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Upgrading Processor/Graphics Card Dell Dimension E520

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    #32
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    lmimmfn wrote: »
    Overclock that E5200 moarrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I actually dialed it down from 3.8GHz as it was heavily overvolted and my CPU got a bit toasty in summer :o I was going to bring it back up once I got some very fine sandpaper to attack my Vanquisher (nice budget cooler if it didn't have the worst base finish I've ever seen on an aftermarket cooler, ever :mad: ) but now I'm focusing on the future - waiting for some mITX LGA1156 mobos to hit the market before proceeding with a warped casemod I've had in mind since the MINIX was released :D I doubt I'll have a higher-res monitor before then anyway... although if Dragon Age taxes my OCd HD4830 (doubtful) whenever I get around to buying it I might get a cheapo HD5750 right then and just use it with its stock cooler 'til the modding begins ;)


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    #33
    lmimmfn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭lmimmfn


    Solitaire wrote: »
    I actually dialed it down from 3.8GHz as it was heavily overvolted and my CPU got a bit toasty in summer :o I was going to bring it back up once I got some very fine sandpaper to attack my Vanquisher (nice budget cooler if it didn't have the worst base finish I've ever seen on an aftermarket cooler, ever :mad: ) but now I'm focusing on the future - waiting for some mITX LGA1156 mobos to hit the market before proceeding with a warped casemod I've had in mind since the MINIX was released :D I doubt I'll have a higher-res monitor before then anyway... although if Dragon Age taxes my OCd HD4830 (doubtful) whenever I get around to buying it I might get a cheapo HD5750 right then and just use it with its stock cooler 'til the modding begins ;)
    actually forgot there were no mITX i5 mobos yet. Ohhh Dragon Age, what an absolutely fantastic game, game of the year for me, its a bit meaty if you want to churn up the gfx though. Im 65hours in and still not finished :)


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