can my cpu be overclocked?

[PlatLordlolz]

i dont know much about overclocking, just curious if its even possible.
here are the specs http://valid.x86.fr/mwtm5m
CPU Name
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz
Threading
1 CPU - 4 Core - 4 Thread
Frequency
2333.29 MHz (7 * 333.33 MHz)
Multiplier
Current: 7 / Min: 6 / Max: 7
Architecture
Yorkfield / M1-Step (45 nm)
Cpuid / Ext.
6.7.7 / 6.17
IA Extensions
MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, EM64T
Caches
L1D : 32 KB / L2 : 2048 KB
Caches Assoc.
L1D : 8-way / L2 : 8-way
Microcode
Rev. 0x00000705
TDP / Vcore
95 Watts / 1.184 Volts
Type
Retail (Original Frequency : 2333 MHz)
Motherboard
Model
Dell 0PP150
Socket
Socket 775 LGA
North Bridge
NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI SPP rev A2
South Bridge
NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI MCP rev A3
BIOS
Dell Inc. 1.0.13 (05/05/2009)
Memory (RAM)
Total Size
4096 MB
Type
Dual Channel (128 bit) DDR2-SDRAM
Frequency
400 MHz - Ratio 5:6
Timings
6-6-6-18-24-2 (tCAS-tRC-tRP-tRAS-tCS-tCR)
Slot #1 Module
Samsung 1024 MB (DDR2-800)
Slot #2 Module
Samsung 1024 MB (DDR2-800)
Slot #3 Module
Samsung 1024 MB (DDR2-800)
Slot #4 Module
Samsung 1024 MB (DDR2-800)
Graphic Card (GPU)
GPU #1 Type
ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro (RV610) @ 650 MHz
GPU #1 Brand
0x1028 (0x0D02)
VRAM #1 Type
256 MB @ 500 MHz
GPU #2 Type
ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro (RV610) @ 650 MHz
GPU #2 Brand
0x1028 (0x0D02)
VRAM #2 Type
256 MB @ 500 MHz
DirectX
11.0
Storage (HDD/SSD)
Model #1
Seagate ST325031 0AS
Capacity #1
250 GB
Model #2
Western Digital WDC WD10 EZEX-60ZF5A0
Capacity #2
1000 GB
Display
Screen #1
Dell Computer DELL 1907FP (DEL4015)
Screen #1 Spec
19.1 inches (48.5 cm) / 1280 x 1024 pixels @ 56-76 Hz
Screen #2
Hewlett Packard HP W2072a (HWP299F)
Screen #2 Spec
19.9 inches (50.5 cm) / 1600 x 900 pixels @ 50-76 Hz
Miscellaneous
Windows Version
Microsoft Windows 7 (6.1) Enterprise Edition 64-bit
Windows Subver.
Service Pack 1 (Build 7601

[Swish]

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you're welcome <3

[PlatLordlolz]

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you're welcome <3

ive already googled that exact search. i should have revised my question. i already know the type of CPU can be overclocked. a better question would have been can it be overclocked with it being an OEM dell, with the bios i have, the kind of motherboard, etc. and if so, how? computer technology is not my area of expertise. it would be more ideal to have someone literally walk me through every step.

[Swish]

Ah, I know a little about overclocking but not enough to do a play by play guide... though this is probably one of the nerdiest forums on the internet so the odds of someone knowing exactly what to do is good. Good luck :p

[Zade]

it would be more ideal to have someone literally walk me through every step.

you will have better luck finding someone to walk you through it on tom's hardware. those are true nerds who love to shine their pocket protectors for you.

[Thulack]

Think a better question is why would you want to overclock it? Your system isnt very high end and i would think the 4gb of ram you have compared to your CPU. Overclocking your CPU if its not the bottleneck for gaming or whatever else your doing is kinda pointless.

