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Overclock (from 2.80GHz to 3.00GHz)
Name: Glenn_bmx Date: March 26, 2009 at 14:09:25 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: Intel Celeron 2.80GHz/1GB Subcategory: General
Comment:
hi, can someone tell me what to do(step by step in bios.......)? motherboard; asrock 775i65g cpu; intel celeron(R) 2.80GHz ram; 1gb thanks
Name: jam Date: March 26, 2009 at 14:39:33 Pacific
Reply:
What are you trying to accomplish? What do you expect to gain from a mere 200MHz overclock? That's just a 7% increase...do you really think you'll notice any difference?
1GB of which RAM...DDR266, DDR333, DDR400? And what about the video...are you running an AGP card or the crappy Intel integrated graphics?
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Response Number 2
Name: Glenn_bmx Date: March 27, 2009 at 01:15:14 Pacific
Reply:
Ram - DDR400 VGA - Nvidia 6200A
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Response Number 3
Name: jam Date: March 27, 2009 at 07:56:46 Pacific
Reply:
You didn't answer why you wanna overclock but if better gaming performance is the reason, you need a new video card, not an overclocked CPU. The 6200A is extremely weak.
I just had a look at the BIOS chapter in your motherboard manual & it doesn't appear to have the necessary options for overclocking.
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