Originally Posted by RevTKS69

I'll let you in on a few secrets about overclocking. It's obvious that you are endangering your hardware, that's no secret. But, you are also endangering the very data that runs through the system. If things don't go well, you can corrupt your Operating System and any other data that is accessed within the system. Translation you can bork Windows, or the data on your hard drive. When you are overclocking, you are working without a net.

There is no such thing as 'overclocking for dummies' in the sense that it can be done safely, or with no risk. Each system is different, and what works for me, might corrupt your system. The modest gains you are likely to see, are not going to be worth risk...unless you are prepared to fully reinstall your system and have all your data backed up.

Bottom line: Never overclock on a primary/work system. Once you have achieved a stable overclock on a system, THEN you can make it into a primary/work system.