over clocking

does anyone no how far i could over clock my pc before it wood overheat? it has on the motherboard places to put jumpers to overclock it up 2 333mhz.
my pc has a large heatsink and a fan. it's very slow and i wanted 2 get more out of it until i can afford something faster. also does anyone no how 2 overclock ram? i have no clue. i read somewhere that u have 2 cool your ram some how too. I'm running windows xp home.

Thanks



intel pentium 2 233mhz
motherboard is a Dell Optiplex GXa 233L EM
3 sticks of 64mb pc100 sdram

 

that is you PC don't know about a CPU that weak

but try 3rd party software to overclock

but make should you have good ventalation



ever thought of building one

i built my PC

3.2 Ghz Celeron(OVERCLOCKED TO 3.5Ghz)
512 MB RAM
FOXCONN M/B
other parts gotten from a 6 year old PC

 

try this in the overclocking forum; mods, could u do this for him? pweeeeease

 

Propiretory motherboards (like Dell) are not able to OC in most cases. (some you can change FSB). and changing mobos is a nightmare. My suggestion is save your money and built your own comp.

 

Ouch! No wonder your system is slow! The OS you have installed is TOO MUCH for your hardware. Overclocking isn't going to help much, if at all!

Since you have a Windows XP license, you should consider installing Windows 2000 on your box. The license is compatible (ie won't cost you anything - you can legitimately install 2000), and the operating system much less resource intensive.

In either case, I would suggest that you follow the instructions in the My Computer Is Slow thread. This will show you how to lower the demand on your legacy hardware.

 

imo buy a 512MB of DDR RAM.

 

I agree with the recommendation to install more RAM, but SDRAM in these quantites is hard to come by, and expensive. I would not recommend that you buy these retail. Its just not cost effective.

You are probably best off saving for a new system altogether.

 

i really need a new system, but i cant afford it rightnow. i dont have a copy of windows 2000 but i think i know someone who has one.

my motherboard has jumpers on it that say 233, 300, 333. i put a jumper on 333 and i checked my cpu speed and it had speed up. i took it back off because i didnt no if it wood overheat.

when i got the pc it only had 128mbram. i got it for free and all it cost me was a used moniter for $15.
i want 2 build my own system but i cant even afford that!
thanks for all the suggestions!