February 11, 2013
Lapping your CPU: a handy guide
Lapping a CPU heat spreader is generally one of those activities reserved for hardcore overclocking enthusiasts. Not because it’s particularly difficult, but because your average consumer probably doesn’t want to rub their brand new expensive processor against a sheet of sandpaper for a few extra megahertz. Though for those of us who are willing to […]
October 10, 2012
Apply Nvidia overclock settings at startup on Linux
If you’ve tried experimented with Nvidia GPU overclocking on Linux using the nvidia-settings application, you’ll notice one pesky problem: the settings don’t stay set when you reboot. This is slightly annoying, and thankfully is easily fixed. Depending on your Linux distro, the settings can be applied at startup in one of a few ways. The […]