Need help Overclocking my Intel Core 2 Duo E6600

IlriyasIlriyas The Syrupy CanadianToronto, Ontario Icrontian
edited March 2012 in Hardware
I've been running with my 2.4ghz processor for awhile now and it's finally gotten to the point where I need to get more performance out of it.

Now I'd prefer simply buying a new processor and working from there but as I recently replaced my old GPU (My 9800GTX which quite literally melted, I'm still trying to find out why I never smelled it burning.) I don't want to spend any more money on my CPU, at least for awhile.

A friend of mine told me that I could try overclocking it, but unfortunately he's never had to do it himself and as such was unable to help me.

Any help any of you could offer would be greatly appreciated. (Also I'm not too well aware of many of the terms and acronyms used so I'd doubly appreciate answers dumbed down for one such as me who's never done this before.)

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    The very first question, and the most important one:

    What motherboard do you have?
  • IlriyasIlriyas The Syrupy Canadian Toronto, Ontario Icrontian
    Unless I'm incorrect (And I may very well be.) I believe it's a Dell Inc WG855 (At least according to CPU-Z
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  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    Sorry man, not happening. You can't overclock OEM computers :-/
  • IlriyasIlriyas The Syrupy Canadian Toronto, Ontario Icrontian
    Well that's disappointing, thanks for the quick reply anyways Prime.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    The BIOS on the Dell Dimension 9200 is locked because the case does not cool well. That is what my Googling says about OCing the Dimension 9200, and getting a replacement mobo would be a real pita and be expensive if the mobo got damaged.

    Given that you had a video card melt-down, OCing could gen much more heat in a case not intended for cooling an OC'd set of computer parts and melt your CPU, motherboard, AND GPU and maybe fry your RAM sticks. Without having a BIOS set up for OCing you are stuck with what you have unless you want to take a very good chance of frying everything in computer.

    Further, the WG855 is a Dell-custom board, BTX form factor. It needs a Dell custom power supply for the Dell custom case it is in, and to connect to motherboard right as to connects providing right power per pin in connector. That is also not cheap to replace, and OCing wuld strain power supply or possibly fry it.

    If you do not have a Dimension 9200, and have a Dell laptop XPS 410, that will not cool from OC increased heat worth beans (read it WILL fry everything in laptop case with heat, IF the BIOS would let you OC).

    The Dimension 9100 has same problems as the Dell Dimension 9200. Everyone I read of who makes sense on forums, says not to OC these machines.
    Please do not do this!
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    (You physically can't. There's just no way to do it)
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited March 2012
    Well, a BIOS upgrade that OCs could be custom written.... But there is not a simple way, no.

    My Dell XPS laptop DID have limited OC support in BIOS, and my Lenovo laptop does, but neither cools enough to make that practical except in a quite cool climate. MY folding rig also primitively OCs in BIOS. I do not OC it due to cooling factors.

    And I was posting when you were.... :)
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