Dude, I am getting a dell! (But can it be overclocked?)

[GreatYogota]

Dell has got some pretty sweet deals going on untill Thrusday, like a P4 2.0A 256Rambus system for $700 (No Moniter) Now I have not bought an OEM system in years, but this is a pretty good deal although I know there is no way that I can overclock it through the bios. But is there any way to overclock it??? (isn't there a motherboard program or some thing) I would hate to waste all that power under the hood!!
thanx

 

[akiraxtc]

Dude, you can't overclock a dell. You already got a decent speed there, don't need to overclock it anymore

 

[SSXeon5]

Thats not that great of a deal ... I bet you can build one cheaper. They have a $300 off in mail in rebates, and add like $100 for shipping and tax and add Shi*ty dell tech support (one of the worst, HP is worse ) And the dell motherboards that ship with the systems suck, Shi*ty performance and striped bios (no overclocking too ) I would not recomend a dell. Have you built a system before?

SSXeon

 

[GreatYogota]

Yeah I have built a couple of systems...
Right now I have a PIII 550C Over clocked to 800MHz....
What do you guys suggest right now, for best bang for my buck.
I a hardcore gamer on a budget...lol
Rambus...DDR?
I am kinda outta touch

 

[Branded]

DDR - w intel celeron 1.6a

 

[akiraxtc]

Other than the processor and memory amount, what other components does it have for $700? Geforce 3? dvd? cdrw? spill it all out.
It might not be an overclocker machine but if all the other components are great it should be worth the shot. I got nothing against dell mobos, supposedly they are intel oems... or is it?

 

[GreatYogota]

No the other parts are not that great, IBM 40 Gig ATA100 Drive.. Geforce2MX 64 (Yuck) soundblaster live 256 Rambus and some bundle software...It is a good system if you do not want the hassle of trying to build one

 

[jiffylube1024]

<< DDR - w intel celeron 1.6a >>



I think he means DDR with intem PENTIUM 4 1.6A. That's what I'd recommend anyway. Btw, there is no intel celeron 1.6a

 

[GreatYogota]

good..I was worried if there was a cele that went that high!
Are there any good solutions for over clocking a 1.6a or 1.8a with rambus?
Any suggestions on Motherboards?

 

[grunjee]

Dude, I can't believe you just bought a Dell! :disgust:

 

[oldfart]

Overclocking a Dell. Interesting question...

Dell has always used Intel motherboards, which do not overclock. I hear that the new Dell's use MSI boards. If this is indeed true....I wonder if you could flash the mobo with an MSI BIOS and then......?

 

[akiraxtc]

GreatYogota...
I just bought a p4 1.6A myself and will try to overclock it today. By the way i will be using pc800 rambus.
From what i read in these forums, to verclock p4 with rambus you'd need a mainboard with a good clockgen, like the P4T-E with the ICS clockgen. Also people has many different experience with 8 or 16 device rambus. I will be using 8 device rambus. I can post my results later on when i got my parts
By the way the mobo costs like 170 and p4 1.6A is like 140 or something like that

 

[Richardito]

<< Overclocking a Dell. Interesting question...

Dell has always used Intel motherboards, which do not overclock. I hear that the new Dell's use MSI boards. If this is indeed true....I wonder if you could flash the mobo with an MSI BIOS and then......? >>


That could be a very interesting endeavor.