This ACER E700E D430A with a E4300 CPU overclockable ??

Hi,

I'm wondering if this PC can be easily overclock ???

www.tigerdirect.ca

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Anyone ??

Reply to waltereo

Most likely, it won't be able to overclock much, if at all. If you're looking to seriously overclock I'd suggest building your own.

Reply to SanjiWatsuki

Call Acer Support and ask. That would be your best bet.

If it can oc the stock cooling is ok cooling but you should look for aftermarket hsf. Also ocing will depends on ram, mb. The ram speed is ddr2 533 dont expect high oc core speed with this generic ram memory.

GL.

Reply to sarsoft

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If you're looking to seriously overclock I'd suggest building your own.

Good idea. Check the General Homebuilt section. You will find a good amount of info there about custome built systems.

Reply to sarsoft

Thanks for your response !!

I went to Future shop and play in the BIOS.
And there is no option to change the FSB and anything related to overclock !

Welll... The decision is not hard to take !

Problem with home build, you cannot have something under 600-700$(CA)
with the same spec as (for example) the ACER I talked earlier.

Reply to waltereo

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Problem with home build, you cannot have something under 600-700$(CA)
with the same spec as (for example) the ACER I talked earlier.

Say what?
Good OC mobo, 1Gb ddr2 667Mhz and everything else that the Acer has:

Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Allendale 1.8GHz 2M shared L2 Cache - $169.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115013

GIGABYTE GA-965G-DS3 LGA 775 Intel G965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - $134.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128018

WINTEC AMPO 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) - $64.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820161675

HITACHI Deskstar T7K500 HDT725032VLAT80 (0A33405) 320GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive - $80.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822145128

LITE-ON White 18X - $28.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827106041

Rosewill R624BLK ATX Mid Tower Computer Case+350W Power Supply - $23.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811147019

Microsoft CA9-00001 Black 103 Normal Keys 3 Function Keys PS/2 Standard Basic Keyboard and Mouse - $16.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6823109132

Rosewill RCR-102 52-in-1 USB 2.0 Card Reader with color Black - $9.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820223073

TOTAL: $529.84 US Dollars

Now, go OC till you faint

Reply to pmr

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Problem with home build, you cannot have something under 600-700$(CA)
with the same spec as (for example) the ACER I talked earlier.

TOTAL: $529.84 US Dollars

Now, go OC till you faint

Yeah, but that's CA$37,432.86 by my calculations.

You are very limited in overclocking with a cheap motherboard and in these systems the MB and CPU are 60-70% of the cost. If you don't want to go crazy you could probably get a cheap P965 mobo (~$90) which most people on this forum would shun and use an e4300 with its stock 200Mhz FSB. There are several models that can't go past 300Mhz or so, which is a pitiful 12% OC for an e6300, but a 50% OC for an e4300. For an additional $50-60 you could get a real overclocking setup though.

Reply to mr_fnord

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Problem with home build, you cannot have something under 600-700$(CA)
with the same spec as (for example) the ACER I talked earlier.

TOTAL: $529.84 US Dollars

Now, go OC till you faint

Yeah, but that's CA$37,432.86 by my calculations.

You are very limited in overclocking with a cheap motherboard and in these systems the MB and CPU are 60-70% of the cost. If you don't want to go crazy you could probably get a cheap P965 mobo (~$90) which most people on this forum would shun and use an e4300 with its stock 200Mhz FSB. There are several models that can't go past 300Mhz or so, which is a pitiful 12% OC for an e6300, but a 50% OC for an e4300. For an additional $50-60 you could get a real overclocking setup though.

your math skills seem pretty low to me:

529.84 USD=624.949 CAD

1 USD = 1.17950 CAD

And let me tell you that not every 965 chipset OC well. It depends on the brand of the mobo and bios releases.
And with integrated video, that's the best mobo he can buy.

Reply to pmr

Why newegg do not ship to Canada :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

Quote :

Problem with home build, you cannot have something under 600-700$(CA)
with the same spec as (for example) the ACER I talked earlier.

Say what?
Good OC mobo, 1Gb ddr2 667Mhz and everything else that the Acer has:

Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Allendale 1.8GHz 2M shared L2 Cache - $169.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115013

GIGABYTE GA-965G-DS3 LGA 775 Intel G965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - $134.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128018

WINTEC AMPO 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) - $64.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820161675

HITACHI Deskstar T7K500 HDT725032VLAT80 (0A33405) 320GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive - $80.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822145128

LITE-ON White 18X - $28.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827106041

Rosewill R624BLK ATX Mid Tower Computer Case+350W Power Supply - $23.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811147019

Microsoft CA9-00001 Black 103 Normal Keys 3 Function Keys PS/2 Standard Basic Keyboard and Mouse - $16.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6823109132

Rosewill RCR-102 52-in-1 USB 2.0 Card Reader with color Black - $9.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820223073

TOTAL: $529.84 US Dollars

Now, go OC till you faint

Reply to waltereo

just write down these components and make a research in your local stores. You'll find them just fore a little more.

Reply to pmr

You can overclock almost any brand name computer thanks to a small freeware called Clockgen, even when there is no FSB setting in the BIOS. An Acer computer will definitely look better than a system made of the cheapest components you can find.

Reply to stefhui

Don´t lead this guy to a wrong buy. He would oc like what? 200mhz?
No memory timings options, no ram voltages adjustments, we don't now the mobo's chipset, no locked pci buses. Instability would be all over the place.

Reply to pmr

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Don´t lead this guy to a wrong buy. He would oc like what? 200mhz?
No memory timings options, no ram voltages adjustments, we don't now the mobo's chipset, no locked pci buses. Instability would be all over the place.

True indeed. Dont use that program.

Here is a canadian site that has a lot of pc components.

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=13423

GL.

Reply to sarsoft

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Don´t lead this guy to a wrong buy. He would oc like what? 200mhz?
No memory timings options, no ram voltages adjustments, we don't now the mobo's chipset, no locked pci buses. Instability would be all over the place.

True indeed. Dont use that program.

Here is a canadian site that has a lot of pc components.

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=13423

GL.

Thanks I will look at it !

Reply to waltereo

It is a well know website for canadians so dont worry. They are legit. GL.

Reply to sarsoft

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