Overclock e6300 or upgrade

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Hello, I have a c2d e6300, it's in a dell dimension 9200. I am wodering if I should buy a new mobo to overclock or just upgrade to this combo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.209473
It comes with AMD Phenom II X4 940 and biostar mobo. If I was to get a good mobo, I should be able to overclock my e6300 to at least 2.5GHz right? I think I'll need better cooling too. I have limited overclocking experience, but I have built computers before. I still need a new case as well and I don't want to spend over $300 for the case, mobo, and maybe cpu. I already have a psu I bought off these forums. It's a cooler master 750w psu. I think my 8800gt is being limited right now with my cpu at 1.86GHz... Happy 7-8-9 day! :D
Thanks,
Matt
 
Pick up a P35 or P45 based board used off the forums here for ~$50, an Xigmatech HTD-S1283 for ~$25, and call it a day.
 
silent-circuit said:
Pick up a P35 or P45 based board used off the forums here for ~$50, an Xigmatech HTD-S1283 for ~$25, and call it a day.
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Hmm, okay, thanks for the fast reply. I found a EP45DS3R S775 mobo and 4GB of patriot viper PC2-8500 memory for $105 shipped. Is that a decent deal? I think I should buy the memory too since my current memory only runs at 667MHz.
 
Yep, pretty good deal. Like I said, I'd also pick up a decent aftermarket HSF since the goal is to OC.
 
I woulda gone for the X4, lol... cuz thats a really nice deal, IMO. Though, yes, the mobo and ram from the FS/T forums plus a Xigmatek should help you OC to at least 3Ghz, which should unlimit the 8800GT.
 
I would aree with enginurd also. The AMD X4 cpu and Biostar mobo is a better route considering how cheap AMD combo deals right now. I would not bother even touching the Dual Core E6300 cpu in the Dell computer. I wouldn't bother with having to remove the cpu, buy a P35/45 mobo, heatsink, better RAM just for extra speed. I would just leave it in there and have the Dell E6300 pc as a backup. Then, get another cpu/mobo combo like the one you mentioned. If you have the 8800GT in the Dell computer then remove it and reuse in the new build. Your Dell computer probably has integrated graphics already.

Let's do something like this:

CASE/RAM - $94.94

CPU/MOBO - $209.99

Total: $304.93
 
I use an e6300 on a Gigabyte P965 DS3 with 4 GB of Corsair XMS DDR2 800 and have run the processor at 3.2 GHz since the C2D 6300 was released.

I use an ArcticCooling Freezer Pro 7 to cool it. The thing has been bullet proof.
Currently run W7 RC and it's been like a rock.
 
You can also consider this for under $300. Even at stock speed it should beat an O/C e6300 cpu because more games are utilizing multi-cores.

CASE/RAM - $86.98

CPU/MOBO - $188.99

Total: $275.97
 
HardwareGuru said:
I would aree with enginurd also. The AMD X4 cpu and Biostar mobo is a better route considering how cheap AMD combo deals right now. I would not bother even touching the Dual Core E6300 cpu in the Dell computer. I wouldn't bother with having to remove the cpu, buy a P35/45 mobo, heatsink, better RAM just for extra speed. I would just leave it in there and have the Dell E6300 pc as a backup. Then, get another cpu/mobo combo like the one you mentioned. If you have the 8800GT in the Dell computer then remove it and reuse in the new build. Your Dell computer probably has integrated graphics already.

Let's do something like this:

CASE/RAM - $94.94

CPU/MOBO - $209.99

Total: $304.93
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Wow, you found everything I need, haha, awesome. I'm still having a hard decision on whether to upgrade the cpu or not. I wouldn't mind OCing my current cpu and I would save roughly $100.
 
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