How do i overclock an old cpu?

[maxilradstudio]

I have an intel pentium dual cpu e2200 at 2.2Ghz and i dont know how much overclocking is safe with a stock cpu cooler

At 2.2 ghz the cpu runs at around 95 degrees fehrenheit

[OsuMasterz]

erm, where's the cooler?

[maxilradstudio]

what do you mean? its on the cpu

 

[GDRRiley]

6 minutes ago, OsuMasterz said:

erm, where's the cooler?

do you mean what? 

 

2 minutes ago, maxilradstudio said:

what do you mean? its on the cpu

 

quote people 

what mobo do you have

[OsuMasterz]

1 minute ago, maxilradstudio said:

what do you mean? its on the cpu

 

You should have said Celcius, I got a little confused there. I recommend you swap out that thing because it's running FSB speeds which is a little old. If you can't tell us your motherboard.

 

[TheRandomness]

6 minutes ago, OsuMasterz said:

erm, where's the cooler?

 

3 minutes ago, maxilradstudio said:

what do you mean? its on the cpu

 

He didn't read the part saying Fahrenheit

[manikyath]

4 minutes ago, OsuMasterz said:

erm, where's the cooler?

95°f == 35°c.

 

on topic: i'm not sure if you can OC those at all, and if you can how much performance you'd even be getting out of it.

[maxilradstudio]

yeah i dont really know, it says the max CMOS ratio is 11 so...

 

[GDRRiley]

1 minute ago, maxilradstudio said:

yeah i dont really know, it says the max CMOS ratio is 11 so...

 

quote people. what motherboard, boot into an os and get hardware monitor 

[maxilradstudio]

the motherboard is a ASUS p5gc-vm

[OsuMasterz]

1 minute ago, maxilradstudio said:

yeah i dont really know, it says the max CMOS ratio is 11 so...

 

Go into the bios and see if it's listed there, but it's probably not going to since its from the manufacture and they don't expect you to OC it.

[maxilradstudio]

I'm getting a new pc on thursday that has an i5 in it so i'll keep updating

 

[OsuMasterz]

1 minute ago, maxilradstudio said:

I'm getting a new pc on thursday that has an i5 in it so i'll keep updating

 

Well don't even bother OCing it then lol

[maxilradstudio]

well i just wanted to see what could happen

 

[NanoBaight]

9 minutes ago, maxilradstudio said:

well i just wanted to see what could happen

 

I believe that chipset supports overclocking but honestly it's so old there's not much of a point. It's not going to be stable most likely and the benefits aren't worth the time. Before you do any overclocking you should stress test it, if your temps get too high there's going to be limited overclocking you can do. If it's stable for a while then I guess you could go into the BIOS and up the multiplier and vcore a bit but don't expect to go far. The Q6600 was a decent CPU and still manages to run moderately with some overclocks, I'd grab one of those for $20 off ebay if you want to see any actual change. 

[maxilradstudio]

Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[mikepro1015]

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