Over Clocking Your Computer With Gigabyte Software

If you have a gigabyte motherboard from the GA p31 chipset range, one tool you must have is thier Easytune 5 pro application. Yes it is quite old now but thats primarily why it's so good because. It isn't to big on the safety front- obvioulsy theres a disclaimer saying if you ruin your processor and board, dont blame Gigabyte, which is fair enough to be honest. But you wont ever have to worry about that anyway.

The performance gains are significant, and if you have a gigabyte board, Easytune 5 Pro is a free piece of software and it allows people who are serios about over clocking their computers to get even more out of it, im just using the simple easy mode and you don't have to worry about damaging your processor. All you need to do is keep ramping it up till it hangs. this WON'T ruin your processor, Gigabyte Technology have a whole write up in their board manuals, All there recent or decent boards have lots of fail-safe features, which prevent damages happening due to "careless" overclocking. And once you find the point where it hangs you don't need to go above that anyway. Quite simply because you can no use a frozen computer.

The other tool I'd recommend is for Gainward Graphics Cards, again the older the overclocking software the better.

Expertool works with all Gainward Graphics cards, alot of other graphics cards have a lot of Overclocking potential, but if you buy a "golden Sample" version, only a little bit more expensive than normal. the card has been designed with overclocking in mind, with a huge cooler plate, you can see it in the photos- this is a huge graphics card.

The only things you ever really need to keep in mind when it comes to over-clocking your computer is have you got a decent power supply? anything over 600w or "heavy duty is good, and have you got sufficent cooling? again, plenty of fans and an airy space around your computer tower is good.

The great thing is with modern technology and everyone trying to get a little bit more out of their boards for the money, manufacturers have taken this into account, hence all the overclocking facilities and safety features built into the boards, so you never have to worry.Gigabyte actively encourage overclocking which is reassuring and asus are getting there too.