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    Overcloacking?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by heartattack, Oct 30, 2009.

  1. heartattack

    heartattack Notebook Enthusiast

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    I keep hearing about over clocking when talking about Desktop/Laptop building. I’ve myself started being interested into the whole PC building. What parts are for, which are the best etc. Anyways, I think over clocking is changing the”stats” of one of your computer parts by BIOS ,but yeah not really sure =)

    So basically,I’d like to know
    Whats Overclocking exactly?
    How to do it?
    Can everypart be overclocked?
    The pros and cons of overclocking?

    Hope you guys(and girls) can help me =)
    -HeartAttack
     
    heartattack, Oct 30, 2009
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  2. BrandonSi

    BrandonSi Notebook Savant

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    It's overCLOCKing, like the clock on your wall.

    I really doubt if anyone is going to take the time to walk you through the basics. There is plenty of information on the topic already in the forums. Take the time and search for it. You can use the search function here.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/search.php
     
    BrandonSi, Oct 30, 2009
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  3. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    First it's called overclocking.

    Overclocking is when you run a component at high than normal clock rate. For example, running a 2 GHz processor at 2.4 GHz.

    You have a lot to learn before you start messing around with overclocking.
     
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  4. heartattack

    heartattack Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks,Yeah I do believe I have a lot to learn =) Sorry for the error. But,was I right about changing the "stats" of the part through BIOS?(like in your 2.0 GHz-->2.4GHz exemple?)
     
    heartattack, Oct 30, 2009
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  5. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Depends what/how you're overclocking.
     
    Lithus, Oct 30, 2009
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