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The Book of Overclocking—Tweak Your
PC to Unleash Its Power
Scott Wainner
Robert Richmond
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Wainner, Scott.
The book of overclocking : tweak your PC to unleash its power /
Scott Wainner and Robert Richmond.
p. cm.
Includes index.
1-886411-76-X
1. Microcomputers–Upgrading. 2. Computer organization. 3. High performance
computing. I. Richmond, Robert,1980-II. Title.
TK7887 .W85 2003
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Dedication
For Bill Turney, Phyllis, and Robyn.
—S.W.
To Doreen, for believing in me.
—R.R.
About the Authors
Scott Wainner founded SysOpt.com, one of the first PC hardware enthusiast sites,
and ran it for seven years until in late 2001 he launched TechIMO.com, a knowledgesharing community of PC hardware enthusiasts, gamers, and webdevelopers.
Wainner's opinions on overclocking have been cited by PC World, CNN, the Toronto
Star, Entrepreneur Magazine, and countless hardware web sites.
Robert Richmond's background experience in IT-related journalism extends to
many well-recognized publications, such as SysOpt.com, SharkyExtreme,
HardwareCentral, Romulus2, EarthWeb, and as a hardware editor for TechIMO.com.
Robert holdsAssociate of Science degrees in Mathematics, Computer Sciences, and
Scientific Application Development. Robert offers a rather untraditional approach to
computers, as he is often more interested in "why" a device works rather than "how"
it works.

Chapter 1: What The Computer
Industry Does Not Want You to Know

Overview
Everyone understands the potential for increased productivity or enhancedentertainment afforded through computers, but most users often view the
technologies and hardware driving the phenomenal demand for desktop computers
as "behind the scenes" components. Indeed, computers are often regarded as
mysterious or even troublesome devices. A significant number of computer users do
not understand the workings of a computer system's internal hardware beyond the
minimal...