| Computing |
Computers have changed this world. We cann't think a day without a computer now. All just is because of its computing power. Computing is logical thoughts represented in machine understandable languages. This is done by programming languages. The very first programming language I learnt is ANSI C in my college course. Then I learnt C++, Java respectively. The difference I found between them is that C++ programming is quite easier than C as the classes made everything easy. This object oriented approach is quite nice. Java programming today is referred a web programming in most of the cases. The whole networking is based on Java now-a-days. The world of Java is vast. One cann't swim out of it as I experienced.
| Overclocking |
As I have mentioned earlier, I am discussing here overclocking issue. People(except high-end gamers) generally think overclocking as a risky process.
Yes, it is. But if you follow the whole process with a bit of 'attention' it's as easy as it is. The word 'attention' is an array of words here with
items as system bus, CPU multiplier, CPU bus, memory clock. You should have detailed knowledge about this array with respect to your system.
Then you have to choose cooling solution for it. In a country like India, you cann't get a good cooling solution in all the cities. So, you have to
enquire about this.
CPU Overclocking: First of all, as I am a Pentium user, the whole process below is for Petium CPU. I hope other Intel CPUs work fine with
this process. But for AMD I won't tell anything. At very first step, read the CPU manual about its processing speed, core voltage, bus speed, temperature, multiplier. Then take
your motherboard manual and read about its system bus, memory slots' bus, AGP frequency. Next take your RAM modules and inspect their clock frequencies.
If you don't have any of the manuals, just download CPU-Z tool from http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php and inspect your hardware configuration. Note that your CPU can safely
overclock to 20% of its factory rated speed. So, prepare your CPU for overclocking. Remove the cabinet covers and then take out the cpu from the slots
and apply a very little amount(believe me, a little amount works best) of thermal paste over the CPU. Put the CPU back to its slot and fit your new
thermal system there. For thermal system you can enquire about ASUS, GIGABYTE, they have nice products in this range. Next put the power supply on and
boot your PC to BIOS and change BIOS to Advanced settings(manufaturers sometimes hide Advanced settings), now look for the CPU properties. As Pentium processors have constant CPU
multipliers, you cann't change CPU multiplier. You need to increment your CPU bus by an amount of 1. After changing your CPU bus, boot to windows and run benchmarking
programs like 3D MARK 2003 or above and look at the score of your PC, ofcourse only if your PC doesn't hang/reboot automatically. The last mentioned
are the symbols that your PC cann't bear that amount of burden and you have to stop overclocking then. If evrything goes fine, you change CPU bus each time by 1, keeping in mind the
maximum CPU bus, motherboard bus & memory frequency.
GPU Overclocking: This procedure is a little bit different. Download nVidia/ATI GPU tweaking utility Rivatuner from http://www.guru3d.com and proceed.
You again need a GPU cooling solution. Enquire about it at your hardware dealer and buy a suitable one. Install it on the above of GPU after taking out the default
one. You may need to install RAM coolers too. After downloading Rivatuner, install it and do necessary increments in CORE & MEMORY CLOCK frequencies
of GPU. After that, run benchmarking program and check your PC score. Do the increment untill you are happy ofcourse only if your hardware supports.
THIS IS FROM MY EXPERIENCE ONLY AND NEED TO BE APPLIED BY THOSE WHO HAVE A GOOD BASE ON THIS AND WANT TO MAKE THEIR BOXES THE SLAVES.
Happy Overclocking!!
