Overclockable core 2 duo prebuilts?

[butterfliesrpretty]

I've noticed you can get core 2 duo prebuilts for very cheap these days($30-50). Especially certain models that were designed for business use. I was wondering if anyone knows of any particular models that you could fit a video card into and were able to be overclocked.

The google has been no help at all.

 

[Quix]

None of them, those cheap prebuilt systems have motherboards that don't support overclocking. They'd be ok for surfing the web and Microsoft Office but that's about it (I've bought some for relatives). Also, they'd be a bit limiting for current generation games even with $300 video cards, which wouldn't really be worth it. As for brands, all the big ones make reasonable business PCs (Dell, HP, Lenovo), stay away from brands you've never heard of before and eMachines/Gateway.

Go for a Sandy Bridge system at least (2000-series Core)

 

[Vengance_01]

I've noticed you can get core 2 duo prebuilts for very cheap these days($30-50). Especially certain models that were designed for business use. I was wondering if anyone knows of any particular models that you could fit a video card into and were able to be overclocked.

The google has been no help at all.

The only thing I remember was a FSB O/C mod were use used conductive pen to connect certain pins which would tell the chipset Mobo to use a higher FSB. If the Chip was stable you were good. But I don't remember the era of chips this was possible on..

 

[Reanimation_LP]

The only thing I remember was a FSB O/C mod were use used conductive pen to connect certain pins which would tell the chipset Mobo to use a higher FSB. If the Chip was stable you were good. But I don't remember the era of chips this was possible on..

All of them.

http://www.overclockers.com/intel-lga775-pad-modding/

I've done it with a lot of success on a lot of machines.

Not all motherboards themselves will support it though if it calculates the CPU speed by the CPUID (I believe mainly Gigabyte boards do this)

Find yourself for instance for it, a Pentium E5800, pin-mod it to 266 MHz FSB, 4.2GHz easy.

 

[Vengance_01]

All of them.

http://www.overclockers.com/intel-lga775-pad-modding/

I've done it with a lot of success on a lot of machines.

Not all motherboards themselves will support it though if it calculates the CPU speed by the CPUID (I believe mainly Gigabyte boards do this)

Find yourself for instance for it, a Pentium E5800, pin-mod it to 266 MHz FSB, 4.2GHz easy.

Cool Thanks for sharing the link. Brings back memories