Benefits of Overclocking Your Computer

There are many benefits to overclocking your hardware peripherals. It is said to benefit computer owners who have low end models. Overclocking increases the speed of any hardware peripheral more than the limit set by the manufacturer. By overclocking, the low end hardware is made to perform just as its higher end version does. Some computer enthusiasts who have good and new quality models also overclock their computer hardwares in order to push them to perform much better. Besides speed advantages, overclocking gives greater signal strength which helps your hardware perform at a maximum level.

Take the 3.0 gigahertz Pentium 4, its owner can overclock it to 3.4 gigahertz. By doing so, he has on his hands now a computer that works exactly like the actual Pentium 4 3.4 gigahertz without having to shell out more money for an upgrade or a new computer purchase. With overclocking, you are also able to test drive an upcoming model or a newly released model you are contemplating on buying.

You can overclock just about everything on your computer, the graphics, memory, and processors. While still on experimentation, PCI, AGP ( accelerated graphics port), USB and serial ports of older computer models have the possibility of being overclocked. However, a person who owns older models of computers might best exercise caution not to overclock their hardware while no concrete success results are documented and while there is still no accurate information regarding specific instructions and troubleshooting processes .

Remember to overclock your system in increasing levels, starting at minimum speed modification. An abrupt system modification thru oveclocking may cause serious damages to your computer. It has been reported that some computers suffered from data loss, frequent boot failure, and even system crashing. By overclocking a step at a time you are more able to assess your computer's overclocking limit. Increase speed only after you've already placed your system thru thorough performance system testing and after you ascertain your computer's stability on the present modification. On the web, you can find sites and companies which offer CPU tests for stability. You can easily scout for a reputable site and product to acquire CPU testing from.

Possible overheating problems (which were reported to be the common problem to overclocking) can be prevented from happening by ensuring enough peripheral cooling to maintain low temperatures. Remember to always keep your CPU cool, and most of the time, everything will be alright.

Gaming computers also benefit much from overclocking. Because of a faster and higher performance level, players experience lesser problems (or even none at all) with game loading (and web page loading for online games), game performance, and others. Owners who like to play computer games, eve online ones, would definitely have an increased level of satisfaction with gaming.

Billy Zype is an overclocking expert. You can check out his website at http://www.hotoverclocking.com

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Adverts often show broadband speeds as 'up to 8MB' which implies that customers will receive 8MB, however the speed depends on how far away you live from the exchange. In the majority of cases it would be almost impossible to receive such a speed.

Computeractive magazine asked over 3000 of it's readers to test the speed of their broadband online and compared it to what they expected it to achieve. A broadband checker toll was added to it developed by Broadband Choices to test the current speed of its reader's broadband service. The tool checked single connections an average of 19 times by downloading a 10MB file, this totaled around 100,000 checks overall.

The survey found that more than half of the broadband subscribers tested received less than half the bandwidth advertised by their ISP. 28% of readers received only a 1/4 of their advertised speed. Customers did not expect the results in some cases to be so low, even though they understood the advertised speed of 'up to 8MB' was not always achievable the results where still shocking. One Sky Broadband subscriber living nearby to the exchange was paying for a 16 Mbps service but only receiving 9 Mbps.

Computeractive have taken their results to Downing Street along with a petition to stop such unfair actions and misleading information. They would like Ofcom to force ISPs to provide clear information on actual speeds, instead of advertising the maximum speed they should advertise a 'typical' speed, much like the APR on credit cards.

A similar survey was carried out by Which? magazine last month, and found that the average speed of 300 customers tested was just 2.7Mbps. The lowest speed obtained was 0.09Mbps (practically dial-up speed) and the maximum speed came in at just 6.7Mbps.

Which? Informed Ofcom and Trading Standards of their findings and asked them to investigate Broadband based on their results. Ofcom made a statement at the time saying they would monitor the situation. The new survey carried out by it should hopefully prompt an official investigation, which will lead to more honest and clearer broadband advertising.

This and many other articles on mobile phones and the latest mobile phone deals was written by John Gray.

John Gray's writing can often be found at http://www.onecompare.com

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