[Kerwin]

wouldnt even bother just gonna run into more issues doing this

[PlatLordlolz]

Think a better question is why would you want to overclock it? Your system isnt very high end and i would think the 4gb of ram you have compared to your CPU. Overclocking your CPU if its not the bottleneck for gaming or whatever else your doing is kinda pointless.

there is 8gb, yes its being recognized. why not overclock it if it has the capability? its an old piece of junk computer, its getting replaced eventually anyway, why not learn how to do it just for the sake of learning how to do it?

[maerilith]

You're dumb for wanting to overclock your system to play a 16 yr old elf sim and asking about it on said elf sim forum.

Go to toms hardware and learn2ricer properly.

You could have been at least amusing and made up some 1999 system specs and complained about how velious was crashing your system and directx7 wasn't cutting it.

[Ladros]

No .. most of those OE computers you cannot overclock. If you have the money and want something like that buy an alienware (designed for PC gaming).

[Xealias]

No .. most of those OE computers you cannot overclock. If you have the money and want something like that buy an alienware (designed for PC gaming).

If you're an idiot and want to spend twice the cost of the hardware for an alienware case (including their own software and drivers which fuck up an unbelievable amount) definitely buy an alienware.

If you're not retarded and want to build a decent machine for a decent price but don't know what parts to get just use /r/buildapc to get the parts and anyone with experience building things with legos can build the computer with the aid of youtube vids.

[Ladros]

If you're an idiot and want to spend twice the cost of the hardware for an alienware case (including their own software and drivers which fuck up an unbelievable amount) definitely buy an alienware.

If you're not retarded and want to build a decent machine for a decent price but don't know what parts to get just use /r/buildapc to get the parts and anyone with experience building things with legos can build the computer with the aid of youtube vids.

I totally agree, but some people are just not capable of that or do not want to and have money to spend.

[PlatLordlolz]

You're dumb for wanting to overclock your system to play a 16 yr old elf sim and asking about it on said elf sim forum.

Go to toms hardware and learn2ricer properly.

You could have been at least amusing and made up some 1999 system specs and complained about how velious was crashing your system and directx7 wasn't cutting it.

Nice try, no one said anything about wanting to overclock to play P99, i was asking within a community that has quite a bit of people who are knowledgeable on something i wanted to learn about. I would hardly consider it dumb to use a resource that is available to you. Thankyou for your trivial and meaningless contribution.

[Humerox]

With a rig that old OC'ing won't do much, tbh. Then there's the heat factor. You MUST compensate for increased heat by using a CPU cooler...which isn't a big deal, but you'd have to find a cooler that fit the case and YouTube it up on how to install it.

If you want to fiddle go for it...just make sure you compensate for heat or you'll fry your CPU.

[JackFlash]

It's like putting a super charger or nitrous on a stock motor. Sure, it will make more horsepower for like 5 minutes. Then all the stressed out components will take a dump unless you upgraded.

Same thing will happen to your stock dell if you just OC it. IF it's even possible.

[James_Joyce]

It's like putting a super charger or nitrous on a stock motor. Sure, it will make more horsepower for like 5 minutes. Then all the stressed out components will take a dump unless you upgraded.

Same thing will happen to your stock dell if you just OC it. IF it's even possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8

[Madbad]

put in liquid cooling IMO

[Weekapaug]

If you've never OCed anything this really isn't the way to start. Beyond what was said above and what you will likely do to your machine, you can even create a fire hazard doing this. I've avoided ever doing it for those reasons alone and I have overclockable chips and cooling designed for it.

Also, my understanding is Intel chips that can be OCed have a K in the name. As was said, it's likely not even possible.

[Humerox]

Oh you can OC it.

OC Q8200 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlQxzEVFh7o)

[phacemeltar]

Oh you can OC it.

OC Q8200 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlQxzEVFh7o)

Make sure to follow the instructions.. I recently fried a motherboard by putting the wrong combinations in the BIOS settings.

[Swish]

If you have the money and want something like that buy an alienware (designed for PC gaming).

Please don't do that :(

[JackFlash]

put in liquid cooling IMO

This is not the end all to OC'ing. In fact some air coolers work almost as well and you still get dust in the radiator.

