Using Tape To Overclock an Old Optiplex

If your old OEM system lacks the bios features to overclock a CPU, then you might want to try the electrical tape method. By simply sticking tape over a couple of processor pins you should be able to increase the clock speed, but does it work and is it stable? Let's find out!
Today's system includes the Q6600, 8GB DDR2 and a GT 1030.
Twitter: RGinHD
Thanks for watching :)

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

Back in my day we used graphite pencils, interesting result, and great video as usual :D

[@voltadynam7cs705]

hey Budget-Builds Official

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

VoltaDynam7cs: Yo

[@voltadynam7cs705]

Enjoy your vids man, am a subscriber, still remember that awfully toasty GTX 480...

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

VoltaDynam7cs: Well the next video sure is toasty too... I have something special coming up for 1k subs in the next few weeks.

[@voltadynam7cs705]

Toastier than a 4-way R9 Fury Crossfire?

[@Coldministrator]

This is called BSEL Mod, however it does not actually change the Multiplier but the FSB and Bus Speed. For the Q6600 the FSB jumps from 1066 to 1333 as you can see in CPU-Z. (Original Bus Speed = 266 --> 266x9 = 2.4GHz, Modded Bus Speed = 333 --> 333x9 = 3.0GHz)

[@obvious_humor]

Coldministrator How does that work on a technical view? like, what do those two pins control, and how does simply covering them work? In modern architectures there are base clocks and multipliers controlled by the BIOS, so is the bus speed determined by a CPU response somehow?

[@Coldministrator]

There is a total of three BSEL pads / pins on 775 processors and motherboards. I belive BSEL is short for "Bus Select" They are used so the motherboard knows what Bus Speed the CPU is designed for. For Bus Speed 266 the CPU pulls all three of those pads to "High" or binary 1. A CPU with Bus Speed 333 only pulls the BSEL2 pad to "High" while the other two remain "Low" By covering the two pads for BSEL0 and BSEL1 on the CPU, the motherboard belives the installed CPU is designed for Bus Speed 333 and runns it at that speed. That is all the information i have, i hope this answers your question.

[@CompatibilityMadness]

It's Intel QX6000/Q6000 series Spec Sheet info at it's finest :) How this works : LGA 775 CPU tell's MB how to clock it (front side bus), by using High/Low signals on BSEL pins. They are factory set, but because same CPU die is used in faster CPUs (in case Kentsfield, QX6850/QX6800), you can force/trick BIOS into clocking slower FSB clocked models higher (as ast as fastest option available in spec sheet). Problem with BSEL mod is two fold : 1) Motherboard has to support higher FSB "by default". 2) Frequency jump can be high enough to destabilise CPU on stock Vcore (can be bypassed by VID moding). 3) Some motherboards may require two pins taped for this mod to work. Others just one, and few motherboards may require complete ground route (ie. using alutape or "silver pen" between BSEL pins and grounding pins). BSEL method can be used on all LGA 775 CPU's that support higher FSB speeds in Spec Sheet.

[@Coldministrator]

@Compatibility Madness : I love your vids! Especially all the Pentium Extreme Edition Stuff! (subbed a few month back, if not a year ago by now.) You got me interested in netburst e-waste and ever since i discovered you i have been playing with the idea of dual Xeon 5050s just to see if 4c8t of the worst possible architecture can still be usable :P Keep it up man!

[@KitKatFresse]

Thanks for posting this, i just wrote pretty much the same before i found this comment... Also VID modding is usually a whole lot more complicated than just soldering a variable resistor between the feedback of the voltage controller and ground, i only ever did VID mods on boards where i couldnt figure out the OVP circuitry to raise the max possible VCORE a bit (might just be me beeing stupid or TYAN not using the example circuits from VC datasheet...) :)

[@Broskibrother]

This raised my framrate in csgo from 50-55 to almost 70-80 consistently with a q8400

[@obvious_humor]

Stuff like this and the 771 mod blow me away with how old hardware responds to something as simple as stickers.

[@thomassmith4999]

Yeah if you find the right motherboard you can do a low wattage quad core 3ghz Xeon.

