I've been given the option to buy a Dell XPS420 with a Q6600 for 500$, overclocking?
As the title suggests, I've been given the option to buy a pretty decent Dell XPS 420 system with 3 gigs ram, Q6600 Proc, X38 Motherboard (BTX But still), 375 watt power supply, 320 gig hd, dvdrw, 19" LCD Screen, and a Radeon 2400 pro video card for 500$. I'm gonna jump on it as for the price vrs. parts it looks to be a good deal to me.
Here's my issue. It appears the only way that I can overclock will be through the pin mod to make its fsb run at 1333 instead of 1066, personally not affraid of doing this at all, or by using soft FSB. There have been "subtle" comments posted on the web that a custom bios could also possibly be put onto this board to give access to the FSB. Anyone know anything about this?
Also, I havn't been able to find out from my own research if this system uses a standard PSU or a "Dell Special" PSU. I'd like to know as I plan on ripping the 2400 pro out and putting my 4850 in, but 375 seems kind of low to me and I'd like to also throw my 600 Watt Thermaltake into it as well.
And finally, is this a good deal? Without the monitor, could I get the same thing for say 400? I don't think so, but I've been wrong before Lol. Thanks in advance.
As the title suggests, I've been given the option to buy a pretty decent Dell XPS 420 system with 3 gigs ram, Q6600 Proc, X38 Motherboard (BTX But still), 375 watt power supply, 320 gig hd, dvdrw, 19" LCD Screen, and a Radeon 2400 pro video card for 500$. I'm gonna jump on it as for the price vrs. parts it looks to be a good deal to me.
Here's my issue. It appears the only way that I can overclock will be through the pin mod to make its fsb run at 1333 instead of 1066, personally not affraid of doing this at all, or by using soft FSB. There have been "subtle" comments posted on the web that a custom bios could also possibly be put onto this board to give access to the FSB. Anyone know anything about this?
Also, I havn't been able to find out from my own research if this system uses a standard PSU or a "Dell Special" PSU. I'd like to know as I plan on ripping the 2400 pro out and putting my 4850 in, but 375 seems kind of low to me and I'd like to also throw my 600 Watt Thermaltake into it as well.
And finally, is this a good deal? Without the monitor, could I get the same thing for say 400? I don't think so, but I've been wrong before Lol. Thanks in advance.