Overclocking to 3GHz

So how exactly do you trick a 1.6GHz CPU into running at 3GHz? Believe it or not, it's really easy. In fact, with the Gigabyte motherboard's simple BIOS, you only need to enter one menu to access all the options.  

We've overclocked the memory to 950MHz in this example, but your memory may well go further if you're prepared to experiment. Once you've achieved this overclock, try tweaking the memory divider and the voltage a small step at a time, and you may be able to overclock it even further.

Before we go any further, we must of course say that CPUs and motherboards of the same make vary in their overclockability, so as the saying goes, your mileage may vary.

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