History of Overclocking Part One, A

For as long as enthusiasts have had fingers to flick DIP switches, so too has existed their desire to overclock all manner of processors. While we spend a lot of time looking forwards, sometimes it’s good to know where we came from. Sure we all take FSBs, multipliers, HyperTransport and RAM ratios for granted these days, but there was a time when only the FSB existed. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a better comprehension of what it is we actually tweak, instead of blindly punching in numbers?