Speed up your AMD Phenom X4 9950 with overclocking.
The AMD Phenom X4 9950 processor is a Quad Core processor. Quad Core processors utilize four cores for processing, performing calculations at even greater speeds than the Dual Core processor. The speed of the Phenom processor directly determines the power and speed of the computer it is installed into. In order to get the most out of the Phenom X4 and even increase its speed past the factory default levels, overclocking is used. Overclocking a CPU pushes the CPU's speed past their normal values by changing BIOS settings in the boot menu.
Instructions
1. Restart or boot up your PC. During boot, press the "F11" key to navigate to the boot menu. Highlight and press the "BIOS Features Setup" option.
2. Find "External Clock" in the options and press enter. Highlight the value in the field and select the next highest value above the default. The number typed into this field determines the AMD processor's front bus speed.
3. Find "CPU Core" in the options and press enter. Highlight the value in the field and select the next highest value above the default. The number typed into this field determines the front bus speed's multiplier value.
4. Leave the boot menu. Finish starting up your PC. The AMD processor is now overclocked.
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