Over clocking Newbie

G-Kenny · 28 Nov 2007 at 08:53

hey guys i am a newbie to all this over clocking stuff, i work as a 3d grafics artist and am looking to get the best from my pc, currently i run a Q6600Quad, duel 8800Gtx ultra and i am not sure on the Mother Board as it came in my dell 9200.
basically i have read that u guys are easily overclocking these proccessors up to 3.8GHZ on air and am just wondering if any one could provide a astep by step guild onm how to overclock these as i dnt have a clue?

cheers in advange

Graham Kenny

gort · 28 Nov 2007 at 09:09

Beginner's guide is here:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17612922

Have a read through that and check to confirm the exact model of mobo and RAM you have along with what cooling you have for the CPU.
That's gonna be the make or break in what you can do with your cpu.

G-Kenny · 28 Nov 2007 at 09:12

thanks, i have read that guild and i do nt understand some of the stuff in it, i think its a newbie thing more than a bad guild. there was an older one on here which makes a bit or sense but i dnt kknow if its a quad core guild

sammie377 · 28 Nov 2007 at 09:37

Overclocking as a whole is the same for single, dual or quad, it's just getting more for your set up than what it was made for.

All you need to do is go into the BIOS and see what options are available on some Dell's it's not possible to overclock because the FSB cannot be raised.

siege2 · 28 Nov 2007 at 09:48

for a quick check on motherboard use cpu z program then check link above..

G-Kenny · 28 Nov 2007 at 10:59

is there anyway of unlocking the settings on the dells as i think mine is locked

fail at the internets · 28 Nov 2007 at 13:05

Nope.

G-Kenny · 28 Nov 2007 at 13:24

would a new mobo unlock the bios and allow me to overclock

Shetlander · 28 Nov 2007 at 13:56

A new motherboard would help but you probably couldnt put it in you Dell case and use that powersupply as from past experience they sometimes wire them differently and can expire non Dell mobo's.

GhostlyPea · 28 Nov 2007 at 14:06

If you bought a new board youd need a new OS, new case and probaly a new PSU. Also mroe than likley a new HSF depending on the dell you have atm.

- Pea0n

fail at the internets · 28 Nov 2007 at 16:36

If i were you i'd just buy a cheap case and a cheap socket 775 motherboard and move all the other parts from your dell into the new case.

G-Kenny · 28 Nov 2007 at 17:13

Hornchurch said:
If i were you i'd just buy a cheap case and a cheap socket 775 motherboard and move all the other parts from your dell into the new case.

so would i but i just bought the new dell a month or so ago, its pretty good for what i need so far its a Q6600 duel 8800gts 2Gb crucial ballistics but i want to start all this cool overclocking and water cooling stuff

neodude · 28 Nov 2007 at 17:55

tbh, if you want the cool overclocking and watercooling stuff you shouldn't have bought a Dell. You could always sell the Dell, and built yourself a PC, tis the only way to go. Or keep the Dell as a backup. All depends how much cash you have.