I have always done simple overclocking, usually just running up my FSB. I go up incrementally until I see crashes. I raise the bus, run a benchmark that runs for a few minutes and then if it passes, raise the bus speed some more. Today I used a flyby benchmark from the game Stalker (a free benchmark you can download).
I really feel this is not that great of a method because 1) the flyby lasts 40 seconds or so and then pre caches a different environment and then runs again rather than running for 10 minutes straight. And 2), it can pass that benchmark just fine but if I am to leave the PC idle for 20 minutes, it will blue screen even though my "test" passed with flying colors.
I really feel this is not that great of a method because 1) the flyby lasts 40 seconds or so and then pre caches a different environment and then runs again rather than running for 10 minutes straight. And 2), it can pass that benchmark just fine but if I am to leave the PC idle for 20 minutes, it will blue screen even though my "test" passed with flying colors.