Article A Guide for the Uninitiated into the World of Competitive Benchmarking

Some important links

Now since you got an brief idea about what goes on where in the scene of competitive overclocking;its time for you get on tweaking and benching.
But before that we all need out tools to work with...right?
Well here are the most important tools you will need.
Monitoring and tweaking

1. CPU-Z
2. GPU-Z
3. CORETEMP
4. AMD OVERDRIVE
5. ASUS TURBO V
6. MSI CONTROL CENTER
7. GIGABYTE EASY TUNE
   
8. Memset
9. CPU tweaker
10. SetFSB
11. MSI Afterburner
12. NVIDIA INSPECTOR
13. RIVA TUNER
14. ATI TRAY TOOLS

2D benchmarks

1. CPU-Z [given above]
2. SUPER PI XS 1.5
3. Wprime 1.55
4. PiFAST
5. PCMark 05

3D Benchmarks

1. 3DMARK 2001 SE
2. AQUAMARK
3. 3DMARK 03
4. 3DMARK 05
5. 3DMARK 06
6. 3DMARK VANTAGE
7. 3DMARK 11

And here are some Tutorials for overclocking if you are feeling lost:

1. AMD phenom
2. C2D/C2Q
3. i7/i5/i3 (first generation)

So that's all for today....now put all the knowledge i just gave to you to some good use
Also don't forget to join Erodov's team @ HWBOT.
JUST follow this steps to join :
1] First go to HWBOT
2] For Registration, you can find it on the left menu on the site or else, click here - REGISTER
3] Enter Your details
4] In the first option to choose a team, select "Team [E]rodov"[this is optional but i strongly suggest you do it]
5] Complete the registration.
6] You are done !
DISCLAIMER :

1. Overclocking involves running a component outside the manufacturers specification which may void the warranty on the component.If you are not comfortable with that then please stay away from it.

2. You cannot blame any one of us if you void your warranty or start off a nuclear war while overclocking your rig or damage any part of it.
3.No Penguin's were harmed while making this tutorial or running the benches

THAT'S ALL FOR NOW...START TWEAKING PRIVATE!