List of Figures

Chapter 2: Overclocking Versus Industry Hype - Technical Background

Figure 2-1: Intel Pentium 4 retail pricing and speed range

Chapter 3: Technical Theory - Evolution of the Integrated Circuit

Figure 3-1: .18-micron Pentium 4
Figure 3-2: Processor heatsink cooler
Figure 3-3: Processor fabrication process
Figure 3-4: Silicon substrate circuit
Figure 3-5: Silicon-on-insulator circuit
Figure 3-6: IBM SIMOX process
Figure 3-7: Silicon wafer being tested after etching
Figure 3-8: Intel processor fabrication lab
Figure 3-9: AMD processor roadmap
Figure 3-10: Intel quality control testing
Figure 3-11: Intel quality control testing
Figure 3-12: Traditional motherboard layout
Figure 3-13: Intel i850 chipset diagram
Figure 3-14: QDR signal pattern
Figure 3-15: CPU-Z CPUID application

Chapter 4: How to Overclock

Figure 4-1: Jumper configuration
Figure 4-2: Dipswitch configuration
Figure 4-3: Award BIOS configuration
Figure 4-4: Multiplier configuration example
Figure 4-5: Front-side bus configuration example
Figure 4-6: RAMBUS memory example
Figure 4-7: Common bus rates
Figure 4-8: AGP bus configuration
Figure 4-9: Voltage monitoring

Chapter 5: Cooling

Figure 5-1: Forced-air heatsink cooler
Figure 5-2: All-copper heatsink
Figure 5-3: Cooling fan
Figure 5-4: Thermal paste
Figure 5-5: ATX power supply
Figure 5-6: Proper fan placement
Figure 5-7: Peltier diagram
Figure 5-8: KyroTech architecture
Figure 5-9: Liquid cooler architecture
Figure 5-10: SwiftTech liquid cooler

Chapter 6: Intel Overclocking

Figure 6-1: I will Slotket II
Figure 6-2: Slot 1 processor (back side, bottom right) pin B21, covered

Chapter 7: AMD Overclocking

Figure 7-1: Athlon Thunderbird L1 bridge circuit
Figure 7-2: Athlon Palomino L1 bridge circuit

Chapter 8: VIA/CYRIX Overclocking

Figure 8-1: The VIA C3 processor

Chapter 9: Benchmark Testing

Figure 9-1: Sandra processor benchmark
Figure 9-2: Sandra memory bandwidth benchmark
Figure 9-3: Sandra file system benchmark
Figure 9-4: 3DMark2001 testing
Figure 9-5: WinBench 99 comparison tables
Figure 9-6: Quake 3 time demo results
Figure 9-7: VirtualDub video compression