How do I overclock my computer (Asus motherboard & AMD X2 processor)?

Question

Asus M2R32MVP, AMD X2 5200, 3GB Corsair PC6400 DDR2

Answer 1

what is the multiplier on that chip?....13? Anyway, try taking the multiplier down one. Then raise the cpu clock speed. The bios should adjust them memory clocks accordingly, but if it doesn't, you may need to bump up the memory clocks too. Get the the new multiplier setting and clock speeds to combine together to what is was before (multiplier of 10 and cpu of 200mhz = 2000mhz) then ratchet the cpu clock up a little bit at a time maybe 10mhz or so. Then reboot and run some stress test to ensure stability. Once you have done this a few times and the clock speed is well above what it was before you started, you might notice some stability issues. To fix this, turn up the voltage on the memory by the smallest bit allowed on your board. If that takes care of the stability issues, then keep turning up the cpu clock...if it doesn't, turn up the cpu voltage (again by smallest margin allowed) Eventually you will reach a point where you have instabilty no matter what you do, then turn the clock back down to how you had it when it was last stable. Watch the temps on your memory and cpu as the added voltage will make them run hotter!

Answer 2

Before you over clock, you should ask yourself this. "Do I want improved performance and suffer the long term effect?" Over clocking will raise the temp of the hardware much higher than before it’s over clocked and therefore shorten its life span. You can find detailed over clocking instructions by searching for it on google.

Answer 3

Increase the FSB