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Old 06-18-2007
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Overclocking a Dell Dimension 9200

Hello


I was curious to find out how to overclock a Dell because everywhere on the net it is said that it can't be done.

Well, i managed to do it! Yes you read that correct, it can be done

So if you are interested, visit my page about it at http://www.starless.nl/overclock
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Old 06-26-2007
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can u help me starless?
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Old 10-02-2007
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Thanks Starless, I followed the instruction on
http://www.starless.nl/overclock

I have a Dimentions 9200 + Quad Core Q6600 w Vista Ultimate.
Didnt want to push it too far but running with FSB set to 300Mhz, thats makes my Q6600 running from 2.4 to 2.7Mhz (no hardware mod)

I tried upping to 312Mhz and system hanged so I am happy with 300 Everything seems snappier with the increase FSB. woohoo.
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Old 10-11-2007
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Hi all,

Im currently trying to overclock my dell (might as well try!).

Ive crept it up to 12301 3d mark 06 now with q6600 @ 2.7ghz, 8800 gtx @ 607mhz core and 986mhz memory bus.

Anything else I can change apart from trying to creep the speeds up some more?







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Also



Does it all appear ok?
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Extreme care should be taken when overclocking.

Dell cooling systems are not designed for it.

Overclocking produces a fair bit of extra heat.

Be warned!!
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My temps after 4 hours of orthos are 60c
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Which particular temperature is that?
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Heres my current screeny after 2 hours orthos:

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Now up to 12417 3d marks
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I have a Dell and I'm tempted to go for a bit of overclocking my dells about 2 years old and after my RAM upgrade, I'm tempted to go for the overclock on my processor always been taught that you shouldnt push a processor beyond what its ment to do becuase overclocking is the devil and overclocking dells is stupid.... but! its a 3.4ghz intel pentium 4 with HT... worth bothering?

PS - sorry to hijack the thread.
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What a new....
Ok i tryed to do it but Clock gen does not work for me i can not see the value on the Pll setup. may is it Mobo issue ???

Mobo Dell 0YU822 chipset nforce 680 SLI

XPS 720, XP 32b, q6600, 4 GB ddr2 800mhz, mobo nforce 680sli, SLI 8800 GTX SLI 169.21, creative Xfi xtreM Music
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I thought the xps had overclocking features in the bios?
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Old 03-18-2008
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@=RvE=Paploo

ClockGen should at least be able to read the values of your PLL. In the 'PLL Setup' window select 'not specified' from the drop-list, then click on 'Read Clocks', make a screenshot of that window and send it to my username at zonnet.nl
Maybe i can figure out what PLL you got and if it's suitable for overclocking with ClockGen (version 1.0.5.3) or not.
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here we go ..
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In your screenshot of that PLL Setup window i see 'NVIDIA C55' selected (which is not listed in my, same version, of ClockGen by the way)..which is a NVIDIA C55 chipset motherboard. Will have to look for the PLL on that mobo.
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i can not select anything, it pop up like this, that is my problem bro . :/
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Did you try Systool v1.0 build 730 yet? You can select 'CPU Overclocking' on the left and there's a nForce C55 in the clock generator dropdown list
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Systool does not work,it can not read my mobo...
i finally OC my q6600 with clockgen and i can go to 2.76 GHZ. it run well and i did 15115 mark06. cool above this freq it crashed. i think i have to change the ratio for raam, right now i m 9x fsb and raam ratio is 2/3 if i can put1/1 or 5/6 i can increase freq. but i dont find where to set it on bios i think it is locked.

Last edited by =RvE=Paploo; 03-19-2008 at 02:45 PM.
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maybe nVidia's nTune software will do the trick for you, else be satisfied with 2.7-2.8 Ghz,
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