Overclocking my CPU

Just for starters i am kinda new to this overclocking buisness

the only thing i've ever overclocked was my graphics card, just recently and i got all that done, and its good and running fine but then i heard that it is possible to overclock your processor. I was curious if anyone new enough about overclocking proccessors to tell me if its possible to over clock mine thanx

my specs r

Operating System: Windows VistaTM Home Basic (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Inspiron 531s
BIOS: oC)Phoenix - AwardBIOSTeDell System v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Memory: 2558MB RAM
Page File: 1197MB used, 4146MB available
Windows Dir: C:Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10

my mother board is a ASUS M2N61 - AX

any help would be GREAT!!!!!

thanx guys =D

you cant Overclock Pre-built Pc's, (actually its only the end PC's that they allow you to overclock), this is due to the locked BIOS hence you cant change anything. it doesn't matter much in your case as you would need an arftermarket cooler as i doubt you would get far on what you have now.yoyo462001

[QUOTE="yoyo462001"]you cant Overclock Pre-built Pc's, (actually its only the end PC's that they allow you to overclock), this is due to the locked BIOS hence you cant change anything. it doesn't matter much in your case as you would need an arftermarket cooler as i doubt you would get far on what you have now.-GeordiLaForge-

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only QX6700 or Xtreme cards

in Australia theres only Q6600 or QX6850 and im not spending 800+ on a CPU so i went for teh Q6600 which you cant overclock, but i know a guy in england that has a Q6700 and he can OC that

and also just OC your GPU the CPU overclock as effective as a good GPU OC, and dell dont let you do that either, says it voids th warranty but i gueess you could OC it and then if anything happens to the computer and the perosn has to ome and take alook just put the clocks back to factory settings and delete/uninstall rivatuner or ntune or whatever you used.

and which is better rivertuner or ntune thanks

only QX6700 or Xtreme cards

in Australia theres only Q6600 or QX6850 and im not spending 800+ on a CPU so i went for teh Q6600 which you cant overclock, but i know a guy in england that has a Q6700 and he can OC that

and also just OC your GPU the CPU overclock as effective as a good GPU OC, and dell dont let you do that either, says it voids th warranty but i gueess you could OC it and then if anything happens to the computer and the perosn has to ome and take alook just put the clocks back to factory settings and delete/uninstall rivatuner or ntune or whatever you used.

and which is better rivertuner or ntune thanks

Lehman

[QUOTE="Lehman"]

only QX6700 or Xtreme cards

in Australia theres only Q6600 or QX6850 and im not spending 800+ on a CPU so i went for teh Q6600 which you cant overclock, but i know a guy in england that has a Q6700 and he can OC that

and also just OC your GPU the CPU overclock as effective as a good GPU OC, and dell dont let you do that either, says it voids th warranty but i gueess you could OC it and then if anything happens to the computer and the perosn has to ome and take alook just put the clocks back to factory settings and delete/uninstall rivatuner or ntune or whatever you used.

and which is better rivertuner or ntune thanks

yoyo462001

Ofcourse once your CPU is old tech than ya it will give you boost in most games.

[QUOTE="yoyo462001"][QUOTE="Lehman"]

only QX6700 or Xtreme cards

in Australia theres only Q6600 or QX6850 and im not spending 800+ on a CPU so i went for teh Q6600 which you cant overclock, but i know a guy in england that has a Q6700 and he can OC that

and also just OC your GPU the CPU overclock as effective as a good GPU OC, and dell dont let you do that either, says it voids th warranty but i gueess you could OC it and then if anything happens to the computer and the perosn has to ome and take alook just put the clocks back to factory settings and delete/uninstall rivatuner or ntune or whatever you used.

and which is better rivertuner or ntune thanks

Dark_Magician_9

Ofcourse once your CPU is old tech than ya it will give you boost in most games.