I am following this thread, but I don't understand much about it. What is CPU and how do you know if your computer is Overclocking? I have the desk gadget that shows the meter for cpu and for mem it just bounces back and forth never stays one place long Memory stays usually on 29% is that good or bad. The Cpu meter looks sort of like the pressure guage on an old canning cooker the red needle stays in the white area then bounces to the yellow but hardly ever to the red. just wish I knew more about taking good care of my computer, Windows 7 service pk 1, version 9, I looked at the link for CleanMemory Keven gave us but wasn't sure just where the download was, will look further into it later..........Bobbie Quoting David C Abernathy <[email protected]>: > Peter, > NO, I would NOT use any Overclocked machine. The extra voltage is just like > add more voltage to a light bulb. It will burn brighter, but not for as long > as it should. > > If one was to spend more on a more powerful machine to start with, then the > overclocking is not needed and will not burn itself up. The act of buying a > cheap machine and then adding more voltage to make it run faster, is not > what the cheaper machine were designed to do. > > Get a machine with a FAST CPU to start with, and that can run with lots of > RAM. > > Thanks, > David C Abernathy > Email disclaimers > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com > == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus  == > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Peter Metcalfe > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 12:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Overclocking > >

Hi Bobbie, The CPU is the Central Processing Unit in your computer. It is an electronic part that is the "brains" of your computer. In PCs, this part is manufactured by either Intel or AMD. Though it is not necessary that you know about this, if you want to read more, try this... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit Regards, Kevin. On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Bobbie <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am following this thread, but I don't understand much about it. What > is CPU and how do you know if your computer is Overclocking? I have the > desk gadget that shows the meter for cpu and for mem it just bounces > back and forth never stays one place long Memory stays usually on 29% > is that good or bad.  The Cpu meter looks sort of like the pressure > guage on an old canning cooker the red needle stays in the white area > then bounces to the yellow but hardly ever to the red.   just wish I > knew more about taking good care of my computer, Windows 7 service pk > 1, version 9, I looked at the link for CleanMemory Keven gave us but > wasn't sure just where the download was, will look further into it > later..........Bobbie > > Quoting David C Abernathy <[email protected]>: > > Peter, > > NO, I would NOT use any Overclocked machine. The extra voltage is just like > > add more voltage to a light bulb. It will burn brighter, but not for as long > > as it should. > > > > If one was to spend more on a more powerful machine to start with, then the > > overclocking is not needed and will not burn itself up. The act of buying a > > cheap machine and then adding more voltage to make it run faster, is not > > what the cheaper machine were designed to do. > > > > Get a machine with a FAST CPU to start with, and that can run with lots of > > RAM. > > > > Thanks, > > David C Abernathy > > Email disclaimers > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com > > == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus  == > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Peter Metcalfe > > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 12:50 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Overclocking > > > > > > > > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. > > Remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- -------- K. Ross [email protected]