Originally posted by Games Guru
Thanks for the help.
So to do what you suggested I do or don't need a new fan?
On my bios i can choose to put the cpu at 2800+, i've never done anything remotely linked to overclocking before, so I don't really know what you were talking about.
All I want to know is if I can simply check the box that says 2800+ or not?
How would I find out if my cpu is a thoroughbred one or not?
Download sisoft sandra ( direct download link below ) or some similar benchmarking and reporting tools - that should indentify your current cpu + aslo if you benchmark your current settings, you can then benchmark after any changes to evalutate any performance gain.
As for your fan / cooling - you will probably have a reasonable margin of heat dissapation to overclock - even if it is just a small increase.
I recommend overclocking the FSB ( front side bus ) as mentioned in previous post. This is the frequency the information bus that the cpu works on - along with the one it communicates to memmory and the rest of the system from.
It is this bus speed that determines the speed of your cpu along with a set multiplier - the cpu actually multiplies the fsb by a set amount to operate internally.
To change your FSB and increase your cpu and system speed (assuming you have a bios / motherboard that allows these setting / has the options to )
Enter bios when you boot your computer.
look for the bus speed setting ( it will most likely be set at 166mhz )
Increase this to 170mhz and then boot up and run a benchmark / sisandra - this will test to make sure your system is running smoothly and handling it.
If thats fine, reboot and enter bios and up the bus speed to 175mhz and repeat the tests.
Carry on increaseing in small abouts ( say 5mhz ) until your system becomes unstable.
If and when your system becomes unstable - enter bios and set the bus speed down by 5mhz and re test.
If thats still stable leave it set at that.
---------- your motherboard may have jumpers instead of bios settings, in that case get the mother board manual and reset the bus speed if you can ( when your computer is off ) and benchmark and test as above.
Click on this to download sisoft sandra