WELCOME TO REDLINE OVERCLOCKERS, HUH, WHATS OVERCLOCKING? I'LL TRY AND EXPLAIN! FOLLOW THIS UP WITH NEWBIES CORNER!

YOU MAY ASK WHY OVERCLOCK YOUR COMPUTER? WELL LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF MY OLD COMPUTER, IT IS A AMD K6-2 350 AND RUNNING IT AT THIS DEFAULT SPEED WAS FINE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS UNTIL A COUPLE OF GAMES AND HIGH END PROGRAMS STARTED WANTING MORE THAN I WAS GIVING IT. AT THE TIME MY CPU WAS WORTH $100 AND TO UPGRADE TO A K6-2 450 WAS GOING TO COST ME $210 WHICH WAS OVER TWICE THE PRICE OF MY ORIGINAL CPU.

THEREFORE I OVERCLOCKED MY OLD CPU TO 400MHZ WITH THE ORIGINAL FAN AND HEATSINK, AND THIS WAS GOOD FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS THEN I PURCHASED
A VERY NICE HEATSINK WITH A SIX CENTIMETRE FAN AND APPLIED THERMAL PASTE, THIS COST ME $35 AND ENABLED ME TO CLOCK IT AT 450MHZ AND THEREFORE I COULD
PUT OFF THE UPGRADE FOR SOME TIME AND IT REALLY MADE MY APPLICATIONS FLY. I ALSO HAVE AN OLD VOODOO BANSHEE VIDEO CARD AND WHEN I STRAPPED A NEW HEATSINK
AND FAN WITH THERMAL PASTE I WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE MEM CLOCK WHICH WAS STANDARD AT 100MHZ TO 132MHZ AND THE CORE CLOCK WHICH WAS STANDARD AT 100MHZ TO 124MHZ.

NOW DOING JUST THIS ALONE TO MY VIDEO CARD INCREASED MY PERFORMANCE IN WINDOWS AND IN GAMES AND APPLICATIONS. COMBINING THE OC OF THE CPU AND VIDEO CARD MY MACHINE WAS READY TO ROCK AND ROLL AND I DID'NT HAVE TO SPEND MUCH OR UPGRADE ANYTHING.

SINCE THEN I HAVE TAKEN THINGS FURTHER AND UPPED MY BUS SPEED TO 125MHZ INSTEAD OF 100MHZ AND THIS HAS INCREASED OVERALL THROUGHPUT OF MY MACHINE AND MY 100MHZ RATED SDRAM IS COPING FINE. THE NEXT STEP WILL BE A FINELY TUNED PELTIER WHICH IS GOING TO BE SEALED AND WILL ALLOW ME TO TAKE THIS CPU TO NEW HEIGHTS, AND ALL FOR VERY LITTLE OUTLAY. AND WHEN MY CPU FINALLY KICKS THE BUCKET I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN MY FULL USE OUT OF IT AND I WOULD STILL HAVE ALL MY EQUIPMENT LEFT OVER TO OC MY NEW PROCESSOR. IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW DOES'NT IT. SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, GO TO THE ADVANCED SECTION AND START OVERCLOCKING THAT OLD DINOSAUR.