Phenom X4 overclocking

Hello all, I was just curious if you all think it would be beneficial to overclock an AMD Phenom x4 rated at 1.8GHz. I have upgraded the power supply(bumped to 450W if I can remember correctly) and run a Nvidia 9500GT graphics card.

If this is worth the effort, where should I start my research on this procedure? I've always tried to avoid messing with the BIOS because I know little about it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom x4 1.8 GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 9500GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
Google how to overclock x4.

Theres many many sites with the answer, as this sites more about vista than hardware.

If you reAD and proced smartly, overclockings easy and safe.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
You are mostly going to bump the Front Side bus and bump the core voltage. just be careful with the voltage...... you can kill a chip quicker than heat will if you go to high.... That is another thing *Heat* Make shure you are useing a good cooler and mot some stock one.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Amd Phenom II x4 965 BE rev.C2
    Motherboard
    MSI ms-7599
    Memory
    A-DATA DDR3-1600G PC3-12800 4GBx2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Biostar NVIDIA GeForce 9400GT mn: VN9402THG1
    Sound Card
    Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Zs
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Compaq FS7550 (D-SUB)
    Screen Resolution
    1600*1200
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital WD10 EADS-00L5B1 SATA (1TB) (Main drive)
    Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 SATA (1TB) (Secondary drive)
    Samsung HM250HI SATA (250GB) (Music and swap)
    Western Digital WD800BB-75CAA0 IDE 133 (80GB) (misc)
    PSU
    RAIDMAX RX-850AE 850 Watt 12x4 rail 80plus gold PSU
    Case
    Cooler Master RC-430-KWN1 (elite 430)
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro Series H50 (*120mm (x1))
    Keyboard
    Standard Microsoft (500)
    Mouse
    I Home Lazer
    Internet Speed
    around 4 Mb a sec
    Other Info
    CD-rom's TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223L SATA (Samsung)
    HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS40 SATA (LG)
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