Overclocking the PCI-E Bus

[trihedral]

I was wondering how i overclock the PCI-E from 100mhz to 115mhz.

I have already tried going into my bios, but it shows nothing of editing a PCI-E bus.

I am currently at factory settings.

 

[iluvgillgill]

it will have a good performance inprovement ONLY if your graphics card is getting so much data to process that FULLY ultilise the PCI-E bus.Just run it on 115mhz and everything should safe and sound.

 

[trihedral]

I know, but how do i get started, im a noob and nows a few things on overclocking but nothing on CPU overclock.

How to get into Bios and edit the Fsb and 100mhz?

 

[iluvgillgill]

you press "DEL" or "F2" or "F11" it all depends on your motherboard.in the setting there should be a overclock menu.i think it would help if you post your whole system spec.

 

[trihedral]

its set at F2 for setup menue and F12 for boot menue.

In Setup menue i can pic which Drives to use and such but none where i can edit it that much.

 

[iluvgillgill]

can you upload a pic of your bios?is it a pc you bought from a shop or something?

 

[trihedral]

I bought it from Costco, its a Dell Pc. 3.2 Ghz Dimension 4700.

 

[iluvgillgill]

naa.OEM pc cant be overclock.sorry.bye!why dont you build a pc?
i live in london.need any help?

 

[Evilonigiri]

I bought it from Costco, its a Dell Pc. 3.2 Ghz Dimension 4700.

A PC that's a Dell or HP or some major vendor will normally lock every OCing option, so you can't OC.

 

[iluvgillgill]

isnt that what i just said?lol

 

[Evilonigiri]

isnt that what i just said?lol

No you said OEM pc. Someone might not know what that is...just clarifying things.

 

[Mugz]

I think they're trying to avoid RMAs and warranty claims that way.

 

[vibe]

I'm much newer to all this then the guys who have helped you so far but cant a BIOS flash sometimes unlock an OEM mobo assuming it is not on the most up to date version?

 

[Perp]

Yep. Some OEM machines still use reputable mobo on their machines. I know I've seen HP machines with gigabyte boards (if memory serves me correctly).

Sadly, I don't ever recall Dell using brand name boards but if it's an XPS Dell then they probably would.

Best suggestion is to check. If it's a brand name board you might be able to load a bios from the mobo manufacture (MSI, Asus, ect).