Basic overclocking

This is a proper beginner question, dont pick on me im only 17 lol had my OWN comp for like 1 yr so here goes. I jus got interested in getting the best out of my system and if so can some1 PM me with basics of overclocking to what my system can handle. My specs atm are in my sig, and how and what should i overclock it too to get awsome stats.. Please help sorry if ur sick of the same old threads but ty.

/Joe

When you boot up you need to probably hit del to get into the bios. In the Bios you should go to something like the asrock hybrid booster, I believe the setting is called. This should contain the overclockig options for your board. You need to up the CPU FSB or memory freq or something like that. Currently it should be set to 200mhz.

Now I am not sure just how far you can go with that though becuase of the chipset that this board use which does not lock the AGP(graphics card slot) and PCI(other cards and HDD controller) so they will go higher and evntually be to high to work correctly, so you need to find a balance for the two of them.

Oh by the way welcome to the forums.

Hello mate,
Overclocking is a multi-discipline adventure. In order to enjoy this adventure, it is necessary to understand the basics. Once your background is solid, the rest is a breeze!

Please go through these threads first and then I'm sure you will understand any given suggestion a lot better. You may know quite a bit of this already, so forgive me if I assumed you are having problems with your first overclock.

General Overclocking:
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=83663

Memory specific Overclocking Info, Stress/Burn-in programs/info:
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=257741
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=123908

Stability testing Guide:
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=335813



Handy software:
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
http://www.cpuid.org/clockgen.php
http://cpu.rightmark.org/download.shtml
http://cpu.rightmark.org/products/rmma.shtml
http://www.sisoftware.net/
http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm
http://superpi.radeonx.com/
http://www.memtest86.com/


This should keep you busy for a while

Good Luck!

S.N