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gabeoravitz
i am doubting it, but does anyone know a way to overclock a Dimension E520? Dell's stupid BIOS is worthless. thought maybe there was an app somewhere. i managed to get all hardware working in OS X, just wanted to push it a little more. i've heard good things about overclocked core 2 duos.

thanks!

Dimension E520N
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13GHz
1GB PC2-5200
250GB SATA
PCIe GeForce 7300 LE, full acceleration working
Mac OS X 10.4.9/8.9.1
aquanutz
The bad thing is that you won't be able to with Dell's crippled BIOS. sad.gif Look into what exact board it is and see if there is a flash for a different bios to it. That's the only thing I can think of.

And yes, these chips OC like none-other, I love them.
vbetts
It's not just the bios....But, you honestly don't have the fastest ram for overclocking....You'd only get maybe 200-300 mhz per core out of it stable, even more on stock cooling.

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