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Hi, so we were thinking about throwing out this ancient ass desktop and then I remembered it only has 1GB of RAM, and a Pentium E2180 and I was wondering, would it be possible to overclock it? Inetl's site doesn't have a max amount of RAM and I couldn't find anywhere where it says if it is overclockable or not. Any help? 

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yes but only if the motherboard allows it.

most can do 2.5-2.6 GHz over the stock 2.0

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What Dell is it?

 

 

If it can run that CPU you can most likely just upgrade to something like a q6600 and it would make quite a nice system, you will not be able to overclock unless you use physical pad mods on the CPU itself.

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Most old dells' have a max of 4 gb, im not sure about yours so check the computer manual if you have it.

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btw dell doesnt make CPUs

they make PCs

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yes but only if the motherboard allows it.

most can do 2.5-2.6 GHz over the stock 2.0

The E2180 overclocks like a bat out of hell if you have the right motherboard, he won't be able to without physical mods so his best be would be a Q6600 which go for around $20 or even less on ebay right now, a Xeon X3220 is also an option :)

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Where can I find out if it is overclockable or not? 

your motherboard, that wouyld be looking up the version of the dell and and find the motherboard. if its not a p4x edition, not really overclockable

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Most old dells' have a max of 4 gb, im not sure about yours so check the computer manual if you have it.

Seeing it has an E2180 if the board has 4 RAM slots it will most likely support 8GB max (4x2gb) since it is a newer 775 chipset that is required for it, something the 945 chipset was limited to 4gb by :)

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Hi, so we were thinking about throwing out this ancient ass desktop and then I remembered it only has 1GB of RAM, and a Pentium E2180 and I was wondering, would it be possible to overclock it? Inetl's site doesn't have a max amount of RAM and I couldn't find anywhere where it says if it is overclockable or not. Any help? 

 

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CPU != Computer.

CPU = Central Processing Unit, the Pentium e2180 would be a CPU, not the computer tower or anything like that...

It might be overclockable, though that also depends on the motherboard as well.

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Does it depend on the chipset and CPU or just one or the other?

I most likely it will have the G31 chipset which supports overclocking but Dell is known to not allow this feature and will not have it avalible in the BIOS or through software unless it is through the FSB

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The motherboard probably doesn't allow you to overclock

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....... *Facedesk*..... now I need a new desk....

 

CPU != Computer.

CPU = Central Processing Unit, the Pentium e2180 would be a CPU, not the computer tower or anything like that...

It might be overclockable, though that also depends on the motherboard as well.

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I most likely it will have the G31 chipset which supports overclocking but Dell is known to not allow this feature and will not have it avalible in the BIOS or through software unless it is through the FSB

Okay, does overclocking depend on the chipset or the cpu or both?

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Hi, so we were thinking about throwing out this ancient ass desktop and then I remembered it only has 1GB of RAM, and a Pentium E2180 and I was wondering, would it be possible to overclock it? Inetl's site doesn't have a max amount of RAM and I couldn't find anywhere where it says if it is overclockable or not. Any help? 

Dell blocked overclocking a long time ago, so even though the hardware would technically allow it the software(in this case bios) won't.

 

As for RAM I think Sheldon is right with the 8GB limit.

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Yes. Why.

Yea you won't be able to overclock on that unless through a physical CPU mod, the motherboard is a Foxconn G33m02 but it does support these CPUs:

 

Intel Pentium Dual-Core 2140 (1.6 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)

Intel Pentium Dual-Core 2160 (1.8 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200(2.5 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)

Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 (1.8 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)

Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 (2.0 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 (1.86 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 (2.13 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 (2.33 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 (2.80 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB)

Wolfdale Core 2 Duo, E8400, 3.0GHz, 6MB, 1333FSB, 65W, E0 

Wolfdale Core 2 Duo, E8500, 3.16GHz, 6MB, 1333FSB, 65W, C0

 

You can do a physical mod like this to overclock http://www.overclockers.com/intel-lga775-pad-modding/

 

 

Your best be it pick up a 3Ghz Core 2 Duo, they are dirt cheap on Ebay and Amazon and would make a very big upgrade over the E2180

 

Less than $10! http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0019NKGR4/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1449291490&sr=8-1&keywords=Core+2+Duo&condition=used

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Dumb ass. Read the previous comments.

 

I'm the dumb ass? Pretty sure I'm not the one who wrote "Old Dell CPU".

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Yea you won't be able to overclock on that unless through a physical CPU mod, the motherboard is a Foxconn G33m02 but it does support these CPUs:

 

Intel Pentium Dual-Core 2140 (1.6 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)

Intel Pentium Dual-Core 2160 (1.8 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200(2.5 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)

Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 (1.8 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)

Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 (2.0 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 (1.86 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 (2.13 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 (2.33 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 (2.80 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB)

Wolfdale Core 2 Duo, E8400, 3.0GHz, 6MB, 1333FSB, 65W, E0 

Wolfdale Core 2 Duo, E8500, 3.16GHz, 6MB, 1333FSB, 65W, C0

 

You can do a physical mod like this to overclock http://www.overclockers.com/intel-lga775-pad-modding/

 

 

Your best be it pick up a 3Ghz Core 2 Duo, they are dirt cheap on Ebay and Amazon and would make a very big upgrade over the E2180

 

Less than $10! http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0019NKGR4/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1449291490&sr=8-1&keywords=Core+2+Duo&condition=used

Okay what if I just keep the CPU and just buy a different board, would I be able to overclock?

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