Purchasing a "Pre-Overclocked" CPU???

[davidober]

I was looking at a listing of prices for CPU's on another website, and I saw that they listed all of the standard processors like the E6400, E6600, etc., but the listing also contained an E6400 overclocked to 3.36 Ghz. Is it possible to purchase "pre-overclocked" CPU's? If so, who does the overclocking? Are they guaranteed? What is the downside, if any?

Thanks,

David

 

[penguin]

I guess they might have done a pin mod to it, but I dunno if there are even pin mods for C2Ds.

 

[filthysanchez]

you'd have to buy the ram, motherboard and cpu together to do that.

 

[Arcygenical]

It might be guarenteed to hit 3.36ghz with the exact same board/ram as was used for pre-testing.

 

[penguin]

A link would be quite helpful

 

[davidober]

A link would be quite helpful

I wasn't sure of the etiquette WRT posting a link to another site, but here it is...

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/11/24/price_performance_charts_nov_14_2006/

 

[MrMitch]

You can't buy pre-overclock cpu's. Some vendors do sell pre-overclocked systems though. Toms is just giving a price/perfornance ratio comparision, and they are saying "if you manage to take your e6300 to 3.2ghz, then the ratio is this".

 

[kiwi.fruit]

You can buy pretested cpus, at least in some German web sites
http://www.trend4pc.de/index.php/cPath/113_126

If you don't mind paying more, sure why not

 

[kill4killin]

^^ thats a neat idea. They get the processors, test them, and sell them with a rated stable overclock that they can guarantee with a particular system setup.

 

[Enigma]

Back in the days of the p3 Slot1 systems I used to order pre tested cpu's for an extra fee but it got to the point where it was taking the fun out of overclocking for me anyway..... Pretested is nice if you dont have any idea what is going on but just in my opinion finding the max clock for a chip is half the fun

 

[Xilikon]

Back in the days of the p3 Slot1 systems I used to order pre tested cpu's for an extra fee but it got to the point where it was taking the fun out of overclocking for me anyway..... Pretested is nice if you dont have any idea what is going on but just in my opinion finding the max clock for a chip is half the fun

I agree but the idea is neat for those who have lousy luck with overclocking and is willing to pay a bit to get a nice overclocked cpu for the peace of mind.

 

[kill4killin]

with the prices of some of the processors on the market today, I would rather spend $50 more on a $500+ processor and be guaranteed it will overclock well rather than have spending $500 only to find out its a lemon.

 

[bushdiverq]

I wonder if that means their other processors didnt make the cut.

 

[Ciggarilo Himself]

Im guessing thats what its guaranted to overclock to whilst using the same setup(board ram ect).

 

[willyspuddle]

Think hard on ordering a pre-tested CPU. If you look at the Core2 database there is not 1 single CPU that didn't manage a 1 gig over clock. If you buy DDR2 800 ram and a 6300 you can get at least 2.8 up from 1.83. The list of successful motherboards is fairly diverse as well. How important is it to get 3.2 or higher, when the easily attainable 2.8 will rock your world?

Cheers!