Alright ive heard of overclocking but ive also heard that if done wrong it can stuff ya comp, now i dont wana know how to overclock my computer i just wana know if i can.
My cpu is a 2/500 Amd so yeh.
Yeh i know its crap but eh.

So your CPU is a K2-500? Hmm... Maybe you should just make yourself a new computer, I have no idea how to overclock any AMD CPUs and I am not sure if it is even possible (though it probably is). I wouldn't reccomend over-clocking anyway; it probably wont instantly fry your CPU, but it will overheat it and make it die before it's time...

If you want to get the most out of the computer you have, go to your library on the web and see if you cant find a copy of "Optimizing Windows for Games, Graphics, and Multimedia" Published by O'Reilly. The title is something like that but I cant quite remember for sure.

I wouldn't advise overclocking your processor either. Is an extra 100Mhz actually worth having to buy a new $400 processor if you fry it?

I friend of mine knew someone who had his comp overclocked to the point he was using liquid nitrogen to keep it cool.

Yeah, I don't think overclocking is worth it, but you could probably overclock it through the BIOS. Some BIOSs let you change the clock speed and all that without having to open the system up and set jumpers. I've done this with my AMD Duron 700mhz, but when I was doing some CPU intensive stuff, it burnt out. So be sure to have proper cooling.

400 USD for a processor? Even Itaniums don't cost that much! And a K6-2 like his only costs about 30 USD.

Anyway you also need to keep in mind that speed benefits from CPU clock speed decrease exponentially (about on the order or the natural logaritum from my experience). This, combined with other factors like Bus, RAM and HardDrive speed make it so an extra 200mhz on a 500mhz CPU will probably make almost no difference.

k thx for da advice. I would buy the parts and build my own computer but being 15 really puts a stomp on a lot of things

Keep the temp below 65C (I think) when overclocking.

It depends on the CPU.

When overclocking it's good to kepp under 10% of the actual speed .
Overclocking your cpu may be done by 2 way :by increasing the fsb or by incresing the multipier and to do this it's necessary that your mobo can do it .
When your Using the fsb option the intire pc will bw efected not only th cpu and when using the multiplier it only efeted the cpu.
But it's not recomanded to over if your memory ain't ddr because sdr can't handle a great overc.
Also you're cpu won't reach 600 mhz, even for a modern cpu like P4 passing from 1,7 to 2.0 is dangerus so for you're cpu it's recomanded not to pass 550 mhz.


ATENTION U MAY OVERC YOUR PC BUT IN YOUR CASE U WON'T NOTICE ANY DIFERENCE SO I STRONGLY RECOMAND U NO TO DO IT !!!!!

i've herd cases where 900mhz cpu's were overclocked to 9+GHZ but they had to use watercooling to keep them cool. very few motherboards support overcloking of that level.

and for hardware overclocking sometimes you can do it with as little as masking tape. but in somecases you need osdering experiance. AMD althons require a special silverbased soder and a socering iron with a very fine (needle point) tip.

Some CPUs like Celerons you can overclock by adjusting the speed of the FSB, which requires only switching a jumper. The CPU speed will be changed because (In Celerons) it's fixed at 4x the FSB speed.

On modern P4 if I remember well when the cpu reaches 70 it auto shutdown, but don't expect to see this feature on your cpu.