i have questions about over clocking my amd cpu

Kaitlin Kaschak

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hello i have a 2.3 Ghz brisbane athlon dual core cpu in my hp small form factor and i was wondering if im able to overclock my cpu and if so how high can i go and how do i do it i never over clocked a cpu before and i dont wanna risk frying my pc as this pc is all i have im also running a 240 watt power supply and a radeon hd 6450 1 gig gpu i know this computer is old i know the cpu is old but this is all i have im poor so unless you know of a place online where i can get an athlon dual core or athlon x2 64 bit socket AM2 cpu for less then 40 dollars im stuck doing an over clock thanks ciao also im running 4 1 gig sticks of ddr2 ram and my pc is an hp dc5850 small form factor