Hi there, new here, and pretty much new to overclocking, hopefully I'm posting this in the right section. I'have been reading about overclocking in the past few days, but still afraid to go ahead and do it.
Ok here we go, I recently bought a PC from someone, and want to OC it to 3.0ghz, let me know if it's possible with the current set up. I also need more help, atm I only know the basics.
CPU: Q6600 (G0)
MOBO: ASUS P5KC
GPU: evga 9800GTX 512mb
PSU: ocz stealth xtreme, ocz500sxs 500w
HDD: Seagate barracuda SATA 3gb/s (500GBX2 - i might take one out)
Heat sink: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
RAM:OCZ 1GBx2 PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM (PC came with crucial ballistix CL1118W.XM, not sure which ram is better)
Case: Cooler Master elite 330
Fans: 2x120mm (non Led)
OS: XP 32 bit (might upgrade to W7 soon)
Also a regular DVD-RW/DVD+RW Drive
I tried to list as much as I could, let me know if I should gather more info. As far as overclocking this, I just want to OC the cpu to 3.0ghz, I think my PSU might be the problem, even for 3ghz, probably not enough for anything higher.
The person I bought this PC, said he had it OC to 3.2 for about 9 months and was running stable. Only thing different was he had a BFG 8800GT OC 512mb.
Thanks in advance for all your help!
Ok here we go, I recently bought a PC from someone, and want to OC it to 3.0ghz, let me know if it's possible with the current set up. I also need more help, atm I only know the basics.
CPU: Q6600 (G0)
MOBO: ASUS P5KC
GPU: evga 9800GTX 512mb
PSU: ocz stealth xtreme, ocz500sxs 500w
HDD: Seagate barracuda SATA 3gb/s (500GBX2 - i might take one out)
Heat sink: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
RAM:OCZ 1GBx2 PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM (PC came with crucial ballistix CL1118W.XM, not sure which ram is better)
Case: Cooler Master elite 330
Fans: 2x120mm (non Led)
OS: XP 32 bit (might upgrade to W7 soon)
Also a regular DVD-RW/DVD+RW Drive
I tried to list as much as I could, let me know if I should gather more info. As far as overclocking this, I just want to OC the cpu to 3.0ghz, I think my PSU might be the problem, even for 3ghz, probably not enough for anything higher.
The person I bought this PC, said he had it OC to 3.2 for about 9 months and was running stable. Only thing different was he had a BFG 8800GT OC 512mb.
Thanks in advance for all your help!