Term paper on overclocking!

[termin@tor]

Hello fellow overclockers :cool:

I am doing a term paper on overclocking :D

We are strictly limited to the number of sources we may use. We are only allowed one internet source, and for me, it will most definitly be this site.

However, we are also required to find at least 2 books on the topic. Now, this might sound easy, but it's not. Overclocking may be widely known all over these boards and the internet, but the rest of the world has no idea what it's about. :bang head

I am desperately trying to find books on overclocking at local libraries, but what I realized after wasting two hours of my precious time is that THERE ARE NONE!

I knew it was going to be tough finding books, but I had my hopes.

Do any of you know a good book I could buy for cheap, or perhaps an e-book that has something to do with overclocking? I found some some at amazon.com, but they were rather expensive, and I don't really feel like wasting money on things I'll never read anyway. Any ideas, suggestions, comments, tips, or anything else you might come up with will be greatly appreciated.

:)

[Xenocide]

just heads up, if the teacher has not a clue what your talking about, your probabbly destined to get a crappy grade unless the teacher is insanly nice....

[Aphex_Tom_9]

this is all i know of- http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/5d46/

[I.M.O.G.]

Overclocking is a bad choice of focus though. Far too broad.

If you want to write on something and involve overclocking, you should focus on overclocking a certain chip on a certain board. This will let you get specific and provide some actual information. A large part of overclocking is being familiar with the ins and outs of hardware - and if you know motherboard X, then you can explain something about chipset Y, and why you can expect a range of frequency results Z.

Define "term paper", or link us to your instructors page if he has a website or page that explains the assignment. Is this paper supposed to be informative, instructive, documentary, or what?

[termin@tor]

Overclocking is a bad choice of focus though. Far too broad.

If you want to write on something and involve overclocking, you should focus on overclocking a certain chip on a certain board. This will let you get specific and provide some actual information. A large part of overclocking is being familiar with the ins and outs of hardware - and if you know motherboard X, then you can explain something about chipset Y, and why you can expect a range of frequency results Z.

Define "term paper", or link us to your instructors page if he has a website or page that explains the assignment. Is this paper supposed to be informative, instructive, documentary, or what?

Well, yes, I thought of that, but considering the teacher has no idea what overclocking is, I should be fine. I asked her if she approved the topic, and she said she liked it (that is, after explaining what overclocking is)
I don't want to really get into technical terms and explain every single detail because it wouldn't make sense to someone who has no experience in the area. So I decided I'd just explain how things work, what overclocking is, why it's useful and some basic principles (voltages, cooling, etc.)

And the paper is mostly based on research, not so much on how it is written. It's more important that you find the required sources. You are free to choose your own topic, as long as you can get enough information on it. Sorry, I don't have a link to the instructions, she just gave us a packet.

just heads up, if the teacher has not a clue what your talking about, your probabbly destined to get a crappy grade unless the teacher is insanly nice....

I'm not really going to get into explaining the exact methods of overclocking. I will make it so that even a person who has never heard of overclocking could understand it.

About sources, I just bought this book: (the one posted above, but a bit cheaper)

http://www.bookpool.com/.x/pbp87p9t24/ss?qs=Book+of+Overclocking%2C+The%3A+Tweak+Your+PC +to+Unleash+Its+Power&x=0&y=0

Now I just need to find another one that isn't real expensive.

[TazExtreme3]

Here's an older book on overclocking, I think there is also a second edition to this book.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1931769052/002-7659047-9365643?v=glance

[Christoph]

You could cite an electronics textbook to describe what happens electrically when you OC or to cover how fast electrons move through different conductors and semiconductors and how that relates to OCability (ie if the cycle is too short, the electrons can't get from A to B before the next cycle).
If you need more material, just find a computer organization textbook and look through the first chapter or two and summarize whatever you can figure out. The first couple chapters of most textbooks cover their topic at a relatively understandable level, so they ought to be aproachable even if you're just in HS. Check used book stores around your area. There's *so* much interesting stuff that happens in a chip even at stock, it should be no problem at all to find enough info for a sufficiently long intro.
(Of course, I'm a CIS major, so I'm supposed to find this stuff exciting and understandable. YMMV.)

[nakatalee]

i am doing the same topic for my CS class final project too.
thanks for some of the link, i will add somethin if i found it.

[termin@tor]

i am doing the same topic for my CS class final project too.
thanks for some of the link, i will add somethin if i found it.

Awesome!
I just received the book posted above on thinkgeek.com
I have to say I'm impressed. It's nice to finally have something in your hands, that has been published.
The book contains pretty much everything on overclocking. It goes from how a processor works, to the BIOS settings, to all the kinds of cooling, and yes, it does include phase change :clap:
It's pretty much the things that we talk about on here. It also has some mods, like the pencil mods, and so on.

So yeah, I recommend the book if you want to use it. :)

[9mmCensor]

Also a forum is a BAD source, because its not reliable at all.

Example:
"Overclocking is when you wield a flux capacitor and add a heating element to the brain of the computer to make it think faster and give it analogue thinking ability, something it doesnt have standard, which is vastly superior to binary thinking, because binary is stupid because it only knows two numbers, when everyone really knows there is 10 numbers."

[Xenocide]

"Overclocking is when you wield a flux capacitor and add a heating element to the brain of the computer to make it think faster and give it analogue thinking ability, something it doesnt have standard, which is vastly superior to binary thinking, because binary is stupid because it only knows two numbers, when everyone really knows there is 10 numbers."


:thup:

[FireMogle]

I would focus on why overclocking is possible and how the process happens electronicly and get books on those ideas.

[Korndog]

for another book, u can go into thermodynamics
because if u overclock, you're going to have heat problems obviously, and that is the largest problem with overclocking.
there are a lot of books on it.. hell its my major too, lol.
if u need stuff from the board about it, just search for Cathar's posts (HEHEHE), hes godlike when it comes to that topic, if you don't already know..
i'd also consider u cite from some articles on the overclockers.com page.
good luck!