Overclocking i7 on Dell XPS 8000

Subby

Subby

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Yes, yes, I know what ya'll are thinking - "You bought a Dell? BLASPHEMY! Offffff with your head!"

But seriously.....

I want to Overclock this machine and I've done a lot of research on what affects overclocking and what needs to be taken in to consideration before overclocking. However, I'm kinda stuck on the part: "is my machine even overclockable" since I read that certain motherboards don't allow you to do that.

My motherboard according to CPU-Z is a 0X231R and my chipset is Ibex Peak P55. My CPU is an i7 860. My ram is 4x1GB DDR3 running at 1067MHz. My Power Supply Unit is a feable 350W.

There is of course a heatsink on top of my CPU. There is no water cooling system or anything of a similar nature.

Is this overclockable?

~ Subby
 
I'm guessing that since you bought a dell the features that would let you overclock the cpu are locked.

I am also a bit nervous about ocing on a 350 watt power supply. Seems like you will be cutting it too close for that PSU.
 
The i7 is powerful don't get me wrong - however, it's been a long time desire to get the knowledge of overclocking. Even if it's by 0.1GHz.
 
Subby said:
The i7 is powerful don't get me wrong - however, it's been a long time desire to get the knowledge of overclocking. Even if it's by 0.1GHz.
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Well if you really want to overclock build a cheap system and test it. Never buy any pre-made system as 99% of the time its locked you wont overclock it not even by 0.1GHz.Dell falls under the "no overclock" unless you want to flash using third party firmware that can leave your motherboard bricked and useless.

So on your next computer try building one...its easy and for what you payed for that dell you could have probably bought better quality parts (and a 500w+ quality psu).
 
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