3.5 overclock with this setup??

[pakman134]

Hey guys, pretty new to the forums here but I'm actually interested in building a new gaming rig for about $1500. Here's the components I plan on using:

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6400
eVGA 8800GTS 640MB
Tuniq Tower 120
Asus P5N-E SLI motherboard
Corsair HX520W modular power supply
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB
2GB TWIN2X2048-6400C4D memory modules
Samsung 18X burner with Lightscribe
Lian-Li PC7B plus II computer case

These are the exact same components that corsair used in their recent system build guide, except they used a E6300. Corsair was able to reach 3500 MHz overclock with their system build (Link). People have told me that i'd have to be extremely lucky to reach 3500 MHz with this build. Did the peeps at corsair get lucky or should I be able to reach these types of speeds pretty easily?

 

[theseeker]

Hey guys, pretty new to the forums here but I'm actually interested in building a new gaming rig for about $1500. Here's the components I plan on using:

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6400
eVGA 8800GTS 640MB
Tuniq Tower 120
Asus P5N-E SLI motherboard
Corsair HX520W modular power supply
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB
2GB TWIN2X2048-6400C4D memory modules
Samsung 18X burner with Lightscribe
Lian-Li PC7B plus II computer case

These are the exact same components that corsair used in their recent system build guide, except they used a E6300. Corsair was able to reach 3500 MHz overclock with their system build (Link). People have told me that i'd have to be extremely lucky to reach 3500 MHz with this build. Did the peeps at corsair get lucky or should I be able to reach these types of speeds pretty easily?

You can get there but I would suggest this site http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?t=244601 if you truly want to OC.