[@joannaatkins822]

Magnificent! You've saved me a whole heap of hassle :D You actually CAN overclock on a Dell 755 motherboard using a Front Side Bus multiplier program, which I was actually going to do (and may still do to squeeze out extra performance, many Q6600 chips can hit 3.6ghz or more stable in a Optiplex), but as a quick and simple mod, this is incredibly tough to beat :D Thank you for sharing this video and method with us all!

[@trolco]

Phil Atkins have you used setfsb?...because i tried to find the right pll for my dell optiplex 760 dt (0d517d) mobo...but every tries failed...i underclocked every time🤔

[@joannaatkins822]

Roland Tibold Dang that sucks! No I haven't tried that one. It's a pain in the bum to get the correct code from your motherboard for these programs to load properly. My advice would be to try this tape method, and see if you can live with the performance boost it gives you. If the tape mod doesn't work, have another go at setting the FSB with a different program; sometimes open source software gets coding a little wrong, so you end up underclocked.

[@trolco]

Phil Atkins if this vid would have been earlier made, i could save about 10 dollars and much of modding from 771 to 775(next cpu will be x3363)

[@joannaatkins822]

Roland Tibold Ahh, that is a bummer, but playing with computers and having fun modding them is a great deal of fun regardless. I'm building a 755 optiplex for a friend at the moment, and honestly it's more fun than my AMD FX system. The next big thing for me is finding the best graphics card that operates at 25W or under :/ I wish you best of luck with your builds, it sounds like you have your hands full...

[@trolco]

Phil Atkins wicked sick!a vga-card with only 25w tdp?...i have no wide sight at this article...and lp? one more handicap, but rgh showed an alternatitve for your problem in a previous vid. My choose was powercolor r7 240 2gb ddr3 lp (not so overkill near my e8400...dota2 720p low, gpu 90-95%, cpus around 80-85%, and fine cleanness inside the case, fresh thermal paste at the cpu and gpu)

[@thegreatcalvinio]

How to turn your CPU Super Saiyan

[@Felix-ve9hs]

Super Sayan 333

[@lutyanoalves444]

U AM NO REAL SUPER SAND

[@SummonerArthur]

*This isnt even my final form!*

[@squarecrackers]

VIRGINYA NO SUPER SANDY MAN CAN STOP MY ULTIMATE FREEZIE POP!

[@mennobeer2213]

DarkSniper no one can stop my duct tape power

[@mundieafterlife6290]

I taped my Pentium D to unlock a hidden i7 7700k

[@TurboTFM]

same

[@a5anlly]

Mundie Afterlife dis shit old i unlocked the i9 with my intel 4004

[@thegrantmeister4114]

I downloaded some ram

[@kirizero]

I installed a 4tb nvme

[@DragonBallNOW]

I overclocked my PSU.

[@aivarasgaizauskas9125]

Next day playing the games on that pc be like: wtf, why did my fps just dropped so much? Ohh crap, I think tape has melted...

[@RandomGaminginHD]

galaxy_ dust haha shouldn't melt. read stories of people who left tape on for years until they upgraded

[@aivarasgaizauskas9125]

RandomGaminginHD lol, that was supposed to be a joke

[@RandomGaminginHD]

galaxy_ dust I know, but I wanted to explain anyway just in case anyone wants to try this out for as long as possible

[@yosyp5905]

The reason why it shouldn't get soft is because down there there is no used current. It all flows up to the CPU and usually the heat stays just over it and does not transfer on the bottom where the pin are.

[@datboi9590]

+RandomGaminginHD why not use kapton tape? Its used on electrical transformer windings, so is heat resistant and has excellent electrical insulation... better than the electrical tape?

[@Tryp]

An alternative method is to put your PC over a clock.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Trypticon8 can confirm working

[@KrazyKube]

RandomGaminginHD lmao

[@tinyguy7064]

Soban Mustafa no it's over(a)clock

[@bjorndethij]

sure. I run mine like that for a couple of months already

[@schmup]

What.

[@HSK18]

you can also tape 2 dual cores to get the power of a quad core 100% legit

[@unknowngamer7325]

Blue Redox ...

[@jaydumon2784]

Blue Redox why wouldn't you just download more ram?

