Thou shalt not overclock
The computer components have the specifications they are designed to meet. The specifications are there for reason. Most particularily, the reason of stability. If the CPU is rated for, say, 2.0 GHz frequency, this means it would run flawlessly at 2.0 GHz. If you find a way to force it to 3.0 GHz, all bets are off. The art of running the components faster than they are rated for is called "overclocking". Some pretty amazing results were achieved, especially if one throws in some nonstandard technology, along the lines of liquid nitrogen cooling. Unfortunately, there is one thing all these achievements lack - the stability. Overclocked system tends to bite its owner one day. Even if it runs fine for a while, the overclocked system tends to degrade faster, and may soon degrade to the point where it fails to perform. Take this long story for example. It involves a long list of suspected components: PSU, RAM, dying CPU, you name it. Lo and behold, simple revert to the rated spee...