Help with old pc

[Andrewd23]

I just recently got a new graphics card and I'm trying to figure out what I can do to make the bottleneck not as bad. I know it's hard to overclock this PC but I know it can be done I just need a God to help me
Dell inspirion 560 e7500
I'm not sure what specs you need so please don't hesitate to ask

 

[Deleted member 217926]

It's a Dell. You can't overclock unless you use a Windows based program like SetFSB and that's not going to help enough to notice. It's not hard to overclock it completely lacks any unlocked settings in BIOS. Sorry.

 

[Rogue Leader]

What GPU did you get?

Overclocking a Dell is generally not possible. The BIOS is locked up, the cooling is generally weak, and the PSU isn't designed or up to the challenge. You would need a software program that can override the BIOS settings (AMD overdrive for AMD based computers for example). You can TRY this:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24075/Intel-Extreme-Tuning-Utility-Intel-XTU-

But theres no certain way to say it will work. Also depending on the GPU no amount of overclocking is going to help you.

 

[Andrewd23]

I got a gtx750ti and I was afraid of that. It bottlenecks and that gets on my nerves I wish I could smooth it out just a bit

 

[Rogue Leader]

I got a gtx750ti and I was afraid of that. It bottlenecks and that gets on my nerves I wish I could smooth it out just a bit

The GTX 750Ti is on the high end compared to that processor. You may be better off figuring out the fastest processor they offered in that PC and replacing yours with that. You will need to go over to the Dell forums for that, theres a lot of guys out there who do that and you may easily find someone who has the solution. Now that said it may be hard to find that replacement processor since they are all long out of production, so you'll likely be searching ebay for a used one.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

A Dell that came with an E7500 is not going to have any viable upgrade path. Even if it supports a Core2Quad and it won't, it would be a waste of money. An i3 6100 is about $125. Add a cheap $50 motherboard and another $50 for 8GB of DDR4 2133 and for a little over $200 you have a base system that will fly compared to that one. Make your budget a little closer to $300 and you can add a ~256GB SSD to the mix and probably a new power supply if necessary.

 

[Shaun_6]

Here's a post talking about your processor.
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1704437/processor-upgrade-dell-inspiron-560.html

I would look in to upgrading your motherboard. So then you can move up to quad core processors. You can do this extremely cheap (under $100) and eliminate your bottle neck as well as improving overall performance.

There are quad core processors using the same socket as yours (lga 775) for around $35 on ebay. But you would require a motherboard upgrade to run it as the thread i linked says. I'm sure you could find an old motherboard that is compatible for a similar price

 

[Rogue Leader]

Here's a post talking about your processor.
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1704437/processor-upgrade-dell-inspiron-560.html

I would look in to upgrading your motherboard. So then you can move up to quad core processors. You can do this extremely cheap (under $100) and eliminate your bottle neck as well as improving overall performance.

There are quad core processors using the same socket as yours (lga 775) for around $35 on ebay. But you would require a motherboard upgrade to run it as the thread i linked says. I'm sure you could find an old motherboard that is compatible for a similar price

At that point you could buy this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=2MN-0004-00002&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=i3_skylake-_-2MN-0004-00002-_-Product

And this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128873

and this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231882

And for $100 more than you would spend on ancient outdated equipment have something that would absolutely demolish it in every way. Building up with used old equipment like that IMO is a waste unless you really really can't afford it, or you get it nearly for free.

 

[Shaun_6]

Here's a post talking about your processor.
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1704437/processor-upgrade-dell-inspiron-560.html

I would look in to upgrading your motherboard. So then you can move up to quad core processors. You can do this extremely cheap (under $100) and eliminate your bottle neck as well as improving overall performance.

There are quad core processors using the same socket as yours (lga 775) for around $35 on ebay. But you would require a motherboard upgrade to run it as the thread i linked says. I'm sure you could find an old motherboard that is compatible for a similar price

At that point you could buy this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=2MN-0004-00002&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=i3_skylake-_-2MN-0004-00002-_-Product

And this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128873

and this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231882

And for $100 more than you would spend on ancient outdated equipment have something that would absolutely demolish it in every way. Building up with used old equipment like that IMO is a waste unless you really really can't afford it, or you get it nearly for free.

Plus cooling for that socket. So it's about $220 for way better PC. Or $60 for no bottleneck.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HP-MCP73M02H1-775-SOCKET-MOBO-CORE-2-QUAD-Q8200-4-X-2-33-GHZ-2-GB-RAM-/182062008268?hash=item2a63bdc7cc:g:CYIAAOSwoydWmzVZ

Like you're saying. It just comes down to funds.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Processor comes with a stock cooler thats "good enough" if we are doing a budget build.

I guess my feeling is $60 for something you'd probably toss out in a couple years, vs $200 for something that will last you 5-ish + years. You can spend it now or later, if you do it now you "save" $60....

 

[4Ryan6]

I just recently got a new graphics card and I'm trying to figure out what I can do to make the bottleneck not as bad. I know it's hard to overclock this PC but I know it can be done I just need a God to help me
Dell inspirion 560 e7500
I'm not sure what specs you need so please don't hesitate to ask

I got a gtx750ti and I was afraid of that. It bottlenecks and that gets on my nerves I wish I could smooth it out just a bit

You may be facing more than bottleneck problems as that graphics card requires a minimum 400w power supply, and according to the PDF specs of your machine it has a 300w power supply factory installed, unless you have already changed that?

Dell only supplies the bare minimum power supply to cover the load of the hardware they initially put in the machine, and your machine did not come with a PCI-E discrete graphics card installed, the M/B came with an integrated video chip and a PCI-E 1 slot, that way if you have to upgrade, you are forced to go through Dell to do it, that's part of being Delled!

So if?, you are now squeaking by on the power, it sure as heck won't handle any overclocking of the CPU if it was even possible to do so with a Dell motherboard.

Overclocking the CPU would require an overclocking capable socket 775 motherboard, and all the great socket 775 overclocking M/Bs are gone, you may find one on Ebay but what you'd pay for it you could probably build a new machine!

Even if you find a motherboard that will allow overclocking you still have a serious power supply issue, if you have not already changed it, as you'd need at least a 500w good quality power supply preferably 600w ~ 650w for any future additional load.

Even if you got all of the above there is still a problem of the Dell imprinted HDD and the Operating Systems license being on that HDD, even though there should be a legitimate Microsoft license on the case itself, I'm sure Dell did not give you an official Microsoft installation disk, it's probably all on the original HDD.

So how do you want to proceed?