I've had the E6420 for a while but I had it paired with the ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA so that I could upgrade slowly. I was never able overclock this chip at all on that board without constant crashing. I just got the IP35-E with an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro and installed everything over the weekend. Without even thinking about it I up'd the FSB to 400 and it is totally stable! No voltage increases to anything! I ran Orthos and Prime95 for 12 hours with no errors and the temp never went over 45 according to Coretemp. I'm really impressed with this setup. I know many have done the same thing but I have never had the same luck as eveyone else with my overclocks.
My setup:
E6420 2.13 @ 3.2
abit IP35-E
2gig Mushkin DDR800 4-5-4-11 @ 2.1v
Visiontek HD3870
WD 500gb HD
Rosewill 550w ps (yeah...I know
)
Games are smooth as silk. I'm replaying Stalker with full dynamic lighting and all other settings maxed out at 1680x1050. Seems like a totally different game and Oblivion finally looks like the screenshots I always saw. 3dMark06 score is 12000 now (was 9000 with previous setup). Did I mention I'm impressed with this setup? Just thought I'd share.
My setup:
E6420 2.13 @ 3.2
abit IP35-E
2gig Mushkin DDR800 4-5-4-11 @ 2.1v
Visiontek HD3870
WD 500gb HD
Rosewill 550w ps (yeah...I know
Games are smooth as silk. I'm replaying Stalker with full dynamic lighting and all other settings maxed out at 1680x1050. Seems like a totally different game and Oblivion finally looks like the screenshots I always saw. 3dMark06 score is 12000 now (was 9000 with previous setup). Did I mention I'm impressed with this setup? Just thought I'd share.