AMD Athlon II 640 x4 Overclocking?

Why do you want to overclock?

I would NOT recommend it to anyone who doesnt have full knowledge of what they are doing. (im sure you dont because your asking and thinking about overclocking for no reason lol). I also would never recommend overclocking via software.

Are you lagging in games? hear "overclocking" is the newest and greatest thing to speed up your pc? wrong.

Your system specially is bottlenecked by those horrid integrated graphics. Go buy a graphics card (and a new PSU to be able to handle the graphics). A 3.0ghz quad core is MORE then enough for any tasks of today.

There is a VERY good reason for dell/hp etc manufacturers lock the overclocking feature in their bois. If they havent you would have done it and like many others probably fked up their computer.

There is ALOT more then just adjusting the voltages/bus speeds and keeping it under X temperature. That is a very common newbie mistake.

Also do you have ATLEAST 1 front,side,top, and rear 120mm or above case fans? and do you have an aftermarket cpu cooler? Also have you replaced the stock thermal compound with arctic silver or something better? if any is no, its impossible for you to overclock.

EDIT: ya i know not "impossible", i just want to make it COMPLETELY clear for him to not overclock. But without adequate cooling, overclocking is past inadvisable, so impossible was the only thing i could think of to say :P

I think i have the right knowledge and done it before on test computers, but really dont do it for mine. Really not much of a point in doing so. I guess if i had a good system with like a core i5-2500k or i7 2600k i may reconsider.

Its just i get alittle heated when basically newbies want to overclock. Its become more of a common thing talked about and attempted. its almost as known as like defraging your computer it seems. Everyone who plays games wants to do it, and seem to think they just go around increasing voltages and bus speed and then win!

Its kind of like the same thing as so many people just automatically assume alienware are the best gaming desktop/laptops. But since dell took over, they are trash. Might run high end hardware, but at a huge price jump.

Or everything one thinking because of those dumb mac commercials macs are better then "PC"s. really thats opinionated. Also because of those dumb commercials windows computers are labeled as "PC"s. which that statement is ignorant.

PC=Personal computer, a computer whose original sales price, size, and capabilities make it useful for individuals.

That makes a Mac a PC....

Filenotfound its not impossible for him to overclock without those things it is simply inadvisable. Although I do agree that if the original poster only has very basic knowledge about computers they should really not be considering overclocking cause they will likely damage their system or could cause it to fail to post by simply being greedy with their overclocks, or worst case scenario they fry their processor and do thermal damage to their motherboard requiring them to RMA both parts and being told by the manufacturer int he politest manner possible to F-off because they don't cover damage done by you making modifications to the system to make it run outside of specified parameters.

To the OP AMD offers an overclocking utility via their website although I strongly discourage you from doing so until you have read up on and really researched the process. And after you have done so I highly doubt that you will still want to overclock that PC.

Further you wo uld get more performance you of your PC by upgrading your graphics card which has been suggested, and even then you would like have to buy a new Powersupply which has also been suggested.

There is a really good reason why people you see overclocking aren't doing it with premade computers like Dell, and HP. Its because home brewed machines built by a competent person are usually build with overclocking being a consideration.

Personally I have a 1000W Silverstone 80+ silver certified powersupply, an I7 950 intel Processor, A sabre-tooth X58 motherboard with built in ceramic heatsinks, A Scythe Mugen Revision B CPU cooler (its the size of a small cat FFS), 3, 300MM Case fans and 4 120MM case Fans.)

My computer was built with overclocking being the end goal and I still haven't done so, because with dual 6870's in crossfire, 12gb's of ram and a SSD my performance is by stock where I want it to be.

Now whats my point? you have a solid processor overclocking it wont increase game performance as that is more based on videocards nowadays.

I hope you consider what I and other have stated before you undertake this venture. And goodluck.

AMD overdrive software designed by AMD specifically for monitoring and overclocking AMD products

http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/amd-overdri...