Offering detailed information on overclocking processors, memory, hard drives, and video adapters, this guide allows PC users to tune, optimize, and overclock almost all computer elements to achieve maximum performance. Applying results from performance testing, users get a clear understanding of the benefits of overclocking. Other key features include descriptions of third-party testing programs for diagnostic and fine-tuning assistance, selecting BIOS Setup settings, optimizing hard drives and video adapters, and troubleshooting. Descriptions are given of major computer elements such as processors, hard drives, memory, motherboards, and chipsets. Also considered are several programs that are helpful in testing and tuning computer elements.