[QUOTE="woonsa"]Alright, I'm thinking of overclocking my CPU but I'm very afraid that I'll screw something up. I'm currently reading this. Although I'm very sure I won't be able to understand all of it. If someone out there is a vet at overclocking I'll greatly appreciate any assistance you can provide. My specs are CPU 2.67 gigahertz Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 64 kilobyte primary memory cache 2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache 64-bit ready Multi-core (4 total) Not hyper-threaded Motherboard Board: Intel Corporation DG41WV AAE90316-102 Serial Number: BTWV10300QDS Bus Clock: 333 megahertz BIOS: Intel Corp. WVG4110H.86A.0007.2010.0302.1843 03/02/2010 RAM 2 x 2GB RAM DDR3 (3GB usuable) Power Supply Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 500W OS Windows 7 Ultimate (build 7600) 32-bit I prefer step by step guide and if possible provide links if I need to download softwares. I'll be happy if I can beef it up to 3.3 ghz. Thank you in advance. If your MB does support overclocking, just be cautious since it is not a simple task. Do it when you have enough knowledge on the overclocking section. Also, make sure everything's there in the BIOS. Overclocking to 3.00GHz won't be that bad I guess. And check whether you have sufficient cooling to push it to extreme unless you dont want it. I got the manual from a GS memeber, @swehunt. Find him and he'll help you if you need more info.
The HD6950 has a slight advantage over GTX 560. But some games give better performance with the GTX 560. One is good with some games while the other is better with some other games. Considering overall performance, the HD6950 is just the better one and of course, you can flash it to an HD6970. :D I'm going to buy a GTX 560 Ti since its a little bit cheaper and has just a slightly lower performance than the HD6950. :)
[QUOTE="C_Rule"]The 560 will still work with the C2D, but some games will see little to no performance jump. Your PSU should have a sticker on it, and on that sticker it should have the wattage.DJ_Headshot
Every game will see a huge performance jump assuming he's going from integrated since he didn't list his current gpu but games will not run as well as they could if the gtx 560 was paired with a better cpu. I do like to buy an Intel C2Q or i5, but the problem is.........I'm out of money! :P But I will buy it as soon as I get the needed money. I only wanted to know whether it'll be supported with the GPU! :)
Thanks @Firebird-5, I installed Malwarebytes and now everythings solved. I'm extremely amazed that my Norton 360 failed me for the first ever time. Does N360 also has spyware removal tools? Also, can I keep it with my Norton 360 in my PC or shall I need to remove it?
Just creating awareness but he can go ahead if he wants to because it is his PC and his decision after all.
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@MUR1217, thanks for the advice and @swehunt, thanks for the awesome help buddy! I think its not much dangerous as you said doing it from BIOS, but before I do it, I need to copy all you said to a paper and then do the OC stuff. And before that, I'll check the BIOS and see if everything's in the ready state. :D And currently, I have a 500W PSU. So, OCing requires increasing the voltage too? I mean, would it need to be over 500W to OC it? I'll stick to 2.5 or 2.6 GHz for OCing since you told it is possible without external coolers. And one more doubt. Will it overheat while playing high end games than the usual temperatures? Ok buddy! Thanks for your help, I'll contact you if I have any trouble. I'm not doing it right now but a few days later. No you should not need to raise any voltage for the small OC to 2.5-2.6Ghz, just raise the fsb and lower the ram modules. If you achive that OC stable i can guide you thru a more extreme OC if you like. :P But start small, even raising the FSB to 220 would be a good start. (11*220 =2.42Ghz) If it sucsess you just raise the FSB a small notch untill it become unstable, and unstable you back down a bit. It's a continious progress, but If your motherboard offer anykind of OC'ing you should get beond 233FSB on even the first try I would start there and touch nothing else than lower the Mhz of the ram and raising the FSB.
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