New To Overclocking

[Chopkilla]

What exactly is overclocking?> and if it's good so i suppose it is since you are all talking about it, how could i possibly go about doing this? i got an amd athlon 3000, 512 mb ram and a 120 gb hd

 

[Praetor]

http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=1771&highlight=overclock
http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=4835&highlight=overclock
http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=2423&highlight=overclock

OVerclock = run the <insert name here> clock faster than it was designed (and warranteed) to run at

 

[Praetor]

Or even better, all combined into one guide:
http://www.computerforum.com/announcement.php?f=7

 

[omsairam]

Defination

Running your processor at a speed faster than it's rated. Most processors can run faster than their rated speed with some sacrifice of reliability.

Web Resource

http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/

What exactly is overclocking?> and if it's good so i suppose it is since you are all talking about it, how could i possibly go about doing this? i got an amd athlon 3000, 512 mb ram and a 120 gb hd

 

[Praetor]

Except that [definition] doesnt include motherboard overclocking