I have a Dell Optiplex 790 with the generic Dell motherboard and an Intel 2400 sandy bridge chip.
It runs the games I like (mostly CSGO and stuff) But I'd just like to make them (fps) faster. Anyway, I give up. My bios doesn't have overclocking and I've tried every program out there for overclocking. I did order an SSD which should make my operating system faster, at least.
Anyway, I'm having fun trying to upgrade this relic.
Run this and post a link to the results page.I have a Dell Optiplex 790 with the generic Dell motherboard and an Intel 2400 sandy bridge chip.
It runs the games I like (mostly CSGO and stuff) But I'd just like to make them (fps) faster. Anyway, I give up. My bios doesn't have overclocking and I've tried every program out there for overclocking. I did order an SSD which should make my operating system faster, at least.
Anyway, I'm having fun trying to upgrade this relic.
Yeah you can.. A program called Throttlestop (There are others) can set the cpu at its max Turbo core for 4 cores. You will have to make sure the cpu has enough cooling since this will make it run hotter too. My Garage PC that's a locked SFF HP with a i5-2500 runs at 3.4ghz on all 4 cores. Stock is 3.3ghz so it's a measly 100mhz OC. The i5-2400 can run at 3.2 ghz on all 4 cores on a locked oem board instead of 3.1ghz. Once your happy with the way Throttlestop is running, you can put it into the Startup folder so it starts with windows.
https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Core_i5/Intel-Core i5-2400 CM8062300834106.html
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