Different question, same computer.

So some of you know what I recently asked and for anyone new reading this I'm now trying to figure out if the mobo on this particular Gateway gaming computer series is overclockable. I've looked it up and found nothing on the intel website and I plan to continue researching myself but if anybody knows anything please chime in. The particular computer is here

http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668284.php

the mobo on said website says its a systemboard with Intel X58 chipset.

It's a proprietary mobo designed to Acer/Gateway specs so it's flexibility isn't like one you would purchase alone. Tweaking this kind of mobo is in most cases a no go.

So some of you know what I recently asked and for anyone new reading this I'm now trying to figure out if the mobo on this particular Gateway gaming computer series is overclockable. I've looked it up and found nothing on the intel website and I plan to continue researching myself but if anybody knows anything please chime in. The particular computer is here

http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668284.php

the mobo on said website says its a systemboard with Intel X58 chipset.


http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/257928-30-gateway-6800-bios-update-gateway-unsupported

There is a "turbo boost" function where the extra cores are powered down and a single core is run above spec.

But as others have indicated, real overclocking lends it self better to buying your own motherboard, or buying a machine from an Indy shop.

Lets just say I bought a professionally built computer, and decided to buy this mobo to switch it out with.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188049

Aside from the fact that this mobo can be overclocked, the computer wouldn't have anything else about it keeping me from overclocking it right?

here's just my opinion, I think that gateway you're lookin at is going to be plenty fast enough for a while without needing to be overclocked. If I was you, I would consider a different motherboard as something you could do to it in the future as an upgrade, unless you can find somebody, if you can't do it yourself, to build you something comparable, except with components that that you want, instead of what gateway thinks you should have.
Right now I have a Q6600 2.6Ghz core2quad overclocked to 3.2Ghz on a gigabyte motherboard just using super simple overclocking software that came with the board. All I had to do was click on a button and restart my PC, done, a real no-brainer!

my HTPC motherboard: http://www.intel.com/assets/pdf/prodbrief/dg45id_product_brief.pdf
my gaming motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358

Lets just say I bought a professionally built computer, and decided to buy this mobo to switch it out with.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188049

Aside from the fact that this mobo can be overclocked, the computer wouldn't have anything else about it keeping me from overclocking it right?

Well, other than memory, cooling requirements, enough power from your supply.

If that's the board you want, why not get a custom build with that?

But with a custom machine you get windows with a generic OEM license, where swapping out motherboards isn't an issue. Buying gateway tends to get you the "gateway" edition that'll bitch if you swap out too much hardware, and MS might not permit the transfer. If it wasn't for this, i'd say buy the gateway and upgrade motherboards.

I want to build one, but we'll see, its not exactly up to me. I pretty much know how, and i have some very smart friends to help me put it together after i buy my stuff, but as i said whether or not i build one is still not up to me.