Can you overclock a Dell?

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I just saw a great deal from Dell outlet.

A complete system including the E6300, 1GB DDR2, 160GB SATA for around $430

Now what would make this deal even sweeter would be if I could overclock the E6300 to at least E6700 speeds.

Any chance of that?

And voiding warranties is not a concern for me (never use it anyways).
 
No, everything good is disabled on their motherboards. (Short of some XPS models.)
 
Can you reflash the mobo? Who makes it, where is it from?

Can you also put another mobo in its place? The cost of the system without the mobo is still cheap...
 
Even if you could, what would be the point? That would be a Geo Metro owner dumping in a Super Charger....


No but seriously, everything is locked down on it.
 
ONly thing you can do is to strip out the parts and replace the mobo to overclock but at that point you probably should replace the ram since its crap for OCing then the power supply since it'll probably suck and then the case...

in the end it isn't worth it. Dell's are awsome workstations but thats about it.
 
Yes, and no.

You can't overclock the using the bios because it is locked. However I remember there being pin-mods available that raised the fsb and therefore the clockspeed. I don't know if it works with newer Dell's though.

I'm thinking maybe you can do a pin-mod to raise the fsb up to say 1333? That would give you 1333x8=2660mhz.
 
You can replace the mobo, but at people have already said, it's pretty pointless unless you overhaul the entire thing.
 
Dell motherboards are custom, so a new one probably wouldn't fit in the case properly.
 
NO. even if u flash the bios, u'd still get a dell bios. that's why everytime u boot u'll see the dell logo embedded on the bios boot up. their bios is especifically made for their PC and particular model.
 
rysher said:
NO. even if u flash the bios, u'd still get a dell bios. that's why everytime u boot u'll see the dell logo embedded on the bios boot up. their bios is especifically made for their PC and particular model.
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uhhhhh..... no, if somehow you manage to flash the BIOS with some other type, you'll most likely get NOTHING...... not a dell logo, not a BIOS sequence, NOTHING......
 
Sure, you can overclock a Dell.

If you've got a Dell XPS7x0 series, that is. It's right in the BIOS under "Performance" and "CPU Clock Speed"

Any other Dell, nope.

Replace the motherboard - not a good idea. Even though most recent Dells use a regular ATX power supply, and some Dell mobos use an almost ATX footprint, the front panel connectors still use a proprietary format, as are the CPU coolers (I think - my 8400 was like that).

You're much better off buying the separate parts yourself.
 
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