OCing my CPU

Not sure if this is the correct place, but along with OCing my Graphics card, i also would like to OC my CPU. How would I do that?
What are the bennifits?
What damage could it do in the long run?

Thanks!

 

You can try a program called ClockGen, or SetFSB and see if those recognize ur setup. I know CG needs a certain motherboard code for it to work, so google around to see if anyone found the one working for ur machine (that's what I did).

Both those programs are self explanatory, tho ur gonna need to bump up voltage to ur cpu using RMClock for example. Just bump up the speed and see if it's stable by running Prime95 for a couple of hours on both cores.

As far as benefits, u'll see them in gaming and other cpu intensive tasks, but very slightly and only if u increase the speed a considerable amount (aka not a couple MHz, maybe 2-3 hundred).

Obviously u can damage the cpu doing this, as ur making it go past it's designed speed and probably past it's voltage requirement. This all increases heat, and if u let it get to hot it might burn. But that's very unlikely to happen, as most cpus will just simply shutdown if their temp gets to high to prevent damage. Also, this should not be happening because u, as a smart OCer will be constantly watching the temps, and if there's even a slight sign of overheating past a normal point, u would stop.

 

It increases heat and decreases system stability to achieve increased performance in CPU-heavy applications and a few games. However, your CPU may in fact be designed for a higher speed and simply sold with lower stock settings, although most often times its lower speed is simply because it didn't pass QC at higher speeds.

 

So you would not recomend this?

 

First you would have to find out if anyone has ever successfully overclocked a Core Duo or Core 2 Duo CPU on their notebook.

Which I haven't found anyone or any method.

With the Core Duo series CPU since evidence has shown the T2400 and up, are all the same but with different locked clock rates if you OC a 1.83ghz to T2500 speed (2.0ghz) their should be negligible heat increase. Now this has not been done.

I don't know how Core 2 Duo CPU's differ.

 

I just hate how some games are more processor bassed, and my computer has no processor speed at all, So my friend suggested the i OC it. But he did his on a Pentium 4. So it was probobly different, as you said.

 

May I ask which actual processor model you have? If it is a Core Duo or Core 2 Duo, then it shouldn't be limiting the gaming performance. That is most likely because of the graphics card. Processor do have to do a lot in games, however, most notebooks are bottlenecked not by the processor, but the graphics card. This is also true for games which are processor dependant.

 

His sig says its a "Dual Core 1.6ghz" So it has to be either a core duo or a core 2 duo. Neither one of those would bottleneck any game out today. Your friends who say you have no processor speed need to read up on modern processors.