How, exactly, is it done? I know of a program called FuzzyLogic 4 that can work to overclock a CPU, but is it only done with specilized programs for it, and, if so, which program do you suggest?
You're going to try overclocking without knowing anything about it? Holy shit. My advice - read. Go to every hardware site you can find, and read up about overclocking, which chipsets are best for it, which motherboards do it well, and the best cooling you can get for your money. You're going to need it. I read every day for a couple of hours for a fortnight before I made any purchases, and then I read some more. I would provide you with a link that would be very helpful to you, but you are not yet ready. Go learn, and maybe I'll post it later.
Well, I was playing with the overclocking on a different computer with FuzzyLogic 4 yesterday.... I overclocked over 500Mhz by just clicking the right arrow and hitting "Adjust". Today, however, I was searching at http://www.price-search.net, the website I use to find the best and cheapest parts, and found that the Intel 850E chipset is great for overclocking from reading the reviews at http://www.dealtime.com/dealtime2000/Reviews/product/read_product/1,7235,20250752,00.html. http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/ seems to have a lot of information about how to over clock ALL of your pc parts. I'll look into that... I've just looked though it, and they don't really explain how to overclock in general, just the parts they mention, and even those are only AMD processors and other parts that I don't really care about. I'm now reading some articles about overclocking at http://www.overclockers.com. Wish me luck. :smile:
You are one dumb bastard. You don't overclock with software - you overclock your hardware, manually in the BIOS! You know, when you start up your computer, how you see that little message saying "Press Del (or F2) to enter setup"? That's the BIOS, and you use that overclock your CPU and stuff like that.
Geeze! Sorry! I don't know anything about overclocking with BIOS... All I know about is a program I used called FuzzyLogic 4 that lets you overclock. Just because you've never used it, doesn't mean I'm wrong about it. It's a motherboard monitor. It regulates voltage and stuff and lets you change it, as well as the processor speed.
Great. Overclocking for idiot programs are now available. Try Motherboard Monitor 5 - it will report back your temperatures, fan speeds and CPU speeds (once you get it set up, and if the relevant stuff if connected to your mobo) but it does rely on your motherboard sensors, which may not be accurate. I think you get it from mbm5.livewire.com but I could be really wrong about it. I would give you that link, to show you the error of your ways, but first you need to understand some basic overclocking stuff, so keep reading, and forget about FuzzyLogic 4.
Alright. Thanks for the help that you have given so far. BTW, that Motherboard Monitor 5 is mentioned in one of the articles I have recently read... I still have quite a bit to read yet, though, as is quite apparent.
More on that FuzzyLogic 4 crap - I seriously doubt the validity of software overclocking. Your CPU and FSB are set when you start up the computer, which is why it's reset after you exit BIOS, whether or not you made changes. So I really doubt that a program can change it once the computer has booted. It would be pretty easy to fool people into thinking that it could though. All it has to do is find out from the computer what the CPU speed is (a fairly simple command I'm sure) and then just add a few hundred mHz to that and say "Hey, I'm now a shitload faster¹". ¹Not the slightest bit faster, but now your CPU is hotter for processing this
Actually, depending on your exact chipset, there's software available to change the FSB clock after booting. Not sure how well they work with the newer mobo chips, I'm kinda out of that stuff. With my old mobo + CPU I had a program load at startup that changed the multiplier for the L2 cache clock: I had my Athlon 500 overclocked to 700, which wouldn't hold without a lower cache multiplier. But you're still right: you shouldn't overclock without a least a basic understanding on how this stuff works.
Well, I will certainly learn more before I try it again. BTW, the motherboard had a MCI chipset... Not sure of the exact, but I think it was 850 something...
Don't bother Overclocking is a waste of your time. Do not bother with it. The only things worth overclocking are ultra-high-end video cards that are designed to handle it. These are generally true: If you are going to do it right, so that your computer will actually be improved, you will have to spend a ton of time tweaking the settings. The only software you will need in order to overclock your computer will be benchmark programs. The changes that can be made are fairly small, and will not make a very noticable difference. When you overclock things you are sacrificing stability for a little extra speed.
I've got an extra 400 mHz out of my humble 2100+ XP, and I haven't even pushed it yet. I KNOW it can do a stable overclock 2.46 Ghz on watercooling, and I'm only running it at 2.1 Ghz. I've barely touched the voltage, all I've done is tweak the FSB and multiplier. As for the video card, well, there's no point in overclocking my 9500 PRO .
