Overclocking

Keep in mind that overclocking may damage your system. Use it at your own risk !

You will also make any warranty's void.

Particularly keep a very close eye on your core temperatures'.

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ClockGen is an program dedicated to overclocking, (making your CPU run faster than standard SAFE settings).

Speed Fan Monitor - Freeware SpeedFan monitors fan speeds, temperatures and voltages in computers with hardware monitor chips. It can even access S.M.A.R.T. info for those hard disks that support this feature and show hard disk temperatures too, if supported. It can even change the FSB on some hardware. At the lowest level, it is a hardware monitor software, but its main feature is that it can control fan speeds according to the temperatures inside your pc, thus reducing noise and power consumption.

HWMonitor is a hardware monitoring program that reads PC systems main health sensors : voltages, temperatures, fans speed.

SiSandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software. more...

• Up to 16-core support ( for instance, up to a Quad-Kentsfield or an Octo-Conroe )
• Customizable tests ( Duration, Priority, CPU or RAM,
• CPU and Motherboard detection
• Monitoring support through 3rd party application ( i.e. MBM5, Speedfan and Everest Ultimate Edition .50 or above )
• Can produce graphs showing temperature and voltages during the test : Unique feature !
• Multi-language support

Prime95 has a feature called "Torture Test" that allows maximum stress testing on the CPU and RAM. There are several options allowing the stress test to focus on the memory, processor, or a balance of both. Usually Prime95 will detect an error within a matter of minutes if an overclock is not stable, however many people like to let the system "burn-in" overnight to ensure long-term stability

Intel Optimized LINPACK Benchmark packages can help you in your quest to obtain the highest possible benchmark results for Intel® architecture-based systems. These free packages are implementations of the LINPACK benchmarks which use BLAS and LAPACK software that has been highly tuned for maximum performance on Intel® Xeon® processor-based and Itanium®-based systems. These same high performance BLAS and LAPACK routines are available to software developers in the Intel® Math Kernel Library.Linpack by Intel(R) is an extremely stressful program that will put even the most powerful X86/X64 CPU in the world at its knees. This is an extremely stressful program that will put even the most powerful X86/X64 CPU in the world at its knees. Load temp under Linpack is clamed to be up to 22*C higher than the competing software Prime95.

Core Damage is a powerful CPU stress tester that executes instructions at the maximum possible rate to reduce idling and increase heat output. This is the fastest and most effective way to check the cooling system and determine stability of an overclocked CPU under stressful conditions. Other tools such as Orthos and Prime95 are great for verifying the accuracy of floating point operations.

Orthos Prime. This is dual-core prime. It runs one instance, which stresses both cores. Easily-visible test status. Displays the current status of the app in a large font on an appropriate background colour. When an error occurs during the test. Will also: flash the dialog window play a sound named fail.wav or a beep if a WAV file of that name doesn't exist flash the scroll lock key LED change the app icon from a'dormant volcano on a sunny day'to an'erupting volcano on an overcast day'A tray icon displays a tooltip window that shows the current test status Time-related test status. Displays the test start time and how much time has elapsed. Log window text that can be copied.

CPU Speed Professional. Test your Intel or AMD processor speed. This great little application will tell you the REAL speed of your Central Processing Unit (CPU). You can also submit your speed results to the CPU Speed online WORLD ranking tables and see how your computer compares with others - around the world and in your own country. CPU Speed is the most accurate and most reliable tool for measuring your computer's speed. CPU Speed Professional records processor speeds from all over the world. You can check your speed score in the worldwide ranking tables.

Intel is giving away free processors and other goodies to the winners of the Intel Modding Competition. For those of you who remember the ®60®s - ®Modding® has nothing to do with riding around on scooters picking fights with guys on motorbikes.

eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Many people often overlook the importance of Amperage and its impact on their computers. You can find different types of Power Supplies on the market that supply more then enough Wattage to run your system. However, many of them lack Amperage, which is necessary to back offered Wattage up. Therefore, it is important that you know exactly how many Amperes your system needs in order to work properly, without PSU causing any problems or even damage to computer components.  

Lapping a CPU. One of the main purposes of lapping a CPU is to provide a flatter, smother surface so that contact between the CPU and the heartsink is increased allowing for better heat transfer between the heatsnik and the CPU. This may be more important if you are Overclocking. The same may issue apply for other heatsinks, e.g. Graphics Cards. Also see Mod and Modding.

EVGA Exclusive Precision Overclocking Utility. This program allows you to fine tune your EVGA graphics card for the maximum performance possible, with Core/Shader/Memory clock tuning, real time monitoring support including in-game, Logitech Keyboard LCD Display support, and compatibility with almost all EVGA graphics cards.  More Graphics Cards links

BenchTec, the home of UK extreme overclocking and cooling.

Cascade coolers usually consist of two refrigerant equipment types. The first stage uses a gas bellow ambient, (room background), temperature. After which the second stage condenses the results of the first one. Liquid loses heat as they expand into a gas. A house refrigerator/freezer uses a similar method to keep food cool or frozen. These Cascade coolers systems are usually used in specialised situations; extreme over clocking competitions and universities for research, etc.. Clock speeds of 5mHz have been claimed for a CPU that would normally run at about 2.5Mhz  Systems like this may use specialises gasses/liquids'such as liquid nitrogen . View Heat Pump Mechanics

Heat Pump; The basics, only:- Pump, pumps and compresses gas into a liquid, (heat given out via radiator). The liquid expands into a gas, (heat absorbed this make this side get cooler), at expansion valve. Refrigerator/freezer

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