overclocking

hey but is it true that if you overcloak too much you may damage the hardware?
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Yeah, That's true, generally raising the FSB a little won't damage it or cause the heat to increase... If you start to increase the voltage it may start to damage it and heat up more.

Generally, I'd say, if you don't need to the extra performace, don't OC, it isn't worth it.
 
If you are a novice at overclocking, only touch the FSB and bus controls, dont go messing around with voltages. The worst case scenario that happens by raising the FSB too much, is that your computer wont boot and you'll have to reset the CMOS.
 
Most motherboard these days on over current and voltage protection anyway, but I agree, if you are new, only touch the FSB. I find that its pretty hard to damage a CPU even if you wanted to, there are heaps of protective systems in place to protect any damage. I have tried so hard to fry a CPU earlier on because I was curious in finding out just what it takes to fry one. I have tried vamping up the voltage and FSB, and all that did was make the computer refuse to boot until I reset the CMOS.
So in a final act of desperation, I removed the heatsink and fan in the hope that, that would do the job, but to my surprise, the motherboard posted and the thermal managament protection kicked in. :( So CPUs are not as fragile as people make it out to be. By all means overclock to your hearts content because unless you are a total novice, its pretty hard to damage it.
 
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