Overclock T7200 - Worth it?

Well, I wanted some advice before I did this.

I have:

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00 GHz 1.99GHz

I was just curious on if this is worth overclocking. I run games quite good, nearly all games I run maxed just fine, but I have always been curious about overclocking this CPU.

My questions would be:

1 - How much could I overclock and still be stable/mantain temps? (I run normal temps right now just fine)

2 - How much performance would I gain if I overclocked it to..? (See question 1) - And would this performance only work in gaming? Or gaming/general work on the computer?

3 - Is it worth it?

Would like to know what you guys think. Never actually overclocked anything before, but I can work Google quite well.

Was just curious on how much more performance I could actually get, if any, and if it would make a difference.

 

I wouldn't bother really....I have a 2 Ghz CPU too ( only that it's T5800 ) and all games run like gold....so CPU isn't that important really....if its a true C2D and has at least 1,8 Ghz it manages everything on the market
Even Mass Effect 2 runs very well on my lappy and as we know it has C2D 2,6 Ghz as recommended...

So I suggest you leave it, OC would be pointless and give you only higher temps and lesser your possibilities of undervoling the CPU

 

In response to your questiones one by one:

#1. How much you can OC your CPU depends entirely on your T7200 and RAM(assuming you are going to OC with SETFSB), most people should be able to squeeze at least 20-25% extra juice over the stock frequency, you should be fine as long as your CPU stays below 70 C.

#2. Depending on what you do with your computer, you may or may not notice the difference in performance. CPU-heavy tasks like HD video encoding/decoding could benefit from the OC the most, while you won't notice a difference in most of your daily tasks/general use(browsing, etc)
About gaming, it's also situational, most of modern games still rely heavily on video card, not CPU, a T7200 should do fine in most of the games. There are of course games that can take advantage of a higher clocked CPU (like GTA 4 and some RTS games), but those are relatively few in number.

#3. Once again, whether it's worth it depends on what you do with the computer, really, if you are going to have your computer decoding HD videos/running photoshop alot, playing CPU intensive games all day, then it's worth it. If you just use your computer for browsing/casual gaming, then I say don't bother.

 

1. Can overclock, but ensure keep below Tjmax of 105degrees under full load. This thread for multiple methods to get a successful overclock. Quite likely can go from 667 to 800Mhz FSB (2->2.4Ghz), a nice free performance upgrade.

2. A DIY ViDock running at x2 1.0 (if you have the right port layout) would be a nice addition to a CPU overclock. Your onboard 8700M could do the physX processing to give more realism to games.