Custom gaming computers are the ones that push more styles, ordinary consumers are less concerned with performance or lacking the necessary motivation to compress Custom Computer Hardware beyond limits. Currently, AMD processors offer a few ways to maximize performance despite over-jumping and open-ended.
First, you have to be careful in choosing a gaming computer processor - some AMD CPUs written in Black Edition - in darker black boxes and better than stocked coolers. Black edition means opening the multiplier - it's an easy way to skip the processor. Basically, with such a CPU you have to get to the BIOS of the motherboard (usually pressing the DEL key during POST screen) and change the CPU duplicate in the appropriate BIOS options field. It will usually be under advanced settings or something like this - just refer to the brochure. Now be careful here, don't be too high.
For the required repetitive calculations you need to know how it works. Every CPU has an internal FSB bus speed that is usually 200Mhz for AMD, now every processor comes with its own duplicate which when repeated on the FSB gives you CPU frequency. For example - Athlon II X3 440 operates at 3.0Ghz - meaning 3000/200 = 15 is its duplicate. If it would open more than it at 16x it would make the CPU run at 200x16 = 3200Mhz (3.2Ghz). It works like that.
Now the whole AMD CPU is also connected to the motherboard via an HT connector - usually not to exceed the 2000Mhz speed of Athlon and 2600 Phenom processors. It also has its own frequency and 200Mhz default speed before the frequency response. If you raise the FSB beyond 200Mhz you will add an HT link, so reducing it to 8x or 9x instead of 10x will make it more stable.
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The last thing you need to look at is the speed of memory - it also goes up with the FSB, and it has many variants, just watch it go beyond the manufacturer's limits, at least not too much.
So an easy way to increase CPU speed is to increase its duplication, if not then increase FSB in small increments like + 5Mhz until the PC becomes unstable or the temperatures hit too hard. The highest is usually 60'C of AMD, keep it below that level if you want to keep it. Above Athlon II X3 440 can operate at 3.5Ghz by increasing the FSB to 227Mhz and lowering the HT link to 8x and the memory to DDR3 1333Mhz - it will increase with the FSB to about 1510Mhz (i.e. if you have DDR3 1600 standard)
Some lucky processors can unlock their cores - done by enabling ACC (advanced clock measurement) in the BIOS - many motherboards have it. Some processors may need more voltage to work with additional cores enabled because some of them may be smaller or completely complete there is no guarantee of that. Do not increase the voltage to more than 1.5V CPU.
Check your PC with something like Prime95 for a few hours for stability. Never overdo it if you are not comfortable with it or do not understand what you are doing. But also - the above-mentioned Athlon II X3 440 operated at 3.5Ghz (vs stock 3.0Ghz) for all 4 enabled cores - registered as the Penom II X4 B40 - it's a huge free upgrade!

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