and a shot of nitro...

[ionus]

ok so how does one overclock a cpu? or is that kind of activity looked down upon by you people? specifically im looking for how to overclock a pentium d 2.8ghz processor in a stock acer aspire t660 with 1 1/2 gigs of ddr2 ram and a sapphire ati radeon hd 2400 pro graphics card.please lemme know about anything that i need to change before i get this underway.

[cauzomb]

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This group of people originated from what was formerly Athlon OC, and Overclockerz store, you won't get any frowns from these types of questions but it's been a while, and there hasn't been an on going topic of overclocking in who knows when, so you may not get the info you are looking for. For example, what is a Pentium d? and what is an acer aspire, is that a off the shelf brand name computer, or a motherboard?



You will have better luck finding overclocking info for your hardware, by searching through google regarding specific issues with different hardware part number/model numbers etc..

Some of the torture tests you will want to get are super Pi, and prime95, as well as 3dmark "whatever version you can get"

Some of the monitoring software you will use is ATI tray tools, Everest, motherboard monitor 5 etc.. you can find these by dooing a google search for overclocking tools.

The basics of overclocking is to change a setting like, your FSB, increase to a certain amount above stock mhz, then check for stability "hours and hours" with your torture test software in a loop. If you get a 24-7 stable overclock, you can try increasing your overclock a little bit more, check for stability etc... It goes on and on..... You may have good luck, but might run into a brick wall where stock voltage isn't enough to keep the cpu/ram stable, capacitors might take a beating, PSU might not have enough juice, cpu/ram/chipset cooling or other parts don't keep things at low enough temps, need to be upgraded etc.... If you can't do the upgrades on the cooling fan/heatsinks within a reasonable price, save for faster stock factory parts. Keep in mind that running your parts outside of the factory specifications may void the waranty.

[ionus]

ok thank you