New to OCing CPU

[40sTheme]

Hello, I am thinking about OCing my Pentium D 820, and I am wondering exactly how I would go about doing this. I have a Dell, and I understand that they lock the BIOS so that you cannot change the frequency. Is this true? The mobo chipset is i945G and it's on the Dell A05 BIOS.

 

[myocardia]

You've got two choices: 1) sell the Dell 2) flash the BIOS with a BIOS that allows overclocking. I wouldn't recommend you try #2, though, since it doesn't seem as if you know much about BIOS's. You'll have to buy a new motherboard, if you dont' flash it right, or flash it with the wrong BIOS.

 

[40sTheme]

Alright. Well, a new PC isn't exactly in the plan at the moment, but i'll probably be building my own next time. Thanks.