Vista - Dell 530 OC help

I have a stock dell 530 with q6600 CPU and a 0FM586 MoBo, should I OC and will it be safe with stock cooling? I went into the bios (phoenix 1.0.16) and there is no MIT setting.

Hi venom762 ...welcome to the x64 forums


you cant OC a dell my friend, the BIOS is locked down to prevent tampering.....
the ONLY way possible to OC it would be through windows via a few dedicated apps..... I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS!!

the problem you'll have is even though we may find you an app capable of upping your FSB, the board itself has no voltage control, so it will become unstable very quickly...

TBH if you wanna OC, grab a new 775 mobo, remove your Q6600 & replace with a cheapo C2D & build a dedicated OCing rig....



SK

yep, grab a new mobo if you want to OC.

Overclocking is not reccomeded with stock coolong either mate.

Thank you it looks like a good forum, and I did not know this thank you for the help.

No problems

Inspiron 530 is a failure . . . Dont even try to mess up with this computer. It will give you nothing but problems. Its outtta my experience as i work for Dell. Let the computer run as it is! Mark my words...

Hi venom. The dell 530 with the q6600 is a great overclocker, sorry you guys are unfamiliar with it.
There's a totally easy tape method similar to the old amd 'tape over the pin' method.
Here's a good tutorial with pics. enjoy
Dell Inspiron 530 Core2Quad q6600 minitower cheap overclocking - success!

if your talking about a BSEL MOD, its a lot of fiddling around for a pretty small FSB jump....IMO

though i'd certainly prefer ppl used this method than using OC S/W to change BIOS settings, this method ALWAYS ends in disaster....






SK

Thats the one...

Ups the fsb to 1333 from 1066...

Personally....

I wouldnt. But apparently its safe.