| From the Industrial Era to the Information Age | p. 1 |
| Philosophy of Hardware Overclocking | p. 7 |
| Solving the Problem of Limited Resources | p. 8 |
| Evolution of Technologies and Components | p. 9 |
| Last Resort for Performance Improvement | p. 15 |
| Concepts, Principles, and Stages of Overclocking | p. 16 |
| Moderate and Extreme Overclocking Modes | p. 19 |
| Growth Problems and Hidden Reserves | p. 21 |
| Moderate Overclocking of Processors | p. 30 |
| Extreme Overclocking of Processors | p. 38 |
| Extreme Overclocking of Intel Processors | p. 39 |
| Extreme Overclocking of AMD Processors | p. 48 |
| Main Components and the Optimal Choice | p. 55 |
| Processors | p. 55 |
| Intel Pentium III/Celeron (Coppermine) | p. 55 |
| Intel Pentium III/Celeron (Tualatin) | p. 61 |
| Intel Pentium 4/Celeron (Willamette, Northwood) | p. 64 |
| AMD Athlon/Duron (Thunderbird/Spitfire) | p. 71 |
| AMD Athlon XP/Duron (Palomino/Morgan) | p. 76 |
| AMD Athlon XP (Thoroughbred, Barton) | p. 77 |
| VIA C3 | p. 81 |
| Random Access Memory | p. 82 |
| Bandwidth | p. 82 |
| SDRAM Modules | p. 82 |
| Direct RDRAM Modules | p. 84 |
| DDR SDRAM | p. 86 |
| Motherboards | p. 88 |
| Popular Chipsets | p. 89 |
| Popular Motherboards | p. 101 |
| Video Adapters | p. 109 |
| Hard Disks | p. 110 |
| Power Supply Units | p. 111 |
| Specific Features of Power Supply Units | p. 111 |
| Examples of Power Supply Units | p. 113 |
| BIOS as Additional Performance Reserve | p. 119 |
| Upgrading BIOS | p. 121 |
| BIOS and Computer Performance | p. 123 |
| Testing the Abit BE6-II Motherboard | p. 124 |
| Testing the Abit IT7-MAX2 v2.0 Motherboard | p. 126 |
| Computer Hardware Monitoring | p. 129 |
| Hardware-Monitoring Facilities | p. 130 |
| Software-Monitoring Tools | p. 140 |
| Stages of PC Overclocking and Testing | p. 163 |
| Step-by-Step Use of BIOS Setup | p. 163 |
| Step-by-Step Use of Jumpers | p. 165 |
| Testing | p. 167 |
| Approaches to Processor Overclocking | p. 181 |
| Increasing the FSB Frequency | p. 181 |
| Changing the Multiplier | p. 186 |
| Using Both Methods | p. 192 |
| Hardware Correction of Parameters | p. 193 |
| Influence of Temperature on Pentium 4 Performance | p. 205 |
| Thermal Monitor and Thermal Control Circuit | p. 206 |
| Testing the Temperature Control Facilities | p. 209 |
| Investigating Earlier Pentium 4 Models | p. 217 |
| Software Tools for Cooling | p. 225 |
| Working Principles of Software Coolers | p. 225 |
| Examples of Software Coolers | p. 226 |
| Testing CpuIdle | p. 228 |
| Choosing Cooling Devices and Parameters | p. 233 |
| Heatsinks and Fans | p. 234 |
| Cooling Processors | p. 239 |
| Coolers for Socket 478 Processors | p. 241 |
| Coolers for Socket A Processors | p. 251 |
| Cooling Motherboards | p. 259 |
| Cooling Video Adapters | p. 260 |
| Cooling Hard Disks | p. 262 |
| Ventilation within the Case | p. 264 |
| Problems with Using Thermoelectric Elements | p. 265 |
| Peltier Modules | p. 266 |
| Features of Operation | p. 275 |
| Examples of Peltier Coolers | p. 283 |
| Overclocking and Fine-Tuning RAM | p. 289 |
| Performance of a System with DDR266 | p. 290 |
| Default Settings | p. 291 |
| Bank Interleave | p. 292 |
| DRAM Command Rate | p. 293 |
| Column Address Strobe (CAS) Latency | p. 293 |
| Trp, Tras, and Trcd | p. 294 |
| Performance of a System with DDR333 | p. 296 |
| Video Subsystem Overclocking | p. 301 |
| Working with the Bus | p. 301 |
| Configuration of the Test System | p. 304 |
| Video Processor and Video Memory Overclocking | p. 306 |
| Configuration of the Test System | p. 310 |
| Configuration of Another Test System | p. 312 |
| New Driver, New Functionality | p. 313 |
| Hardware Acceleration of Video Adapters | p. 321 |
| Modifying and Overclocking GeForce3 | p. 321 |
