Overclocking and Dell...

[TenaciousT]

I recently picked up a cheap Dell Dimension 4600 for use as a secondary machine (link). It's the 2.4b (533 FSB).

Anyway, looking around the bios I've noticed that I can't really do anything useful. Can these guys be overclocked at all?

 

[AndyHui]

Nope. You can't overclock a DELL.

 

[4x4expy]

LOL... The title of this thread has Dell and overclocking in the same sentence!


Sorry. You're out of luck. Dell insures that you get no more mileage out of their hardware than you actually pay for. So that you will be back sooner to buy another fancy computer from them.

 

[edmundoab]

yeah, i got a housemate who owns a sony Vaio,
and he can't do anything about his system either..
only advance option he got in the bios is...
Pentium 4
HT "ON" or "OFF"

LOL

 

[pelikan]

The only way to make a Dell go fast is to throw it off the roof of a tall building.
...no offense...

 

[TenaciousT]

The only way to make a Dell go fast is to throw it off the roof of a tall building.

How tall would the building have to be to get me to say... 3 ghz?

Maybe that belongs in "highly technical"

 

[sman789]

take the chip out and put it on another mobo

but a 2.4 bshould be good enough for a long time

 

[boshuter]

but a 2.4 bshould be good enough for a long time

Good enough for who?..... You do realize this is in the Overclocking section..

 

[sman789]

Originally posted by: boshuter

but a 2.4 bshould be good enough for a long time

Good enough for who?..... You do realize this is in the Overclocking section..

its also teh CPU section:beer:

 

[boshuter]

hehehe....... I know, just JK....:beer: