OC'ing a new Dell, is it possible?

[Known Unsoldier]

Are there any desktop utilities that will work for oc'ing a 560 (3.6ghz) p4 on a Dell mobo?

 

[Gamingphreek]

If you want to OC:
1. Sell the Dell
2. DIY and save $$

Other than that, no not really.

-Kevin

 

[CptCrunch]

this was just covered a few days ago

 

[Known Unsoldier]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
If you want to OC:
1. Sell the Dell
2. DIY and save $$

Other than that, no not really.

-Kevin

Aye. I'll just get a budget AMD system in a year or two.

Also, similar threads occur regularly on large boards due to people not viewing the exact same forums at the exact same times as everyone else.

 

[smc13]

There is a search function just so you don't have to ask a question that has been asked. Try it before you ask your next question.

 

[xbdestroya]

Known Unsoldier, nothing wrong with posting your question without first going through a search for it. Obviously there are a lot of people on the Anandtech boards that will give you heat from time to time, but the fact is they're making it a point to open your thread, read through, and though they could just as easily type an answer, instead type that you should have searched.

I swear it's the Internet equivelant of people who love hearing themselves talk.

You also have to love the grammar-correction posters.

 

[Known Unsoldier]

I suppose I'm too used to the General Hardware forum, where the same kind of question is asked 50 times a day.

I am looking into CPUFSB right now, but will probably end up not attempting to OC this machine. That's probably just what the evil geniuses at Dell want me to do, and void my warrantee.

 

[sodcha0s]

Yeah, the search function is way overrated. You put in something common, 487 threads pop up and somewhere in all that mess you MAY get the answer you're looking for. If you can't find your answer in the first couple of pages of topics, just make a new thread.

 

[smc13]

Originally posted by: xbdestroya
Known Unsoldier, nothing wrong with posting your question without first going through a search for it. Obviously there are a lot of people on the Anandtech boards that will give you heat from time to time, but the fact is they're making it a point to open your thread, read through, and though they could just as easily type an answer, instead type that you should have searched.

Now this is a dumb response. So I could just as easily answered the question? Really? Couldn't I just as easily say that you could answer the question but instead decided to make a post about my search suggestion? If you had thought about it, you would have realized that I didn't know the answer to his question (just like you don't) and that I looked at the topic for the same reason you did, because it looked interesting.

Of course he should search first. Anandtech put the search function there for a reason. If he can't find the response when he searches then he should post. Searching is much better simply because he would be able to find an answer sooner then posting and waiting for someone to respond with an answer. Why wait when you can get an answer now? You are pretty much suggesting that instead of him seeing a TV show, he should call around and leave messages in the hopes that someone will call him back to tell him what happened. What a dumb idea.

 

[Known Unsoldier]

smc13, you already provided a brief suggestion in your first post. I appreciated it immensely. But, a second post, a long and ranting second post, was not required. Please start your own thread in Forum Issues about the use of the search function. You may even want to try a search for a similar thread.

 

[superkdogg]

There's not a whole lot of headroom for your PC anyway. You already have your CPU @ about the top and RAM would be going above spec too. Not to mention the whole thermal throttling issue with Prescott. If I were you, I'd OC your video card which is purely software and would provide more of an advantage for games.

p.s.-Just as a suggestion, if somebody's getting rowdy let them be. It saves on the headaches to let them think they got one over on you. NTM, a lot of people would say search first-even in the general hardware forum.

 

[lavaheadache]

Originally posted by: xbdestroya
Known Unsoldier, nothing wrong with posting your question without first going through a search for it. Obviously there are a lot of people on the Anandtech boards that will give you heat from time to time, but the fact is they're making it a point to open your thread, read through, and though they could just as easily type an answer, instead type that you should have searched.

I swear it's the Internet equivelant of people who love hearing themselves talk.

You also have to love the grammar-correction posters.

So true!


[/quote]

Now this is a dumb response. So I could just as easily answered the question? Really? Couldn't I just as easily say that you could answer the question but instead decided to make a post about my search suggestion? If you had thought about it, you would have realized that I didn't know the answer to his question (just like you don't) and that I looked at the topic for the same reason you did, because it looked interesting.

Of course he should search first. Anandtech put the search function there for a reason. If he can't find the response when he searches then he should post. Searching is much better simply because he would be able to find an answer sooner then posting and waiting for someone to respond with an answer. Why wait when you can get an answer now? You are pretty much suggesting that instead of him seeing a TV show, he should call around and leave messages in the hopes that someone will call him back to tell him what happened. What a dumb idea.[/quote]

prime example!

 

[friedrice]

The search is kind of hard to use, mainly because it keeps track of everything. Posts should be placed in an archive where if you did a normal search old posts wouldn't come up, yet they are there incase you want to do a little research on something older. It's just a thought, and I think would help a lot in keeping down the double posts.

 

[smc13]

The search didn't seem all that hard for me. click on cpu/processors and overclocking. Type Dell overclock in the search bar. Found a couple topics including one called OC a dell 8400 which includes a link to some software called CPUFSB which allows you to change the frequency of your PC. The search took less time than it took for me to type this. Exactly how is this dificult to do?

Here is the link:

http://www.cpufsb.de/

Btw, I am not saying that this CPUFSB will work with your dell, just that the link is there.