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[rocky]

How do I get to the bios on my PC which allows me to overclock my ram and cpu? Do I change jumpers or something? Ive been looking around but I cant find some good instructions on how to do this.

[Wario]

It depends of your MotherBoard :

some use jumper for clock settings (older MB)
other use Bios settings to modify frequency (newer MB)

[Koji]

Also it depends a lot if your computer is custom made (no-name) or name brand (dell, HP, Compaq, etc)

If you have a name brand PC, you probably shouldn't even waste your time trying. They probably have the FSB locked so that you can't overclock.

And if you want my experiences with overclocking... it's generally not worth it. In most of my benchmarks, about the best I've ever gotten on a stable overclock is about 10% speed increase... That's going from 30FPS in a game, to getting 33FPS in a game. Most of the time, that little bit won't even be noticeable.

[sneef]

I agree with koji.   The increase in actual performance is not worth it.  I'm not talking about theoretical capability but actual gain in performance.

The increase is minimal, and overclocking generally shortens the lifespan of your hardware.

I'm not talking about systems that are geared towards overclocking (with advanced cooling systems, etc..), or about high-end ram that can take higher voltages, etc...  That's a different story.  chances are your ram is pretty standard, CL 2.5 or 3, and not designed for overclocking.  I overclock my video card, but only a little.. it helps for Battlefield 2 (such a resource hog!)

[754boy]

I overclock my video card, but only a little.. it helps for Battlefield 2 (such a resource hog!)

I do the same too, especially when those servers get full......but overclocking your cpu isn't really worth the risk in my opinion. Just save up some cash here or there and go for an upgrade  

[Critical_Impact]

Having two gig of ram helps when playing BF2. My computer is weird, if i dont have it overclocked weird shit starts happening. But overclocking can mess shit up, my onboard sata(1 of them, it has two controllers) got rooted by my overclock so im gonna have to go get a sata pci card on saturday which is annoying