Over Clocking

2007-12-13 16:35:05

#1

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6626|'straya

now this might seem really noob (i kinda am, just getting into more of the tech scene.)

but how do u overclock?? wat program etc? karma for good help.

also i have a AMD Athlon 64+ 2.66 Ghz Dual Core 5200+
so wat should i over clock it to? its a dell if the helps with the heat issue.

also wat is a good program to run stress tests... and check the temperature of CPU etc

Thx.

-Jesus

2007-12-13 16:54:54

#2

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7045|NYC / Hamburg

You overclock in your BIOS not from inside your OS. Dells will be hard to (impossible) to overclock usually. But with a decent motherboard you should be able to reach roughly 3.0GHz. Go in tiny steps though

Prime95 and memtest are ideal for stress testing

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2007-12-13 17:04:57

#3

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|7015|Long Island, New York

Download CPU-Z (google it).

Go to the mainboard tab and tell us what it says.

That should help us a bit more.

2007-12-13 17:06:56

#4

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6626|'straya

ok... ill post a ss in a sec

2007-12-13 17:13:19

#5

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6626|'straya

https://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z43/howdoulikemen0w/specs.jpg

2007-12-13 17:14:27

#6

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7045|NYC / Hamburg

you could give ntune a shot. If you're lucky it might just work. Second opinions anyone?

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2007-12-13 17:18:04

#7

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6626|'straya

ok.. ill download ntune but second opinions would be appriciated

2007-12-13 17:18:05

#8

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|7075|Seattle

My opinion is, leave good enough alone

/dreams of one day owning a dual core anything...

Does your motherboard have multipliers? Have you messed around much in your BIOS? If so, does it allow you to specify the clocking and voltage? That would be step 1 I would think.

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2007-12-13 17:20:13

#9

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6626|'straya

nah i havent messed around with anything... yet

ok now im gonna sound really stupid

BIOS?

Last edited by Little BaBy JESUS (2007-12-13 17:20:51)

2007-12-13 17:28:40

#10

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|7075|Seattle

When you first start your computer, keep pressing delete (some mobo's are F10). That should get you into the BIOS. (Basic input/output system)

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2007-12-13 17:30:05

#11

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6626|'straya

oh ok thanks.... i knew id seen the acronym before but i wasnt sure where

ok ill check out this BIOS stuff

Last edited by Little BaBy JESUS (2007-12-13 17:30:52)

2007-12-13 17:42:21

#12

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6626|'straya

ok... well in BIOS it says for memory and processor that these fields cannot be altered... does that mean i cant over cloack it?? or do they just say that so i dont sue them if it blows up?

2007-12-13 17:44:50

#13

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|7075|Seattle

That usually means you can't do shit to it. Your only hope is for physical multipliers on the motherboard itself. Look for little switch looking things.

They should look something like this:

https://xs322.xs.to/xs322/07505/mul_dip.jpg

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2007-12-13 17:45:34

#14

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6626|'straya

hmmm ok.... so should i not bother with ntune?

2007-12-13 17:47:12

#15

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|7075|Seattle

And I can tell you right now that you should just walk away from this overclocking idea. lol Frying your processor would really suck. Seriously, your processor is fast enough for almost anything you want to do.

My suggestion: Find an old piece of junk computer to play around with it on. That way it doesn't really matter if you fry it, which most people do on their first attempts at overclocking.

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2007-12-13 17:48:15

#16

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +698|6768|Washington St.

It's not a dell or some "already made" comp right? cause if it is, you're can't, they don't let you.

2007-12-13 17:48:33

#17

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6626|'straya

lol ok... i just happen to have an old peice of shit computer... (shudders at 750 Mhz CPU) i might try frying that one

yer its a dell oh well

Last edited by Little BaBy JESUS (2007-12-13 17:49:16)

2007-12-13 17:52:03

#18

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|7075|Seattle

All good bro Just google search overclocking for beginners. There are some really good tutorials out there for free.

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2007-12-13 17:52:48

#19

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6626|'straya

ok awesome... +1 to u downy for ur help

2007-12-13 17:53:40

#20

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|7075|Seattle

Cheers

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2007-12-13 17:56:52

#21

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7321|Alberta, Canada

Would resetting your CMOS open up those functions?
Or flashing your BIOS?

It's risky, but if you really wanna OC your computer, you might have to.

2007-12-13 18:00:00

#22

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6626|'straya

hmmm i dunno... i think ill just leave it for the moment... gonna build a new computer soon (quad core, 4 GB RAM) so i wont have any problems..

now all i need is for my freakin graphics card to get off backorder and get sent to me!!

thx for the suggestion though

2007-12-13 18:01:30

#23

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|7075|Seattle

Ryan wrote:
Would resetting your CMOS open up those functions?
Or flashing your BIOS?

It's risky, but if you really wanna OC your computer, you might have to.

Don't do it. lol It won't change anything. Dells are just not made for it.

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2007-12-13 18:02:09

#24

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6626|'straya

lol ok ill play it safe

2007-12-14 03:28:48

#25

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7045|NYC / Hamburg

Ryan wrote:
Would resetting your CMOS open up those functions?
Or flashing your BIOS?

It's risky, but if you really wanna OC your computer, you might have to.

sometimes, but rarely Dell uses asus motherboards with their own bios. Then you are able to reflash to the asus on to open up all sorts of options. But I would only do it if you really know what you are doing.

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