Can someone tell me how to overclock my computer?

Question

When you are going to overclock both your CPU and memory, do you want to do these separately? Like, you want to first work on the CPU by upping it little by little and then work on the RAM or can you do both of them at once? Also, how long should you leave a setup or test a setup, before going back in and overclocking some more? A few days? A few weeks?

Answer 1

It is done by increasing fsb in BIOS or sometimes thru software. And memory is always synchronized w/ fsb. If your memory has a low OC headroom, you need to use memory divider (if your mobo) supports it. Memory tweaking is usually on the timings.

BUT better read first some basics of overclocking so you will understand the significance and effect of every adjustment you will make and so that you will not be surprised by sudden BSODs. You might find something useful here:
http://www.overclockers.com/topiclist/index20.asp#OVERCLOCKING%20EXPERIENCES%20AND%20TIPS

Answer 2

I agree with Skytide. You won't see much in the way of speed in newer systems, but if you have an older system (3-6 years old), you might see some improvement. Personally, I've always experienced lockups and other anomilies as a result of overclocking, I would highly recommend that you do one thing at a time in steps so you can see if the changes result in a positive or negative result. If you do everything at once, you won't know which is causing problems for you. If you do your changes in increments, one at a time, then you can see if those changes cause you have problems or better performance. I suggest working with the processor first, then move on to the memory, and so on. I also suggest you start at the following link I've provided from a search I did for you that starts at the beginning and shows you what you need to do step by step.

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1804

Answer 3

Why do you want to overclock your computer anyways? The performance gain isn't even worth the potential damage you can do. I mean, back in the days when you could overclock a 300mhz Celeron to 450mhz, it made a lot of sense since that's a 50% increase in power. Nowadays though, everything is so much more powerful the % increase is barely anything.

Answer 4

increase the FSB slowly.it will also increase the other hardware frequency(ram,vga)...the,try tobalance the ratio..

Answer 5

Go to this sitye for detailed info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overclock
Get good answers here
http://www.overclockers.com/

Answer 6

It depends on what parts you have and their respective rated speeds.