For some, the benefits of Overclocking have allowed them to stretch the usefulness of their dated equipment into the next set of hot release dates for the newest games. Straining the limits of CPU, memory, and video card to the point of blue screen and backing down just one notch to make the whole thing stable. All in the name of frame rate! The rest of the Overclockers in this world are driven by desires that only a select few can truly understand. Kingston not only understands our motivations, they have answered our needs as well. Memory that can match the clock speeds of some of our most extreme and aggressive Overclocks.

     PC4000 gave the Overclocking public a good lean-to for moderate and introductory Overclocking. While most AMD Overclockers are utilizing a mixture of multiplier AND front bus speeds to achieve their Megahertz madness, the Intel crowd (unless you are among the blessed with an Engineering Sample) is stuck with front side bus only. In both cases, bus speeds above specification are yielding fantastic results with 100% system stability. Each Overclocker has his or her own definition of what system stability would be, but obviously a computer that won't let you get 10 minutes of game-play accomplished without showing you the blue screen of death is far from stable. In my case, I consider stability reached when a system can chew on Prime95 for a 24 hour period with 0 warnings and 0 errors. Some may consider this proof-load testing a very conservative approach.

     Since the Intel users are reduced to FSB overclocking only, choosing the right RAM is critical to your Overclocking project. Since the 2.4"C" has been targeted for retirement, the next processor in line is the 2.6"C", with a 13 multiplier. Already, forums everywhere are alive with the benchmarks and results of 2.6"C" processors and the insane speeds they have been clocked at. Everything from 4Gigahertz on down has been put into print. While a 4GHz overclock would be nice, for most of us that is simply out of reach. A much more reasonable target would be 3458 MHz, which is possible with a 266MHZ Front side bus. Likewise, most retail boxed 2.4"C" processors have had no trouble running on a 266MHZ FSB, which yields a total clock speed of 3192 MHz.