Core i7: Overclock with stock cooling?

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koss

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Hello everyone!
Now that Core i7 is (officially) out, I can start gathering my shopping list for a new rig.
I am mainly concerned with how hot Core i7 920 is running, especially when overclocked.

I don't plan to OC it alot, perhaps to 3Ghz or whatever fits for 1600Mhz front-side (to max-out 1600 DDR3). Some review says that 920 runs pretty hot at that speed. I was wondering what would be a OC speed comfortable with stock Intel cooling. I know CPU varies per chip when it comes to OC'ing, but would like a ballpark figure.

In case I decide to buy non-stock CPU cooling, what would you guys recommend? I don't see many selections for LGA1366 yet...

Any input is appreciated!
 
Judging from the lack of response, perhaps I should've posted this on Overclocking & Cooling forum. Could a mod kindly move this to there?
 
im going to poke this in the dark lol :p
there's a specifically made lga1336 hs
then theres a few adapters

i think... if you turn the stock fan to a low tolerance of heat, and it spins up at the slightest temperature increase... you can push quite a bit

plus you aren't messing with much voltage yet around 3ghz (or so it seems)
 
3GHz would probably be doable on stock cooling. As a general rule, an overclock that's attainable with stock voltage is usually safe to run on stock cooling.
 
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