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I'm having to use my old PC whilst trying to fix/upgrade my proper gameing PC.
My old PC Specs: EI System model 402 running W 7 Home Premium SP 1 64 bit OS
GPU GeForce 8600GT RAM 4Gb CPU Intel Celeron 440 @ 2GHz 1995Mhz 1 core.
On my Windows Experience Index, the CPU is the lowest rated item at 4.2
I know it's a very limited chip and I'm wondering if it's worth overclocking it?
Would I gain any significant performance increase? and as it's cooled via a fairly small aluminium heat sink with a 80/100mm fan, would any extra heat generated need addressing?
 
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It's not worth overclocking because it won't really make a 'real world' difference. Your experience with the computer will still be as slow as ever.
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It's not worth overclocking because it won't really make a 'real world' difference. Your experience with the computer will still be as slow as ever.
 
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Thanx RickMa. Thought that would be the case.
 
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Yes its "worth" overclocking I was running Q6600 at 3.4 ghz (stock 2.4ghz) for many years.. Well its still being used at 3.4.. but not by me.
Well you don't want heat to get the better of the CPU so you might want to monitor how hot it goes under 100% load before and after overclocking.
Significant performance increase.. well yes and no.. your computer is allways as slow as your slowest component (usually the HDD if you are using non SSD).
 
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We're talking about a single core celeron processor here... Not a quad core or even a dual core. Even for web browsing single core just plain sucks. When you move up to dual core everything is way better.

 
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Not sure I can Overclock it. I'm currently looking to upgrade the CPU to an Intel Pentium D 960 dual core 3.6GHz while I try to either sort out the gameing PC or save enuff to buy a more modern gameing PC. I've tried the GTX295 in my old Foxconn 45CM Mobo, but all the screen info went green! It wasn't happy with that, but maybe it was bottlenecking due to the Celeron, or it could be the BIOS version (currently looking to update) or this old Mobo just won't support it! Anyway, managed to get it to accept an old GeForce 8800GTX and I can now run some games on ultra high! So, some good news in an otherwise frustrating scenario. :)
 
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The Pentium D might help with regular web browsing. What games are you playing exactly?

 
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I guess Max Payne 3 is one of my most demanding games, along with Ghost Sniper 2 and probably the Dead Space's. Also, Tomb Raider, Payday's 1 & 2, Insurgency, Batman's, Assassins Creed's, Fallout's, and most recently Skyrim. It's fair to say tho, that the lack of a decent gameing PC influences the games I buy.
I may hold off on the old PC upgrade as I've had a very good and affordable rebuild suggestion for the busted gameing PC, so if those parts are available I should spend my time and money on that as it will give me a better setup than I've had so far. I'd love to try and future proof my system, but what with More's Law and my limited budget, I'm not confident of being able to do that.:)
 
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