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The Book of overclocking : tweak your PC to unleash its power / Scott Wainner and Robert Richmond.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wainner, Scott.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Microcomputers--Upgrading.
- Microcomputers.
- Computer organization.
- High performance computing.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 251 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : No Starch Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- **Winner of the Books24x7 Referenceware Excellence Award, Hardware category, April 2004** The definitive guide to overclocking-- the art of running a PC's processor faster than the manufacturer intended. If you don't mind voiding the manufacturer's warranty on your CPU, overclocking is for you. Learn how not to fry your system while souping up everything from the Pentium II to the latest Athlon XP and Pentium 4. Sections on cooling, troubleshooting, and benchmarking make sure you get the most out of your machine.
- Contents:
- Intro
- BRIEF CONTENTS
- CONTENTS IN DETAIL
- 1 WHAT THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY DOES NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW
- 2 OVERCLOCKING VERSUS INDUSTRY HYPE: TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
- 3 TECHNICAL THEORY: EVOLUTION OF THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
- 4 HOW TO OVERCLOCK
- 5 COOLING
- 6 INTEL OVERCLOCKING
- 7 AMD OVERCLOCKING
- 8 VIA / CYRIX OVERCLOCKING
- 9 BENCHMARK TESTING
- 10 TROUBLESHOOTING
- 11 FINAL THOUGHTS
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- UPDATES
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Digitized and made available by: Books 24x7.com.
- ISBN:
- 1-59327-017-8
- OCLC:
- 923652979
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