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Overclocking old Intel Board

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troglodytes

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I'm pretty sure I know what the answer to this questions is going to be, but I figure I'd ask to verify. I have an older Intel board (DG43GT) with E7500 Core 2 Duo processor. Now I know the CPU itself is overclockable, but I have no BIOS settings and I've d/l clockgen and FSBset, neither of which give me any options at all. In fact when opened, clockgen only has a clocks tab (no PLL settings teb, etc) and when clicked is completely blank. Is this MOBO completely locked?

Thanks
 
Most older Intel made motherboards are locked down tight... no multiplier or FSB options.

Well, unless you have an unlocked CPU, ie, Xeon or ES.
 
That's what I thought. I'm incrementally upgrading my HTPC to a gaming/HTPC so my CPU is a bottleneck for the 660ti I just picked up. I figured I would OC until I upgraded the Mobo/CPU/Ram in the next step. Looks like I might be moving that upgrade ahead of schedule.
 
troglodytes said:
That's what I thought. I'm incrementally upgrading my HTPC to a gaming/HTPC so my CPU is a bottleneck for the 660ti I just picked up. I figured I would OC until I upgraded the Mobo/CPU/Ram in the next step. Looks like I might be moving that upgrade ahead of schedule.
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Yeah... a general systems upgrade is going to be your best bet. I actually went through something very much like your just recently. I'd been running a Core2Quad 9650 @4ghz for years. Paired with 8gbs of DDR2 and a GTX 295.

Wanting DX11 support I picked up a GTX 660ti Boost and slapped it in. TERRIBLE performance, in fact, worse than the GTX 295 in all ways (well, beyond power consumption and DX11 support).

I thought it was the video card... so I returned it and bought a GTX 770.

Same thing, the performance was nothing to be excited about.

Upgraded the system to a used i7 2660K and the improvement is day and night.

Those older CPU's are great for office work now, but for gaming, it's a rough road.

Good luck with your new build. 🙂
 
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