Alright,
My ancheint freebie computer crashed earlier this year.. I was planning to build a Core2Duo build myself but since I was computerless I had to cop-out and get a prebuilt Dell to get back up and running right away. I'm mostly happy with it, but it's always kind of bugged me that I have a great OCing chip but no way to overclock it unless I spend $100+ on a new MB and case (Dell is BTX..).
Anyhow, I have the E6300 CPU. I was wondering if the 1333mhz FSB mod would work with the stock Dell MB -- anybody tried it?
I'm a little worried that it wont because AFAIK Dell only sells up to E6400 on this line so I don't know if they'd have built in support for a FSB that high.
I really want to try it but thought I'd ask and see if anybody else had tried it and failed or succeeded before I waste some time (and a few bucks on the rear window defogger kit..).
Even if it did work, it'd be a modest overclock as the multi isn't nearly as high as the E4300 but still, a few extra mhz for free is hard to argue with..
My ancheint freebie computer crashed earlier this year.. I was planning to build a Core2Duo build myself but since I was computerless I had to cop-out and get a prebuilt Dell to get back up and running right away. I'm mostly happy with it, but it's always kind of bugged me that I have a great OCing chip but no way to overclock it unless I spend $100+ on a new MB and case (Dell is BTX..).
Anyhow, I have the E6300 CPU. I was wondering if the 1333mhz FSB mod would work with the stock Dell MB -- anybody tried it?
I'm a little worried that it wont because AFAIK Dell only sells up to E6400 on this line so I don't know if they'd have built in support for a FSB that high.
I really want to try it but thought I'd ask and see if anybody else had tried it and failed or succeeded before I waste some time (and a few bucks on the rear window defogger kit..).
Even if it did work, it'd be a modest overclock as the multi isn't nearly as high as the E4300 but still, a few extra mhz for free is hard to argue with..