[@canespastico]

the pentium D was made this way

[@UltaMinecraft]

Mr Hyde Add and remove microtransistors that are under a millimeter in length, width, and height?

[@Kyros9119]

The Q6600 was made that way

[@dwarfysam]

Whenever I get the notification from this channel I instantly drop everything and watch

[@MCMonsterbuilder]

I tried it on my last budget build when I saw it in the comments of one of your videos. Worked like a charm. You don't even need both pieces of Tape. I only put one on mine. The system is super stable. I ran it like 5 hours with prime95 just to test. Before that I had tried setFSB but it crashed the system at like 2.8 GHz because of the simultaneous Ram overclocking you get with setFSB

[@marsin23]

I just recently OC'ed my Q8300 from stock 2,5GHz to a whooping 3,2GHz - runs like a charm on 30$ air cooler, and a low-end mobo P5Q-EM. Also I'm running MacOS Sierra which is a double win :-) Definetly will try to push my CPU further.

[@TornadoGaming565]

When he was first like "Tape method" I was like what the heck!! putting tape over your Pc "Must work!!" Until i notice.

[@MrSpud9000]

love how short and to the point your videos are

[@truthbetold7771]

I bought a Dell Optiplex 780 Sff and it was my first low budget computer i have ever bought. Little did i know i wasn't permitted to alter anything through the bios. After making days and days of research i came across this video and it worked phenomenal on my Core 2 Duo E8400. Games run more smoothly but i do want to say that this tape method does not work for the Intel Pentium e5800. My computer did not want to start at all. Anyways, thank you for making this video buddy and hopefully there are more to come!

[@hadinajdi1753]

I like your garden, can i live there?

[@kenny-zc9ti]

Hadi Najdi no offense, but you wantrd to live on someone's garden?

[@rohitdatar3988]

LOL

[@thecraigcake2309]

Kenny but grass think of the grass

[@Alim2000]

You can also use Setfsb on older Optiplex systems but only with Windows 7. Got my old Optiplex 755 with an Core 2 Duo E4500 from 2.2 to 3.3 GHz.

[@guser436]

It might be inevitable that the channel might change but FRICK I love this channel where it's at right now. Thoroughly enjoying your videos for the past year. Keep it up - Hope your day is going great if you read this

[@PicsnMotion]

I've actually used the tape trick with my 2006 Mac Pro upgrade. I purchased much slower Xeons, put the tap on to increase the FSB, and now it runs at a 2.33GHz instead of the 1.8GHz clock speed. It's an awesome cheap upgrade.

[@kumarorvikas78]

Wow , It really worked for me. I overclocked my Intel C2D E7400 from 2.8 GHz to 3.5 GHz on a server Q35 chipset motherboard. It changed FSB from 1066 to 1333 MHz .

[@co6983]

Can't lie. I saw the title and was intrigued

[@SethanderWald]

and it wasn't even clickbait either! lol. :)

[@neflah9398]

I love the dell 775 it's so well build and the guys who builded it did but so much effort in this for example you can swap the floppy drive out and but an hard drive in and there is much more you can do. I just love this PC !

[@subsnotdubs9587]

Amazing. I just got a Dell 780 Optiplex cpu upgrade to a Q6600 and now I know a cheap way to overclock it. Thank you so much!

[@christianv32]

You can use nTune on some systems that have a non overclockable motherboard, it's what I use for my e-Machine 1333

[@chrisoverton8936]

all 775 chips can do this, as long as they aren't running at an fsb of 1333 or higher, and your motherboard supports up to 1333mhz fsb. Basically you can OC any of the 775 cpus running between 533-1066

[@MisterBlack83]

I've been using this for over a year now, no issues!

[@PikaStu666]

I did this to mine a few of years ago with my Dell Q6600. It's been running stable in my Mame cabinet with no problems!

[@jeremiahdayley6238]

will this work on an E7500?

[@ozmobozo]

you can find more information with searching ''Bsel mod'' and in my experience the best is q6600 dont try more expensive ones.