| Modifying VisionTek GeForce3 | p. 322 |
| Modifying Asus V8200 | p. 328 |
| Overclocking and Testing | p. 331 |
| Conclusion | p. 333 |
| Modifying and Overclocking GeForce3 Ti500/Ti200 | p. 333 |
| Increasing Supply Voltages | p. 333 |
| Increasing the Video-Memory Supply Voltage | p. 337 |
| Increasing the Video-Core Supply Voltage | p. 338 |
| Asus V8200 T2/T5 Adapter | p. 339 |
| Overclocking and Testing | p. 344 |
| Conclusion | p. 346 |
| Modifying and Overclocking GeForce4 Ti4400 | p. 346 |
| Raising the Video-Core and Video-Memory Supply Voltages | p. 347 |
| Improving the Cooling System | p. 351 |
| Overclocking and Testing | p. 353 |
| Conclusion | p. 355 |
| Modifying and Overclocking GeForce4 Ti4600 | p. 355 |
| Modifying the Adapter | p. 356 |
| Increasing the Voltage and Extreme Overclocking | p. 357 |
| Overclocking and Testing | p. 360 |
| Conclusion | p. 361 |
| Turning ATI Radeon 9500 into 9700 | p. 362 |
| Notes on Modifying and Testing Video Adapters | p. 365 |
| Technology and Problems of Overclocking IDE Drives | p. 367 |
| Overclocking Hard Disks | p. 367 |
| Overclocking Optical Drives | p. 372 |
| Overclocking To Achieve Processor and Motherboard Compatibility | p. 379 |
| Configuration of the Test System | p. 380 |
| Solving Problems by Anti-Overclocking | p. 385 |
| Ensuring Software Compatibility | p. 385 |
| Decreasing Power Consumption | p. 387 |
| Reducing the Noise Level | p. 389 |
| Theoretical Background | p. 390 |
| Noise Sources in Computers | p. 392 |
| Controlling Fans | p. 392 |
| Examples and Analysis of PC Overclocking | p. 403 |
| Overclocking Computers with Intel Pentium II | p. 405 |
| Computer with Pentium II 300 MHz | p. 405 |
| Computer with Pentium II 333 MHz | p. 409 |
| Overclocking Computers with Intel Pentium III (Coppermine) | p. 410 |
| Computer with Pentium III 500E | p. 411 |
| Computer with Pentium III 550E | p. 414 |
| Computer with Pentium III 700E | p. 419 |
| Computer with Pentium III 800EB | p. 421 |
| Overclocking Computers with Intel Celeron (Coppermine) | p. 423 |
| Computer with Celeron 533 MHz | p. 423 |
| Computer with Celeron 600 MHz | p. 426 |
| Overclocking Computers with Intel Pentium III (Tualatin) | p. 427 |
| Computer with Pentium III 1.13 GHz | p. 428 |
| Overclocking Computers with Intel Celeron (Tualatin) | p. 430 |
| Computer with Celeron 1.3 GHz | p. 430 |
| Computer with Celeron 1.3 GHz (Hardware Acceleration) | p. 432 |
| Overclocking Computers with Intel Pentium 4 (Willamette) | p. 435 |
| Computer with Pentium 4 1.5 GHz | p. 436 |
| Computer with Pentium 4 1.7 GHz | p. 439 |
| Overclocking Computers with Intel Pentium 4 (Northwood) | p. 441 |
| Computer with Pentium 4 2.2 GHz | p. 441 |
| Computer with Pentium 4 3.0 GHz | p. 444 |
| Overclocking Computers with Intel Celeron (Northwood) | p. 447 |
| Computer with Celeron 2.0 GHz | p. 447 |
| Overclocking Computers with AMD Athlon (Thunderbird) | p. 451 |
| Computer with Athlon 700 | p. 451 |
| Overclocking Computers with AMD Duron (Thunderbird) | p. 459 |
| Computer with Duron 650 | p. 459 |
| Computer with Duron 600 | p. 461 |
| Overclocking Computers with AMD Athlon XP | p. 478 |
| Computer with Athlon XP 1500+ (Palomino) | p. 478 |
| Computer with Athlon XP 2200+ (Thoroughbred) | p. 481 |
| Overclocking Computers with VIA C3 | p. 483 |
| Computer with VIA C3 800 MHz | p. 484 |
| Recommended Web Sites | p. 487 |
| Optimization and Overclocking | p. 487 |
| Cooling Methods and Facilities | p. 488 |
| Technical Characteristics of Components | p. 488 |
| Processors and Chipsets | p. 488 |
| Motherboards | p. 488 |
| Video Adapters and Video Chipsets | p. 489 |
| Hard Disks | p. 489 |
| Index | p. 491 |
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