What does all this mean??

Hey guys

I know nothing about computers and have some questions about thinsg I hjave heard and hope somebody can clear them up,I'll list them below?

1. What is overclocking mean?
2. What are other ways to cool your computer besides the fan? I have heard people talk about water??huh what does that mean and how would you hook that up??


Thanks
Jeremy

anymore questions I will just ask

1. increasing the fsb of the processor in order to get more Mhz and a faster processor. usually done through the bios. the downside is that it gets hotter so if youre going to overclock make sure you have some good cooling solution!

2. nitrogen oxide lol.

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1. Running a PC (usually the processor, memory and graphics card) faster than it was intended to be run at. Extra speed for free if you know how.

2. You use pipes, a pump and instead of the heatsink and fan, there's a block which has the water running through it. A radiator cools the water elsewhere in the PC (does the opposite to the radiators you'll probably have in your home).

ohh cool thanks guys

How can I tell what temp my computer is running at?

where is a site that I could find different cooling options at?

Unless you're quite knowledgable on the subject, I'd seriously recommend you stick to air cooling, but probably getting something a bit more... substantial... something like this [www.overclock.co.uk]

Huge (only accepts 12cm fans), bit massively effective if it fits - I know, my CPU temp is currently 31.5c :D



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/28/2005 12:39AM by gav.

I found a site, that stuff is expensive.......

so theres no way that I can find out the temp of my pc,lol

Of course it is... you get what you pay for.

And a decent water-cooling kit will set you back around £150 minimum I guess.

Temperature can normally be found in the BIOS.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/28/2005 12:43AM by gav.

thanks for the info gav.

Jeremy

download this free utility called speedfan. you can only know your temps if your mobo supports that afaik.

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rapid_f1 Wrote:
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> 1. increasing the fsb of the processor in order to
> get more Mhz and a faster processor. usually done
> through the bios. the downside is that it gets
> hotter so if youre going to overclock make sure
> you have some good cooling solution!
>
> 2. nitrogen oxide lol.
>
>
>
> 62 seats in parliament - up from 52 in 2001.

I use a household fan to cool my pc, just removed the cover and put the fan to blow in to the box, works great!

I just place waterbombs inside the computer. When it gets too hot the rubber melts and the water cools everything down. Its a permanent fix.

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JPM Wrote:
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> I just place waterbombs inside the computer. When
> it gets too hot the rubber melts and the water
> cools everything down. Its a permanent fix.
>
Sounds rather unsafe to me, you never know what the rubber could do to a PC> I'd rather use the tray of icecubes instead.

my PC is cryogenically frozen so i don't have any probs with cpu temps




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