[@legioxiiigemina2845]

Özgür Salman it's only work with q6600

[@ozmobozo]

No it works with many 775 cpus. q6600 is the most stable

[@CompatibilityMadness]

Actually, expensive ones simply work on higher FSB already and BSEL mod doesn't do anything to them (Core 2 Extreme and 1600MHz FSB Xeons). For high multiplier CPU's, like E5700, a working "VID mod" may be necessary for stability (before doing BSEL mod).

[@KitKatFresse]

Only works for 266MHz CPUs, all it does, is to make the board think that you inserted a 333MHz FSB chip:)

[@haydenw8691]

1333mhz FSB Xeons supposedly go to 1600 with this mod. You'll need a very beefy cooler though, especially if it's an X5450, X5460, or X5470.

[@entillonshadow6870]

you still continue to make great content keep it up i love you're videos!

[@absterdam9795]

Just started a tech channel because of you - love your vids!

[@muuaz]

i am so early what should i say RGH is one of the best budget gaming youtubers in the world!

[@joshbrett6725]

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[@tanveersingh8290]

iam sending this video to LinusTechTips

[@zachlancaster1221]

;)

[@savitrirawat3100]

Tanveer Singh that guy is worse he doesn't knows anything except gaming.

[@tanveersingh8290]

+Savitri Rawat Really!!! Then how he does all the build guides,Techquiqe videos and manages his own company

[@savitrirawat3100]

Tanveer Singh Look friend, a company owner means he will definitely be a businessman, and mainly business might be his main profession earning his bread Building pcs , explaining about pc components at very basic kid's level is really not such a great thing. for example you took your pc for repairing to a pc selling shop the worker of the shop will even know that much stupid thing they can figure out the problem upto their knowledge basically in what they are good is selling not repairing like a magic wand no one will have engineering decree on their faces (servicemen are different) another thing is that we dont actually know whos the discoverer of this bsel mod or whoever have tried this is really really very great coz this is such an impossible looking task salute to those japanese enthusiasts as we talk about linus blah blah he might not have this much deep knowledge he might not have decree with him he just came up with youtube videos and have studied a little bit through internet.

[@savitrirawat3100]

Tanveer Singh hes just a youtube meme who is much overviewed as he comes up everytime you browse for gaming only because of his funny baby face and excellent quality videos

[@tw3nz0r]

Holy shit. I have a HP DC5800 (Kinda the same form factor) with a C2D, and 8GB of OCZ DDR2, I definitely want to play around with this system because of this video. Never heard of this. Thanks RGinHD!

[@cryangallegos]

omg I've had a pre-built HP q6600 system for 11 years now and have NEVER heard of this! I actually just recently had to get a new GPU and got a 4GB 960 for a steal and it STILL plays well. Will definitely try this out when I have the time!

[@krzysztofbohuszewicz5095]

Done! On My Q6600 and Optiplex 755 and BOOM In GTA 5 I got 20 fps more

[@mg86_]

what graphics card did you have in the optiplex

[@atcpadi1]

I'm gonna have to try this on my Q6600 rig!

[@deloke323]

did work ?

[@atcpadi1]

I'll try this tomorrow. I actually totally forgot to do this lol

[@atcpadi1]

@DawsonLikesToSkate well that's some BS

[@Salsajaman]

@DawsonLikesToSkate I have the exact same model RIP us. I've got the slightly faster q6700 at least.

[@jinkazama1272]

Did this to my pentium and made a rip through the time space continuum. Fortunately I had more spare tape lying around and parched up that interdimensional rift also. Thanks for the tip.

[@TDGalea]

I love seeing Optiplex towers in videos like this. I'm using my Optiplex 755 as a server, running headless Linux. Absolute beauty.

[@AliYassinToma]

did it 7 years ago it was a new thing

[@jordangogov5866]

me: RGHD, how to clean my CMOS ? RGHD: Just remove the electrical tape :D

[@madsonweb]

this is by far the best video in this channel

[@michaelwenek76]

How the heck do you do it? I can't turn away from the computer and you've got another riveting video posted!!! :) I am so jazzed for retro gaming that I spent the morning perusing Vogons and then this shows up!

[@trolco]

Some motherboards use the CPUID to calculate the CPU FSB and not the pins, this mod WILL NOT work on these motherboards. So that is the reason why the success rate is not 100%.

