How much can I oc?

depending on what other stuff you have.... also depending on how much volts your willing to put into it...

but you can get it safely to 3.0/3.2 but some ppl have hit 3.6 w/ air...
 
Performs at par with Stock Prescott Cooler
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from the site you gave

ive never heard of this heatsink, and ive heard of just about all the good heatsinks for use with core2s. ive never heard of it, probably, because no one uses it because it isnt good, which agrees with the findings of that website you posted.

that being said- you can get pretty good overclocking results on even the stock heatsink. alot of people can hit 3ghz with a 6600 on the stock HSF, some even get 3.2 - 3.4. hopefuly the vortex is atleast a little better then the stock HSF, if you had a heatsink like a tuniq tower ac freezer 7 or the like, you can almost definately get 3.4-3.6 on this chip (depending on motherboard and ram) just watch your temps, keep them under 70C at 100% load and your fine. some people say keep it under 80c, i like it under 60-65c, its personal preference. but above 85c your starting to damage your chip
 
3.0 should be easy (from a heat standpoint) with that HSF.

Recent conroes are having trouble hitting over 2.9 or so, so it's totally a mixed bag these days.
 
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