Hi guys, Just purchased an HP Elite e9180f with an I7-920 proc, is there any way to overclock this ? i know the bios does not allow but maybe there is a solution ? thanks :( Alain from Montreal

You'd have to find a custom BIOS from a 3rd party. Since Clockgen is no longer supported and has been pulled from the author's site.

You'd have to find a custom BIOS from a 3rd party. Since Clockgen is no longer supported and has been pulled from the author's site.

Believe the site states Clockgen will be back soon.Jim Harnes

That message dates back to 2007. The app itself is of course still available for download elsewhere, but without updates it will never support modern clockgen ICs which means no i7 support.

Quite honestly, IMHO, if you are adance3d enough to ponder, you ought to be able to assemble your pc to overclock much more easily.

Thank you all for your answers !I am able to build my own system but every time i spec one out, there is a comparable HP at much lower cost...This time i paid $1495 cdn and couldn't get under $2200 building it...I guess i wil wait a year and get an I7-975 when prices drop a bit...

That is very very unlikely. I have been building for many years and have yet to see a major company computer come out even close to the building price. Look carefully at the component specs of the build vs the HP. Many may have similar names but be very very different.

Well, i do not know about USA but in Canada, that is what i realized :roughly: processor just under $400, case $130, memory 9gb $375, motherboard $269, HD 1to $120, Nvidia 250 $175, 500w min Power supply $95, Vista 64 oem $235So i am roughly $400 lower..... plus i have a 15 in 1 card reader and HP Personnal Media drive (i own 2) socket that i use for back up and free Windows 7 upgrade.I must say that it was close, at $100 to 200, i would have built it.... :(

Seems like Micro Center has the computer you are talking about for $1,200. Pavilion Elite e9180f. I don't know what MB is in there. There are advantages to building your own other than price.1. You don't have to lay all that money out all at once. You can build it in stages.B. HP uses a recovery partition rather than discs. I know from experience that even if you make recovery discs, and then upgrade the MB or processer, you will not be able to reformat from the discs. Only from the partition. And if the HDD goes south...I own two Compaqs. I probably won't buy another computer. The only OE parts left are the OS HDDs and optical drives. I'll updrade componants and OSs.The price of the i7 920 just went down at Micro Center to $199. My higher wattage psu was less than yours. I'd go for a better card.Bob

Well, i decided to keep the HP but replace the motherboard with an Asus Rampage II Gene and a Coolermaster N520 to overclock the I7-920 :( will keep you posted how it went, i will try to keep windows intact on my hard drive without reformat...Alain from Montreal

Beware, OEM systems often have different motherboard and heatsink mounting hole placement so simply replacing the motherboard in your HP case may not be feasible.

Fortunately,The original board is manufactured by Asus (Pegatron) and i chose the Rampage II Gene wich have exactly the same dimensions and mounting holes. the only problem i had was to replace the front panel switch and light HP connector that was not in the same order as Asus diagram with 3 separate connectors .Now, i cannot boot from my original HP Vista install !!!! altough in the bios, all drives and DVD Rom are recognized, i am not able to boot from the vista disc to make a repair :( I am formating another drive and remove my original C drive to try a clean install instead :( Alain from Montreal

The short answer is, now you no longer have the computer that the recovery disc was made for, so it will not work. I hope someone will come along with a short fix. In the bios you may need to change the boot order to cd drive first. When I had this problem, there was some kind of IDE fix in the regestry that had to be done. That fix was part of a utility called "Ultimate Boot CD for Windows". Not for the faint of heart, though. Bob

Bob, i was refering to an original Vista 64 Ultimate CD, not the image from HP...I tried a single reformat hard drive, still no luck, gives me a "MBR ERROR 1" when trying to bbot from DVD ?? there must be something in the bios !Any ideas ? thanks in advanceAlain from Montreal

Change your boot order in the BIOS. The system is not booting from the CD, it is still trying to boot from the hard drive first.