New PC - Dell?

kremedios · 15 Jun 2007 at 23:53

Okay my brother needs a new PC, so i'm giving him my one (in my sig) and i'm going to get myself a new one. I've been looking at the Dells Desktop line up and i am wondering, with their mobos, in the Dimensions 9200, i have added a
Intel® Viiv™ Core™ 2 Duo E6420 Processor (2.13GHz,1066MHz,4MB cache). Will i be able to overclock this well? If so, how much to on stock cooling?

Thanks

killer_uk · 15 Jun 2007 at 23:56

I don't think you can overclock very well (if at all) on Dell machines. But I would wait for a second opinion.

It may be better to get a custom built pc (or take a look at the prebuilt range ocuk do) so if you wanted to upgrade in the future you wouldn't need to change the entire machine?

Megahurtz400 · 15 Jun 2007 at 23:57

kremedios said:
Dells Desktop line up
Thanks

Tut tut. I would never buy a Dell but each to their own

kremedios · 16 Jun 2007 at 00:00

Megahurtz400 said:
Tut tut. I would never buy a Dell but each to their own

Problem is, my dad wants to buy a dell. So i guess i'm either stuck to upgrading my own computer and giving my brother the dell or trying to overclock the dell.

killer_uk · 16 Jun 2007 at 00:03

kremedios said:
Problem is, my dad wants to buy a dell. So i guess i'm either stuck to upgrading my own computer and giving my brother the dell or trying to overclock the dell.

Well I would say to him, if you were to get a dell machine, you would be very limited as to what upgrade options you have available to you in the future. If you purchased a custom built, or a prebuilt one (e.g. from here) then you would be able to upgrade it easily should you want to. It would save you money in the long term.

TheVoice · 16 Jun 2007 at 00:03

I really doubt you can overclock it - most pre-builts come with a locked BIOS that only allows access to basic settings.

squiffy · 16 Jun 2007 at 00:06

kremedios said:
Okay my brother needs a new PC, so i'm giving him my one (in my sig) and i'm going to get myself a new one. I've been looking at the Dells Desktop line up and i am wondering, with their mobos, in the Dimensions 9200, i have added a
Intel® Viiv™ Core™ 2 Duo E6420 Processor (2.13GHz,1066MHz,4MB cache). Will i be able to overclock this well? If so, how much to on stock cooling?

Thanks

Why does your father want a Dell? Caught up in marketing hype? I have dealt with Dell after sales, and horrible taste in my mouth. Dell cases are really low quality.

Buy standard PC parts and build it yourself.

Massive Attack · 16 Jun 2007 at 00:23

lol the words "Dell" and "Overclcock" do not go together atall all unless you do a software one which is not ideal

MRBARKER · 16 Jun 2007 at 00:25

I only find Dell are only good in the LapTop market , you would be better buying a PC from better place

ChoÞÞer · 16 Jun 2007 at 00:25

well, i bought a dell on march-ish time and i had it 3 months then i used everything out of but the ram and mobo and built my own. this was a year ago.. and am now trying to get my dell back up and runnin with a celron d chip so i can use it as a file server as its got 512mb of ram and a 80gig harddrive but yeh dell bios are carpp

teaboy5 · 16 Jun 2007 at 00:27

squiffy said:
Why does your father want a Dell? Caught up in marketing hype? I have dealt with Dell after sales, and horrible taste in my mouth. Dell cases are really low quality.

Buy standard PC parts and build it yourself.

I deal with DELL in work and found their CS to be great. Mind you that was the next day business support.

Also why bash dells, there is nothing wrong with them now a days. And you should be able to up-grade one just fine, for example make sure you get one with a PCI-Express slot and your flying.

kremedios · 16 Jun 2007 at 00:32

teaboy5 said:
I deal with DELL in work and found their CS to be great. Mind you that was the next day business support.

Also why bash dells, there is nothing wrong with them now a days. And you should be able to up-grade one just fine, for example make sure you get one with a PCI-Express slot and your flying.

Problem is, will you be able to overclock easily?

teaboy5 · 16 Jun 2007 at 00:38

On the dells i think the only machine that you can overclock easily is the XPS range.

BTW try google, i just searched for overclocking dells and got a few results

kremedios · 16 Jun 2007 at 00:45

teaboy5 said:
On the dells i think the only machine that you can overclock easily is the XPS range.

BTW try google, i just searched for overclocking dells and got a few results

How about alienware desktops. Can you overclock them easily?

ChoÞÞer · 16 Jun 2007 at 00:50

i think they are already overclocked? just build your own tbh

teaboy5 · 16 Jun 2007 at 00:54

kremedios said:
How about alienware desktops. Can you overclock them easily?

Sorry dont know anything about the alienware machines. I am sure someone on here does, but i think they are just standard parts are they not?

teaboy5 · 16 Jun 2007 at 00:55

kremedios said:
Problem is, will you be able to overclock easily?

Speak to your father and tell him you will save money by buying your own. You could even tell him about the pre built machines on overclockers which you can then just overclock =.

kremedios · 16 Jun 2007 at 00:56

teaboy5 said:
Speak to your father and tell him you will save money by buying your own. You could even tell him about the pre built machines on overclockers which you can then just overclock =.

Yeah i suppose so. Thanks for the advice guys.

teaboy5 · 16 Jun 2007 at 00:57

kremedios said:
Yeah i suppose so. Thanks for the advice guys.

Man you have changed your sig three times since you started this thread

steve258 · 16 Jun 2007 at 01:01

teaboy5 said:
And you should be able to up-grade one just fine, for example make sure you get one with a PCI-Express slot and your flying.

Yes but how about the PSU that might not be powerful enough for a next-gen graphics card? AFAIK some DELLs have dodgy spec PSUs that cannot be easily replaced by a normal retail one.

Some DELL cases are not even big enough for a full size top end GFX, plus you may also need to worry about cooling.

The nightmare begins the second you start upgrading a DELL.