[@LouieV.]

You can overclock the core 2 duo E8xxx series with this method too. But you need a motherboard that supports 1600mhz fsb because if it doesn't, it won't work.

[@funnypranker34]

FOCU53R I got an e8400 but the fsb isn’t supported

[@LouieV.]

Sorry bro, you cannot overclock the E6550 because it is already running on 1333Mhz fsb. Core 2 Quads are easy to overclock because they run usually on lower fsb (800mhz) -> 1333Mhzfsb

[@TORENIII]

Q8300 works?

[@LouieV.]

Should work if your motherboard supports 1600Mhz Fsb. Q8300 is also running at 1333Mhz stock so you need a MoBo that supports 1600Mhz fsb

[@LouieV.]

Yup, you can hunt the old q6600's around 10-15 $ on ebay and with the tape mod you get 2.4Ghz -> 3Ghz which is still pretty decent overclock.

[@Connor19000]

This one is great! Keep up the good work!

[@pastalavista03]

Best overclocking tutorial ever !

[@ItsSahendra]

using potato to overclock my pentium D to 7ghz

[@cpufreak101]

Sahendra Mallick using flour to overclock a pentium 4

[@KitKatFresse]

Where does one get those magical -196°C potatoes from?

[@canespastico]

OR, how to build a nuclear reactor

[@kakaoncrack9841]

Ein me

[@voltadynam7cs705]

Using some dirt to overclock my Pentium III to 9.33ghz

[@maxmurden3063]

If you out tape on the other side, it gives the CPU 5 extra cores it's great!

[@TrueMegaManiac]

Definitely doing this for my students in the coming semester to show them how important research can be in getting the best out of your PC. Q6600's are dirt cheap so it's not like I'll have a problem obtaining one.

[@voltadynam7cs705]

Free i5's for all!

[@TrueMegaManiac]

Could do that considering we have about 10 or so loose 3570's lying around. Non-k unfortunately.

[@stillgaming]

Wow, this is nuts. Love it

[@Abdulrehman-cm8rx]

is the pin meme dead?

[@ghazik3656]

look's like yyes

[@antro1881]

Ghazik look is?

[@ghazik3656]

jahdu i fucked up again :D

[@antro1881]

Ghazik Ahahahha, happens all the time you know)

[@ghazik3656]

jahdu Im from Latvia and my english is very bad.

[@TornadoGaming565]

Is this guy sponsored by dell?

[@TornadoGaming565]

Where do you get your dell pc's

[@WaterInmyHands]

My guess is it just really easy to come by, Even when I look for 2nd hand stuff I more often than not find cheaper Dell stuff.

[@cpufreak101]

Pyrobaguette1 heck I got mine for free, came with a CPU I spent $30 on

[@squat224]

you caught him, Dell sponsored him by sending him an ancient workplace desktop.

[@505Condor505]

Sounds about right

[@MegaSmarthead]

I did that some time ago on my Packard Bell system, which had a Pentium. Worked like a charm.

[@HeroicGamerlolzies]

This is why I love this channel. Can you try glue as thermal paste next time?

[@omgitsmatthew1705]

Can you create a donation page where we can give you money to buy a new camera?

[@helenHTID]

This is a budget channel. Give him a good camera and you will be breaking a cardinal rule!

[@MichaelFlatman]

Doesn't work on the 745, just telling you in advance as that has max 1066 FSB

[@HappyWheelFan2013]

The best part is you didn't even have to tape up the middle pin because it's a voltage pin (which doesn't need messed with in this scenario). The pin nearest to the notch only being taped over has the same effect. Even more easy for people to accomplish now haha.

[@jerrybomcool]

Can't believe you haven't heard of this before, it's been around for years!

[@ImWillsZX]

What would i have to do to get you to build me a budget pc?

[@nicoshaines5076]

602 Likes 0 Dislikes, let's keep it like this

[@ashleyrose6438]

i have this exact processor, im definitely gonna try this!

[@MrNamegame]

This is amazing...I oughta try it with my Q8200 and Intel DG35EC once I get some thermal paste to replace the other paste with.

