500FSB, 3.5GHz stable on my Gigabyte 965P-DS3.
Using a Zalman 9500 AT, 1.4275 vcore, F7 bios, and no extra cooling on the north bridge.
*does fail prime after about 6 hours or so, stable for gaming though.
I'm assuming that the newest week will most likely offer the best results, however I've had mixed feelings on this after looking at some of the conroe overclocking charts. Can anyone recommend a week that's absolutely proven better then another? I work in a computer hardware store and have my...
Since i've been fussing over this the past few nights I decided to drop the extra coin for the Evga 680i board which should give me a pretty good shot at 3.5 with the 6300. I'll post results when I get everything, in the mean time i'll be eating mac n cheese for the rest of the year :p
Any northbridge coolers you might suggest? I have a Antec TPII 550 I was thinking of using, but may swap out for a Antec Neo 500/550 or Seasonic powersupply. I guess part of my question to is will the e6300 provide better bang for my buck? I plan on droping a quad core in the board once they...
I've been reading up on here alot past few weeks and have a general idea as to the answers of some of my questions already. Regardless, I think I need some direct input from people with some hands on experience so please humor me if I seem ignorant :p
I have a Gigabyte 965 DS-3 on the way...