OVERCLOCK Intel 2.66 GHz DUAL CORE

[tech86]

hi!,
I want to overclock my cpu which is much older now.I find it really difficult to play latest games like Crysis, FarCry 2 etc on my system.
I am new to overclocking hence need your help to overclock the cpu so that i could overcome my system (performance) issues.
It would be appreciated if you tell me detailed steps to overclock the cpu.

SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS:-
Intel 2.66 Ghz Dual Core
Intel D101 Motherboard
1.5 Gb DDR1 RAM 400MHZ
Nvidia 8800GT 512 Graphics Card
500 Watt PSU
I IDE 80GB
I SATA 360GB
3 Cabinet fans
Average system temperature is around 45-50 C

Hope i will i have a stable overclocking.................

 

[V3NOM]

read
the
stickies.

 

[m_silkstone]

You're pretty much out of luck as you have an intel motherboard.
You might get an extra 100Mhz out of it, but that's about all.
Intel motherboards don't support real overclocking. Sorry Tech86.
And yes, read the stickies/FAQ's first, they're full of useful advice and how-to's

 

[V3NOM]

^um wtf? intel mobos oc a lot more than nVidia chips, although i admit i haven't ever even heard of that mobo...

OH you mean like stock intel mobos, not gigabyte boards with intel chips... riight

 

[m_silkstone]

intel chipsets overclock a lot more> from what i remember the intel motherboards suck at overclocking. I may be wrong and Intel may have picked up the ball?
Here's a couple of threads from other sites that might help you with this board. you will need to use windows software to overclock as the bios doesn't support manual fsb speeds i believe.

http://www.overclock.net/intel-motherboards/90583-overclocking-intel-d101ggc.html

http://sleektech.nl/~dm/review/intel/d101ggc/d101ggc01.html

 

[V3NOM]

Intel CHIPSETS overclock like there's no tomorrow - starting with teh P35 and X38 and continued with the P45 and X48. and the X58 isn't too shoddy an ocer either! :lol:

nvidia on the other hand...

 

[m_silkstone]

^^correct. But he has an intel board - Their chips rock, but their boards suck a**

 

[Shadow703793]

^+1. Yes, the Intel made motherboards $uck. But their chipset rocks.

 

[jeanluclariviere]

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Intel-Pentium-Dual-Core-E2140-overclocking,review-29816.html

^^ very good guide. Sounds to me like all you need is a good mobo, and some affordable DDR2 ram. 2x1 GB of Corsair xms or Crucial Ballistix should get you there.

 

[V3NOM]

^except you really need 4gig of ram for modern games..

 

[jeanluclariviere]

4Gigs isn't necessary. I have a friend who runs a system on 2x1GB 800mhz Crucial Balistix and plays Crysis fine.

 

[m_silkstone]

Yup 2gigs is fine for crysis unless you have a 64-bit OS then you really do need 4gb to play crysis

 

[V3NOM]

the difference is quite noticeable on my xp 32bit playing crysis