[@alemfejzic2354]

Is this PC for around 150$ expensive? specs: -cpu Intel® i5 2400/ 2500 -gpu / -RAM 4 GB DDR3 -250 HDD

[@markschwartz5614]

Frenkie Fejzic That seems like a good deal. What version of Windows does it come with? What is the make and model?

[@indoorjoker7285]

i5 2500's go for 150$ dollars cheapest on amazon (probs a better deal on ebay) but for a whole system it seems like a fair deal.

[@ItsSahendra]

Frenkie Fejzic it's a fried potato

[@deshis]

if you add a GPU, bigger hard drive and maybe another 4gb ram that'll be a pretty good PC

[@matteovukoja1240]

Definitely good.

[@alessio471]

My New specs: Core i5 2400 16Gb Dddr3 1333mhz ram Gt 1030 2 Gddr5 vram 250gb Western Digital Caviar Blue HDD 60 Gb ssd Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit

[@kevishader3561]

ALESSIO TULLOCH 16gb of ram is fucking overkill in a system like that, I mean, the 1030 costs less than the ram

[@alessio471]

Kevi Shader It is a Dell Optiplex 990 and I did not buy the ram. It came with it when I bought it on EBay for $50

[@kevishader3561]

ALESSIO TULLOCH Oh that's a good deal tbh. 50 bucks for that system is extremely cheap. You could sell those parts and have around 300 dollars after you sold them

[@alessio471]

Kevi Shader Yeah. I am actually planning to flip it, if you know what I mean.(sell it)

[@kevishader3561]

ALESSIO TULLOCH Good choice

[@adalaza]

I have a Dell Optiplex with a Quad in it that I have been meaning to part out. Might be worth a shot to do this trick.

[@EricFontenot]

I have been running this mod on an Opti780 full tower with a Q6600 for close to a year now. I can attest to the fact that it is stable with nothing more than replacing the aging thermal paste with new Dell OEM thermal paste. Stock heatsink / fan assembly. Add in a GTX750 (because it pulls power over PCIe), and it's a good casual game machine. It even streams decently to the Steam Link. I still find it appropriate that electrical tape is being used to patch out more performance from this aged platform.

[@GamesKiller16711835]

Here in algeria you can afford an i5 4460 and gtx 1050 ti 8gb of ram in a good case and a good psu for just 350$ can you do a video for it plsss !!!!

[@packzmanofficial9111]

GPU: GeForce GTX 1050CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHzMemory: 8 GB RAM (7.86 GB RAM usable)Current resolution: 1920 x 1080, 60HzOperating system: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Any tips on how to improve it anyone

[@legioxiiigemina2845]

romanator scullion take a i7 860 or a xeon x3440 on ebay or aliexpress

[@packzmanofficial9111]

THANKS!

[@nyetcyka3276]

tape oc ur cpu

[@soulsingxkill]

Love your videos!

[@GreenLemonGames]

I'm getting voltage issues with my motherboard when trying this. Is there anything I can try or am I out of luck? My system runs just fine when I turn off multi-core in the BIOS.

[@kanyegaming5296]

Dell = Hell

[@BoostedPastime]

Minecreft Is da bezt gaem That is literally my steam name

[@jodul6557]

Minecreft Is da bezt gaem dis man got his rhymes

[@truthbetold7771]

lol true

[@gizmoknow-how2022]

even though I don't own one, BUT WHY?!?

[@CortMarshal]

I overclocked my CPU by overclocking my CPU once, and it worked great, except it didn't not work great.

[@RFLCPTR]

Same Situation

[@luisgonzalez5482]

Judging by the little amount of dislikes, I say you helped a hell ton of people get their toasters to run faster. Including mine.

[@maltomeal3]

hey I just did this too last week but I only used tape on the pin closest to the notch, which if I understand correctly is the pin determining fsb. I think the other pin is the for voltage determination. I succeeded with with a Q6600 in an HP 6000 pro, but it failed in an optiplex 960, and was just turning off and on which now makes me think it might have needed that second pin covered to unregulated the voltage too. Thoughts?

