Overclocking?

[nickv360]

Well, I am a bit worried about overclocking, and I know there are a bunch of guides on how to do it for the video card. I am on stock cooling for a Dell, and I pushed my 6800 to 325/750. I can probably go higher, but I would be worried about cooling. ALso, how do you overclock the CPU? In the BIOS, or can you use software similar to RivaTuner?

Also, if I have a P4 540 3.2GHz, how much of an increase could I see if I overclocked on sto cooling? ANd how about if I bought a few fans for the case?

 

[Sam334]

Dell locks the overclocking option in their bios, from what I understand. There also should be a stick in the "CPUs & overclocking" forum.


edit: http://forums.anandtech.com/me...1072&enterthread=y

 

[nickv360]

And what about cooling with OCing the video card? Should that be a big issue?

 

[ts3433]

You can get an aftermarket video card cooler like an NV Silencer if you want, but stock cooling should be okay for a good overclock. You may have to expect a little less from it than normal, though, given the parts Dell usually uses.

 

[nickv360]

Yeah I figured. About how mcuh of an increase can I expect. Could I be able to run it stably at 400/800 on stock cooling?