New Pc ordered Overclocking newbie

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Hey i jsut ordered a new pc

Processor - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core Processor
Memory - 2048MB DDR2 Dual Channel RAM
Hard Disk - 320GB Serial ATA Hard Disk
Graphics - ATI Radeon 128MB PCI Express DX9.0 Integrated Graphics
Optical drive - Double Layer 16x Multiformat (+/-) DVD-Rewiter Drive
Monitor - 19" WIDESCREEN TFT Flat Panel Screen
vista pre installed


seemed like a good price and should be deliveryred in next few days

im looking for overclocking options as i heard most new pc can get at least a 10-20% overclock any recommendations for my system as i havee never done this sort of thing before?
 
"This 19” Widescreen TFT 5200+ with the latest Microsoft VISTA Operating System, is a powerful Dual Core PC System featuring AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor with massive 2048MB memory, large 320GB Hard Disk, both DVD & Multi DVD Burner drives, Multi-Card Reader and superb ATI 128MB PCI Express Graphics at just £509.
Microsoft VISTA Premium model. "
this is the quote from the website i bought it off hope this helps
i didnt really read much into the motherboard as its a new build and i dont really know what much of the stuff means.
 
it dont help much, but i'll wing and assume that you prolly wont be able to clock it very well,

machines like that come with stock cooling, cheap and nasty power supplys

microsoft vista isn't microsofts latest offering ( windows 7 )
 
i spoke to a nice guy on the phone and he assured me that it was top spec for my needsand would be able to play all the newest games,i know its not going to be super fast but i thought with a screen it made sense at that price
 
Please for the love of god cancel as soon as possible. That's one of the biggest rip offs I've seen in ages. Cancel this as soon as you can mate!! If you've had it less than 7 days you should be able to return it under the dsr rules!!!
 
1timeonly said:
i spoke to a nice guy on the phone and he assured me that it was top spec for my needsand would be able to play all the newest games,i know its not going to be super fast but i thought with a screen it made sense at that price
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top spec for that money would be a phenom quad core with at least 4Gb ddr3 and a 5770 1Gb gfx card, not the bag of steamed turds that this guy assures you is top spec lol
 
Seems like it's a Time PC. Motherboard uses the ATi RS485 chipset with integrated Radeon X300 graphics. So it's basically four year old technology.

You're not gonna be able to play any modern game on that PC with any level of satisfaction. I would expect many games won't run at all. If I were you, I'd consider sending it back. I'm genuinely surprised they're still selling such outdated machines.
 
£509 for that ancient spec?! Oh dear. 'All the newest games' will run like a powerpoint presentation on that, I'm afraid. You'll be dissapointed. Cancel immediately, give us your 'needs' and budget and we'll sort you out :)
 
If you payed by credit card get it canceled asap, that PC will not play much of anything, its a really poor spec.

Even my old PC which I'm jut about to retire I would see to you at 2/3 of that Price and it would play most new..well all new games at a reasonable setting, get a refund come back on here and the guys here will spec you a system 10 times better for the same money ...anmd I mean 10 times better, most on here are really good at and helpful.
 
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Seraph said:
top spec for that money would be a phenom quad core with at least 4Gb ddr3 and a 5770 1Gb gfx card, not the bag of steamed turds that this guy assures you is top spec lol
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Well, not quite, but almost. For example: OK it's £50 more inc delivery, put it's literally BILLIONS of times better in every possible way. Quad core, 4GB, bigger HDD and screen, Win 7, proper GPU...

OcUK GeForce GTS 450 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.99
Iiyama ProLite E2008HDS 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £99.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.24
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £75.19
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £63.44
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £48.99
OcUK Zeus Tower Case - Black (450W PSU) £31.98
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.91
Sub Total : £463.59
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £83.18
Total : £558.52

Cancel that carp immediately!!!
 
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this could only be the people that work in purple shirts shop, surely,
people really need help visiting that damn shop
charging 15 quid for the fitting of a simple graphics card is daylight robbery lol
 
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