how exactly does overclocking work? i am not a great computer guy or anything. i know the basics about overclocking. but can someone teach me the specifics? appreciate it. thanks.
Overclocking? what?
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for AMD it is finding the best multiplier and FSB combination to get the greatest performance/clock speed you can.
for Intel it is determining what the highest FSB you can set your motherboard to and still be stable.
for Intel it is determining what the highest FSB you can set your motherboard to and still be stable.
how do you go about changing this in the bios? Do you just increase the fsb ? Is there anything else you have to do?
there really is no ONE GUIDE TO RULE THEM ALL 
each system is different. each motherboard can be pushed differently.
Most generally, if you have a board that can lock the agp/pci bus in the bios you're good to go. If not you're going to have a hard time overclocking.
The way most do it is to compare their system specs to someone else. If very similar (same motherboard, ram, cpu) you can expect similar results when overclocking and set the things the same way they have.
Then you test, and test, and test for stability. My test is running two separate instances of Prime95 for 4-5 hours. If no errors then I'm golden. Some people say to run it for 12 hours or so. Whatever is acceptable to them.
If you do get errors at said settings, drop the FSB by 3. Test again. If instable, drop 3 again, test...repeat, repeat....
Some may say to do it the exact opposite way if you can't find anyone with similar hardware. Just bump the FSB up 3 from what it currently is, test for many hours, if stable, bump it up 3 again. test, if stable......
bump it up until it becomes unstable. at this point you might want to increase your CPU voltage. This is where some people become ansy with overclocking. increasing the voltage puts more juice through your cpu and sometimes increases its ability to overclock. since it puts more juice through it it gets hotter, also may decrease the life of the CPU. some feel if you have to bump the voltage then you are pushing it too hard. others feel differently.
if you are just wondering specifically about your system, post your specs and we'll see what we can tell you. if in general, that's about all I have.
each system is different. each motherboard can be pushed differently.
Most generally, if you have a board that can lock the agp/pci bus in the bios you're good to go. If not you're going to have a hard time overclocking.
The way most do it is to compare their system specs to someone else. If very similar (same motherboard, ram, cpu) you can expect similar results when overclocking and set the things the same way they have.
Then you test, and test, and test for stability. My test is running two separate instances of Prime95 for 4-5 hours. If no errors then I'm golden. Some people say to run it for 12 hours or so. Whatever is acceptable to them.
If you do get errors at said settings, drop the FSB by 3. Test again. If instable, drop 3 again, test...repeat, repeat....
Some may say to do it the exact opposite way if you can't find anyone with similar hardware. Just bump the FSB up 3 from what it currently is, test for many hours, if stable, bump it up 3 again. test, if stable......
bump it up until it becomes unstable. at this point you might want to increase your CPU voltage. This is where some people become ansy with overclocking. increasing the voltage puts more juice through your cpu and sometimes increases its ability to overclock. since it puts more juice through it it gets hotter, also may decrease the life of the CPU. some feel if you have to bump the voltage then you are pushing it too hard. others feel differently.
if you are just wondering specifically about your system, post your specs and we'll see what we can tell you. if in general, that's about all I have.
Ok, my specs. I am not sure exactly what my motherboard is, as in the model number. and I don't know what brand CPU I have.
board: TYAN tsunami s1846 Board
CPU: 800 MHz, dont know brand
RAM: 3 sticks of pc100 128 Mb ram
power supply: soon it will be 400w powmax
board: TYAN tsunami s1846 Board
CPU: 800 MHz, dont know brand
RAM: 3 sticks of pc100 128 Mb ram
power supply: soon it will be 400w powmax
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