emacin

OK,

SO i put it together a year ago...Radeon 9600 (yeah PCI Express now i know) AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 512 Ram 2.20 GHz..no name PC just put the parts together on an AV8 Deluxe..just bough the new quake 4 release and did an automatic detection of what i should use and i get the lowest possible resolution....my hard drives have crashed a few times and I re did them a few times..I had some overclocking software?? at one time....in any case...can i, should i , how do i over clock???? I have a heat sinks and about 5 fans...and a temp meter... also from left field ... what would be the best AGP??? not PCI express graffic card and would it be worth getting or just suck it up and get a new motherboard eventhough I just got the AV8 Deluxe a year ago.....

kustom_Ace

First of all, you should fill out your system specs. Just go to the CP link at the top of the page. As for the software you got, it probably wont do too much. To overclock, you have to go into the bios of your mobo before boot up and change the fsb/htt and/or multiplier if your lucky enough to have a cpu thats unlocked, which you dont. I would also look into getting a good psu. I dont know what you have but that could be the reason why you keep crashing. Once again, if you fill out your system specs, we will be able to help you more. Here is a good faq to get you started...
http://www.overclock.net/amd-general...ing-guide.html
I hope this helps.
kustom_Ace

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Urufu_Shinjiro

Does anyone know what a #@ing sticky is for? Am I the only one who comes to a new forum and actually reads the stickies. Read this first, see where it says "read this first"? http://www.overclock.net/amd-cpus/14...-far-your.html

I don't mean to sound, well, mean but these are busy forums and we do love helping people and especially noobs but don't go to a drag racing forum and ask "hey, how do I drag race" when there's a sticky that says "how to drag race" on the first bloody page. Sorry if you're offended, I tend to go off when my sense of logic is violated, lol.

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