overclocking my pc help....NOOb

i want to overclock . other forums are not tooo help full. i have a hp a6042N with a 19inch lccd monitor. the only upgrade on my pc is 2gb of cosiar ram. 1x1gb ram stick. it i THINK includes memory coolers. i think tha because it doesnt have the grean color like my old ones. 2 x512mb ram. 32bits 3gb ram

500mb videocard??
i dont know why but it says i have a 128mb video card but it shows up as a 500mb video card

my specs

Field Value
Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 1
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name (sumthing)
User Name ultra preformance

Motherboard
CPU Type Unknown, 2200 MHz
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset Unknown
System Memory 2944 MB
BIOS Type Award (03/02/07)

Display
Video Adapter GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Monitor HP w1907 Wide LCD Monitor [NoDB] (CND7050NMT)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter High Definition Audio Controller [NoDB]

Storage
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
SCSI/RAID Controller NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller
Disk Drive Generic- SM/xD-Picture USB Device
Disk Drive Generic- SD/MMC USB Device
Disk Drive Generic- MS/MS-Pro USB Device
Disk Drive U2120705 FLASH DISK USB Device (117 MB, USB)
Disk Drive USB 2.0 SD/MMC Reader USB Device (1882 MB, USB)
Disk Drive ST332082 0AS SCSI Disk Device (298 GB)
Disk Drive Generic- Compact Flash USB Device
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GSA-H20L ATA Device
SMART Hard Disks Status Unknown

Partitions
C: (NTFS) 256902 MB (161249 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 7859 MB (707 MB free)
E: (NTFS) 20478 MB (3278 MB free)
Z: (NTFS) 19998 MB (16410 MB free)
Total Size 298.1 GB (177.4 GB free)

Input
Keyboard Enhanced Multimedia PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Network
Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller (192.168.1.47)
Modem PCI Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP

Peripherals
Printer Brother MFC-240C USB Printer
Printer Brother PC-FAX v.2
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
Printer Send To OneNote 2007
USB1 Controller Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller [NoDB]
USB2 Controller Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller [NoDB]
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device

Problems & Suggestions
Problem Disk free space is only 9% on drive D:.

The first problem is that you need to identify your components correctly first.

If your RAM has metal/aluminium on them, then you most likely have have RAM with heat spreaders.

I suspect that your VC is only 128mb.

Everest: (shareware limitations, but still usefull)
Lavalys - Comprehensive IT Security and Management

GPU-Z: Details about your Video Card
techPowerUp! :: Downloads

CPU-Z: Details about your CPU
CPUID

SIW (like Everest, but free)
http://www.gtopala.com/download/siw-setup.exe

Since it's a HP computer, your overclocking *may/most likely* will be pretty limited by what you can do in the BIOS.

Try the apps and get to know a bit more about your PC before trying to overclock it You also probably have a stock CPU cooler which is not good to use for overclocking.

I'm not trying to be discouraging, but what do you hope to achieve by overclocking?

You won't be able to overclock anything on the motherboard you have cause HP locks the bios. You will only be able to overclock an aftermarket graphics card. Only certain brands from HP you can overclock.

For the most part, Branded PC's do not make good Overclockers because they use cheap Motherboards to begin with... this is all hearsay though as I have never had a Dell or HP pc but it is what I read on other forums.

AstaLaVista it isn't so much that they use cheap motherboards, it is more that they use motherboards that are the same as what you can buy. The boards may be missing a few features from the retail version, but the big one is they lock the bios from any changes like overclocking; and it isn't so much that the bios is locked, it is that those options just aren't visible. If you get a Dell or HP that has a motherboard in it that is identical to a retail board you could theoretically flash it with the retail board's bios and open those options up. Only problem with that is that then you will no longer have a Dell or HP computer, especially as far as Windows is concerned.

they get the same boards most others use, and have. yet HP disables many of the features. Overclocking is Not very realistic or possible with a HP,Dell, Emachines.. all those.

You're best bet is to get a new Graphics card.. and overclock it. for some better gameplay. and other than that your good as the new 2GB of ram was your best upgrade. as Vista needs 2GB to run "well"

Also, after reading your info above, you only have onboard video.. not an actually grapics card. so you can't overclock that either.

Get a new GFX Card.. like a Nvidia 8800GT, or a 9800GTX. and you'll be happy!

i dont play games. well kinda. but im kinda too old. i am a animation expert. working woth 3ds max studio 2009. it takes a heck lotta of cpu to run it. I need more cpu because it takes plain too long to render a 200 frame scene. i work by projeccts. i wan to overclock because i might get faster times.

but there is one mega question in my mind. should i just but a quad core and fit it in with my ecs mobo.? i always thought u needed a mobo that is strong enough to support ur cpu. u guy sound like that not true? so which is it??

a 200scene render takes me 8 hour i'v tried everything..even brinks tutorials.

As long as the mobo has the socket and FSB to support the processor you want, it should fit.

Your DXDIAG doesn't actually say what processor you have, for whatever reason, but lets say it's a 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo, a 1066MHz FSB. You could get the Q6600 quad core CPU and it will work in your mobo.

Another thing also is, and I'm not sure how much it will help, but you could look at getting a new graphic card too and installing CUDA drivers for it, which helps offload CPU intensive things and lets the graphic card render it, and it has proved to be a lot more efficient as a graphic card has say 128 cores in the GPU as an example of a 9800GTX+.

ok. before u leave. i have a amd 64x2 4200+ suppports 64 bits but i dont know how to upgrade. maybe another day

back to my question. can u tell me what cpu i can buy that will suport it?

oh yea. my graphic card is
NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
128 mb

also..um what the difrence from pci and graphic card. i see that pci card are cheaper

You could upgrade to a Phenom x4 if you want quad core, even though it's a socket AM2+ CPU, it will run in an AM2 socket, just not at the full speed an AM2+ socket can offer.

PCI cards are cheaper because they're older.

All graphic cards use PCI-E slots now, which are newer and can support faster cards. Your computer *should* have one, but I don't know 100%.

what do u mean?by am2+?

btw nice pc

It's just the name of the socket for the CPU. AM2 is the one that's in your PC at the moment, and AM2+ is the next one up, which was made for the Phenom CPUs, but the Phenom CPUs will still work in your AM2 socket.

oh. i always thought when u update ur cpu. u gotta update ur mobo

also if i do upgrade..will it just say i bought a 2ghz quad core. will it work at 2ghz all 4 core or will it be like less?

also do me a favor and tell me some exact models of phantom cores i can use

also can i use a intel duo core. i saw one running at 3.12ghz per core. can i??

will this one work..

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kiddieboy12 said:

also if i do upgrade..will it just say i bought a 2ghz quad core. will it work at 2ghz all 4 core or will it be like less?

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As long as you have the socket to support it, and a PSU powerful enough, you don't always need to upgrade your mobo.

It should use all 4 cores, the only thing that will run slower is the HT Link, which is the speed at what the CPU talks to the RAM. I don't know the numbers off the top of my head, but an AM2+ socket runs faster for the Phenom, so when you put it in an AM2 socket, it will run slower, but still faster than what you have now.

Do you know how powerful your power supply is? It's always best to check that as well when upgrading.


And thanks, I'm glad you like my PC