Turn your cheap PC into a monster
Tune it up, trim the fat, overclock 'till it bleeds
CPU settings
1) In the BIOS 'Advanced' screen move down to 'CPU configuration'. The CPU speed is obtained by multiplying the FSB speed by either 6 or 7. We'll leave ours at 7.
2) Back in Advanced, choose 'JumperFree Configuration'. We'll need more juice, so scroll down to 'CPU VCore Voltage', and move it from Auto to around 1.425V.
3) You'll notice that higher voltages change the colour of the setting, warning you of how safe Asus thinks your new level is. Red should probably be avoided.
Fiddling with the front side bus
1) Our actual CPU clockspeed is going to be a multiplier of the FSB - which is confusingly called 'CPU Frequency' in this BIOS. Use the '+' key to change this to 333MHz.
2) Once again, you're going to need to increase the juice. Scroll down to 'FSB Terminal Voltage' and change this from Auto to 1.3v or 1.4v - your call.
3) We don't want to overclock the PCI-E and PCI buses just yet, so manually fix 'PCI Express Frequency' at 100MHz, and the 'PCI Clock Synchronisation Mode' to 33.33MHz.
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