Increase Computer Performance Through Overclocking

By Dana Goldberg

A CPU overclock means that you are going to speed up your computer with no extra cost to you. Upgrades are costly. Overclocking involves speeding up your processor and ram. If you are a gamer this means more performance and if you are just a normal computer user it means that your desktop tasks will work better and your windows score will go up.

Each processor and ram chip set is able to be clocked up a few notches. You enter your BIOS and change the setting and save and exit to reboot your computer. Take care while you are switching settings to not touch any other settings. There are times where it might not work. If that happens then you need to reboot and go back in the BIOS and change it back. Make sure you reboot again. Again making sure that you save and exit.

A lot of the time people don't do a overclock because they are not sure whether or not it will damage their hardware. It is highly unlikely. However if it does the computer will crash or you will get the blue screen of death ( as the techies call it )

That will happen before any real problems will occur. You will really just see serious damage if you crank the clock and the processor cant handle the high volts that will be running. This is going to just cause it to over heat. If you have a new computer that is highly unlikely. But it is still serious so you need to test the clocking before you walk away to avoid damage.

Older computers don't have a heat sensor to shut down the computer should it start to overheat. This can happen if your heat sync was not installed properly. That is the most common reason for the computer to fail and cause you a issue.

So if you are a little unsure about what you are getting yourself into then it is suggested that you head down to your local PC store. They are the ones that are trained to overclock and know what is going to happen if you do it to your make of processor - 30432

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