Will i be able to overclock with this upgrade?

[raider7656]

Im going to be upgrading my piece of crap dell mobo with a ASUS "P4S800-MX" SiS661FX to add agp support and overclocking ability.
My cpu is a p4 2.53ghz (133x19) northwood
512MB pc2700 ddr

will this let me overclock to 2.8 min- 3.0 max??

[de4dnightw4rrior]

Re: Will i be able to overclock with this upgrade?

... i think you can get around 2,9 GHz....

[Darthtanion]

Re: Will i be able to overclock with this upgrade?

Since you're in the market for a new mainboard anyway, look into something more workable. Wither the Asus P4C800 series or the Abit IC7 series boards are solid performaers and offer a great deal of stability. Bottom line... the SiS chipsets are generally not the best choice regardless of what you're planning on doing with your system.

[raider7656]

Re: Will i be able to overclock with this upgrade?

the only prob is that the dell case only fits micro-atx boards and i was hopin to keep the upgrade as simple as possible due to that fact that my dad is very tempermental about electronics (took me 3 months to convince him to let me upgrade my vid card).

but if a new case is necessary for wat i want to do i guess i can figure a way.

[Amd_Lover2004]

Re: Will i be able to overclock with this upgrade?

... i think you can get around 2,9 GHz....

The CPU is capable... but I doubt the motherboard is, since it is a SIS chipset dont expect a lot out of it as far as overclocking goes. I couldent find any reviews on it... probably becase not to many people are interested in SIS stuff, though I have seen one decient overclocking SIS based board(cant remember what chipset it was though).

[Darthtanion]

Re: Will i be able to overclock with this upgrade?

More than likely it will be. I don't know about your current revision of Dell machine, but I have heard several others saying that the pinout of the power supply is not industry standard, so you'd also be looking at a PSU in your upgrading plans. The new case would probably be the best alternative; I don't think thst Dell has made any other items purely proprietary, but be prepared for the worst.

[raider7656]

Re: Will i be able to overclock with this upgrade?

Those boards you mentioned dont really fit into my budget so how about a ASUS P4P800S-X. The Asus website says it has alot of overclocking features and it is very affordable.