On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:37:23 -0800 (PST), M
<mspencer_home.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I built a Vista media centre PC with the following components
>
>SAMSUNG SH-S182M LIGHTSCRIBE DVD-WRITER
>INTEL PENTIUM D PROCESSOR 915 2.8Ghz
>SAMSUNG 205BW 20.1" TFT MONITOR
>LOGITEC CORDLESS DESKTOP/MOUSE EX110
>ANTEC TRUEPOWER TRIO 550W ACTIVE PFC
>SAMSUNG SPINPOINT P120S 250Gb HARD DRIVE
>INNO3d NVIDIA GEFORCE 7300GS GRAPHICS CARD (256Mb)
>GEIL DDR2 ULTRA DUAL-CHANNEL PC6400 800MHz SYSTEM MEMORY (2x1Gb)
>ANTEC NINE HUNDRED ATX PC CASE
>ASUS P5W DH DELUXE DIGITAL HOME ATX MOTHERBOARD
>PINNACLE PCTV DBV-T PRO TV TUNER
>
>Im not interested in spending hours fine tweaking clock speeds and
>voltages but am wondering whether there are a few relatively simple
>overclocking tweaks I can apply for some worthwhile performance gains?
>Any advice appreciated.
>
>By the way, POST reports my memory as DDR2-PC5300. If I change the
>BIOS overclock setting (currently auto) to manual and set the memory
>to DDR2-800 (which subsequently POST reports DDR2-PC6400) do I get
>faster memory performance?
>
>Thanks
Are you actually using the computer as a media center? I deduce that
you are, considering the TV tuner. If so, what speed problems are you
seeing with it? If the answer is "none, yet," then the only things
you'd accomplish by overclocking would be introducing the potential
for instaility and, possibly, shortening the life of components like
the CPU and RAM.
If it's a media-center PC that you're using for gaming ( and I doubt
that it is, considering the mediocre GPU you have), then enumerate the
problems you see, and someone might be able to make pertinent
suggestions.
>> Stay informed about: Overclocking for the novice (ish) 
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