variables you have to take in to account, make certain parts even run slower than they can, only so you can allow another part to run significantly faster than stock, resulting in a higher end speed nonetheless. Please remember, and don’t say that we didn’t warn you, overclocking WILL destroy your parts in the long term, and it WILL void your warranty. Die hards usually don’t care, “it’ll die sooner or later anyway”. This is entirely true. But if you don’t have money to burn you might not want to just destroy an expensive part. Some of us don’t care if something blows up, it’s a good excuse for an upgrade. We also warn you beforehand that if you try to RMA your CPU/GFX to its manufacturer because you blew it up while overclocking, the chances of a refund are MINIMAL.
Overclocking a GPU and overclocking a CPU are two completely different things, as in; a GPU is infinitely easier to do basic overclocking on.
Articles
AMD
Impaqt1s AMD64 overclocking guide
A64 Guide (Very thorough and useful)
Links
Xtremesystems World Record Database
AMD (mainly)
- EOCF Athlon 64 Overclocks
- AMD Overclocking Guide
- Overclocked System Troubleshooting
- All covering guide
Intel (mainly)
Graphics Cards