[@iTzKomplett]

this is how you get likes on a comment

[@altayardicoglu5741]

RifleRud eww, unsub.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

RifleRud can't argue with that

[@violetashley6333]

RandomGaminginHD test this method with a xeon

[@jamesblackburn2988]

RandomGaminginHD WHAT SYSTEM IS THIS?

[@twentynepenguins271]

He is using a Dell Optiplex, presumably a 745 or a 760.

[@Abdulrehman-cm8rx]

I like my own comment because no-one else will

[@JULIANOPGPR]

i will dislike it :)

[@elmasteryu]

^ same

[@datboi9590]

+good content inc. lmao

[@Alina_The_Wolf]

Warning: You have reached the numerical limit of likes.

[@CukiErti]

Very interesting! Never heard of that before too.

[@zelji7222]

I remember recommending this on the $5 PC video 😎

[@TheRailer92]

Do all cpu's requier tape on the same points on the cpu or does this depencd per cpu?

[@jefgirdler7232]

Wonders never cease.

[@fvgod]

In my opinion better to show results one under other then both next to each other. Btw good video m8 ;]

[@lucianmoraru1335]

It still works. i just came across this during and SSD update on 15 no optiplex 755. nice :)

[@jorgealvarezjimmy]

that trick is the magic for old C2D and C2Q processors

[@Moreno6000]

And what if you put video tape on it does that work too

[@philipcooper8297]

There are not many CPUs, that you would remember, but I do remember my Q6600. Obsolete, but not forgotten.

[@123qwe321ify]

Keep up the great videos

[@kekw3688]

yo this is so cool i did not know about this gonna try this on my Q6600

[@bullfrog098]

THANK YOUUUUU, while I wait to get money to buy a q9650 (gonna try to overclock too 😂) I was able to overclock my intel core 2 duo e7500 from 2.93GHz to 3.46GHz 🙌

[@user-zi1ei8de2l]

How was the compatibility and temperatures of e7500? I'm asking because I have the same cpu on a OEM HP pc.

[@thatautogarage3644]

Is there a method similar to this for am2(2+) cpus like a phenom ii x4 on a oem system?

[@KIRBZVIDS]

Would this work on a core 2 duo 1.8ghz in a laptop that the cpu come out of or dose this only work on socket 775

[@TallGarage]

I covered only one pin to achieve the overclock, what is the difference covering the 2nd pin?

[@1redgod]

Any tips to OC a core 2 duo in the HP elitebook?

[@perpetualcollapse]

Made my Core 2 Duo a bit unstable and it blue screened a fair bit often. I’ll see what else can be done because it is actually over clocking it over 3 ghz. Cool that it actually works.

[@Caine117]

Are there a list over processor that that will work on ?

[@JezyYT]

Ive got one of these sat in a draw ! I wonder if you could do this on all intel non K chips

[@DaxtonAnderson]

I've been using this method for a few years now! I've upgraded to a new motherboard and case, but I was originally using this in an Optiplex 745 full tower. I went to upgrade the motherboard to one that supported Overclocking and the eBay lister lied in the description about the motherboard I was buying's overclocking abilities. This method was already done on my CPU earlier in the Optiplex system so I just kept it. Would have been nice to bump to 3.5Ghz since I got a T2 cooler with the build, at 3.0Ghz it never passes 45'c. My Q6600 is with with 8GB of matching DDR2 800mhz running in dual-channel, paired with a 240GB SSD and 3x700GB 10,000RPM server drives in Raid1. With a GTX 1050ti OC edition from Zotac to top it off (about a 20-30% Overclock at any given time depending how hot it is on the day). For GTA V, I experience some hiccups with loading textures at high speeds (C2Q series only supported SataII), but opening TaskManager and lowering the launcher priority to low and the game priority to above-normal I am able to load textures at real-speed. Without changing I couldn't fly a plane without going into the gap.

[@Zeloverevolution]

Daxton Anderson you need a board that supports ddr3, it will hold you back a lot. I'm running a q6600 in a ddr2/ddr3 board and it certainly plays gta v better on ddr3 than ddr2

[@quintonknight68]

Would this work on a intel core 2 quad q8400 cpu

[@MPdude237]

I went from watching Linus talk about a $22 Million dollar super computer to this. Liked it just as much