Overclocking

[bill6047]

Help--Can anyone give me a step by step on how to overclock a E-Machine model T6534 also is there any other thing I can do to improve performance.

Thanks

 

[Harvey]

The spec page for your machine says it came with 512MB of PC3200 DDR RAM. Find a sale on 2 x 1 GB sticks to boost it to at least 2 GB. If you're using the onboard video, more RAM will help, since it will free up the memory your machine dedicates to video. You can sell the 512 MB stick to help offset the cost.

The specs say the machine came with XP. Stay with it. Vista will slow it down. You can max out the RAM to 4 GB, but the 32 bit version of XP can only use is a little over 3 GB.

The machine has a PCI-e x16 slot. Adding a separate vid card will free up some memory and may offload other resources from the system. How much it helps will depend on the card you get and how well Gateway has implimented the PCI-e x16 spec.

From what I could find, the power supply for your machine is rated at 300 watts. If you want to add a more powerful vid card, consider getting a more powerful supply, as well.

Unless the CMOS shows options that allow you to set your cpu clock and multiplier, you won't be able to overclock it.

 

[myocardia]

Welcome to anandtech, Bill. Harvey gave you good advice, except it is possible to overclock your system. It just isn't possible through the BIOS, most likely. You'll have to use either SetFSB or ClockGen. Just know that you aren't going to get very far, unless your BIOS enables you to lower your HT multiplier and your RAM speed.

 

[imported_SLIM]

Here are the links to your most up to date system drivers and the nvidia utility that allows you to change clock settings.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/n...inxp32_8.26_11.09.html
http://www.nvidia.com/object/n...system_tools_6.02.html
You might have to try out the different software overclocking programs as listed in the previous posts to see which works best for you. I'd also recommend you back up anything that you value/can't replace on your harddrive before installing or overclocking anything.