Questions tagged [overclocking]

Overclocking is the practice of forcing hardware components to run at higher speeds than they were designed for. This tag should be used for questions about overclocking's effects on Ubuntu.

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How to Overclock my old PC's(Pentium 4) processor using Ubuntu?

I am new in Overclocking stuff. I am using an old gen. PC with 32-bit Pentium 4 with 3.0 GHz speed with Ubuntu 14.04 installed on it. I want to improve my CPU performance because it is really really slow. Can anyone help me out?
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Prime 95 Cpuz Speed Fan

Hi I am looking for a Linux version of Prime95 CpuZ and Speed Fan also Haven Direct X is there a Linux version of these programs I want to over clock my computer and I do not like Windows I want to over clock on Linux
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Can I overclock my cpu using cpupowerd?

I've been trying to look for ways to overclock my rather old cpu, AMD Turion 64 x2 Tl-56 1.8ghz dual core. My Acer Aspire 5100 series bios does not give me the option to overclock. After referring to this question and this thread I found using…
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