[Weekapaug]

This is not the end all to OC'ing. In fact some air coolers work almost as well and you still get dust in the radiator.

Reminds me....Power supply is an issue, also.

[Lu|zSect]

Yes. Don't forget to delete your system32 files first though!

[dafier]

OCing is stupid.

EDIT:

And, yes that can be OC'd.

[PlatLordlolz]

OCing is stupid.

EDIT:

And, yes that can be OC'd.

how? doesnt seem to be able to be overclocked from bios.

[Slathar]

put a timex on it and then set it to warp speed but it might asplode

[Lurikeen]

i dont know much about overclocking, just curious if its even possible.
here are the specs http://valid.x86.fr/mwtm5m
CPU Name
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz
Threading
1 CPU - 4 Core - 4 Thread
Frequency
2333.29 MHz (7 * 333.33 MHz)
Multiplier
Current: 7 / Min: 6 / Max: 7
Architecture
Yorkfield / M1-Step (45 nm)
Cpuid / Ext.
6.7.7 / 6.17
IA Extensions
MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, EM64T
Caches
L1D : 32 KB / L2 : 2048 KB
Caches Assoc.
L1D : 8-way / L2 : 8-way
Microcode
Rev. 0x00000705
TDP / Vcore
95 Watts / 1.184 Volts
Type
Retail (Original Frequency : 2333 MHz)
Motherboard
Model
Dell 0PP150
Socket
Socket 775 LGA
North Bridge
NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI SPP rev A2
South Bridge
NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI MCP rev A3
BIOS
Dell Inc. 1.0.13 (05/05/2009)
Memory (RAM)
Total Size
4096 MB
Type
Dual Channel (128 bit) DDR2-SDRAM
Frequency
400 MHz - Ratio 5:6
Timings
6-6-6-18-24-2 (tCAS-tRC-tRP-tRAS-tCS-tCR)
Slot #1 Module
Samsung 1024 MB (DDR2-800)
Slot #2 Module
Samsung 1024 MB (DDR2-800)
Slot #3 Module
Samsung 1024 MB (DDR2-800)
Slot #4 Module
Samsung 1024 MB (DDR2-800)
Graphic Card (GPU)
GPU #1 Type
ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro (RV610) @ 650 MHz
GPU #1 Brand
0x1028 (0x0D02)
VRAM #1 Type
256 MB @ 500 MHz
GPU #2 Type
ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro (RV610) @ 650 MHz
GPU #2 Brand
0x1028 (0x0D02)
VRAM #2 Type
256 MB @ 500 MHz
DirectX
11.0
Storage (HDD/SSD)
Model #1
Seagate ST325031 0AS
Capacity #1
250 GB
Model #2
Western Digital WDC WD10 EZEX-60ZF5A0
Capacity #2
1000 GB
Display
Screen #1
Dell Computer DELL 1907FP (DEL4015)
Screen #1 Spec
19.1 inches (48.5 cm) / 1280 x 1024 pixels @ 56-76 Hz
Screen #2
Hewlett Packard HP W2072a (HWP299F)
Screen #2 Spec
19.9 inches (50.5 cm) / 1600 x 900 pixels @ 50-76 Hz
Miscellaneous
Windows Version
Microsoft Windows 7 (6.1) Enterprise Edition 64-bit
Windows Subver.
Service Pack 1 (Build 7601

Looking at your setup you can only hope to get a very modest OC. The Dell motherboard isn't designed for OC'ing. The RAM you have is likely stock RAM that isn't designed for OC'ing and these two factors affect your processor OC by quite a bit. You may pull off a OC of the processor but the motherboard bios will not allow for granular settings (most likely), because it is a Dell which isn't known as an OC'ing computer.

If you want a faster machine, then upgrade. You can pick up AMD processors and motherboards now days really cheap that are designed for OC'ing. If you can't afford anything, then most certainly don't try OC'ing your current rig, since you don't want to blow it up and have nothing at all.

Good luck!