Over clocking an oldy 9200

ibDennis

Hi guys,

Just a heads up, I'm a noob to overclocking.

I have an old Dell Dimension 9200.

I'm Currently running the q6600 2.4ghz.

Have 8gb of ddr2 ram and a 9600gt. (soon to be a 750ti)

I'm looking into overclocking the q6600

My main question is, how hard would it be to overclock this old chip on a dell pc?

Would i be able to get any noticeable performance from it?

Thank you for all your help in advance guys.

Joeface

Limited options with those motherboards I believe , you can pin mod the CPU
http://alumar.hubpages.com/hub/Get-more-from-your-Quad-Core-Q6600

but google is your friend when confirming whether this will work with that particular motherboard .

Should take your CPU from 2.4GHz to 3.0Ghz approx. You may notice a difference in certain application. Really depends on what you are using it for. Remember to Hover out and clean up your heat since. More GHZ means More Heat . get new thermal paste.
even look into getting a newer heatsink for the system if that is possible. And what every you do be careful ,last thing you want to do kill your motherboard

Another upgrade to consider if you don't have it done already is SSD drive. Makes the biggest difference off all .

ibDennis

Cheers Joeface:-)

That doesn't look too hard to do, I have all the required tools:-D.

I Was contemplating the SSD, get a 250gb for the os. Would be sweet if I coud get that to run on a dimension 9200