Getting started with overclocking

[dblyth2007]

Hi,

I'm completly new to overclocking. I have a DELL C521 with Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ 2.60 GHz
CPUZ reports: Socket AM2 940, 90nm, Core VID: 1.1 V
Dell motherboard with Nvidia GeForce 6150 chipset.

I can use the MSI utility to overclock my 8600GT graphics card ok.

Are there any such utilities to increase the upper limit on the CPU clock speed.

I've downloaded a bunch of utilities for monitoring: CoreTemp, CPUZ, HWMonitor, prime95, etc.

...but how do you actually overclock in the first place ? Bios / Dip switches / Utility ?

Any help is appreciated.

thanks

 

[htoonthura]

Hi,

I'm completly new to overclocking. I have a DELL C521 with Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ 2.60 GHz
CPUZ reports: Socket AM2 940, 90nm, Core VID: 1.1 V
Dell motherboard with Nvidia GeForce 6150 chipset.

I can use the MSI utility to overclock my 8600GT graphics card ok.

Are there any such utilities to increase the upper limit on the CPU clock speed.

I've downloaded a bunch of utilities for monitoring: CoreTemp, CPUZ, HWMonitor, prime95, etc.

...but how do you actually overclock in the first place ? Bios / Dip switches / Utility ?

Any help is appreciated.

thanks

sorry. you can not overclock that dell.

 

[godless]

try using the amd overdirve, i use it to extra overclock my phenom sometimes , from the overclock i have in bios

 

[dblyth2007]

Thanks for responses, I've tried playing with AMD overdrive but it won't let me increase the multiplier bigger then x13, which is what it's already on.

I don't seem to be able edit anything else. I have gone into the preferences and verified that all the 'edit' colume is set to true.

 

[Shadow703793]

^You need to have a BE (aka Black Edition ) chip to go beyond stock multiplier. Dell for most part don't allow OCing on their PCs.

 

[shadowthor]

unless its the XPS and even that, they don't allow voltage changes i think.

 

[godless]

next time don't buy a dell, build your own computer.

 

[doomturkey]

Of course Overdrive won't let you change your multi past 13, its not unlocked. You want to up the FSB.

But I probably shouldn't say much more, it really needs to be done from the BIOS which is not possible with a dell.