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So how far will this go...?

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Gorlak

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Hi guys,

Just ordered a new system from Scan in the UK with folloeing spec:

ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP iP965 MoBo
580w Tagan EasyCon - TG580-U15 - EasyCon SLi Silent Modular PSU
Sharkoon 12" Blue CCFL 2in1 Kit
120mm Akasa Amber Case Fan, 3 Pin
Akasa Mirage-62 Midi Tower Case with Akasa Maxi-View Window Side Panel
Core 2 Duo E6600 2.40Ghz OC'd
Alphacool Starter Retail Universal CPU Kit 12v Watercooling
2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair TwinX XMS2 DDR2 PC6400 (800) Non-ECC Unbuffered CAS 5-5-5-12
XFX 8800GTS PCI-E
500Gb Seagate ST3500630AS Barracuda 7200.10 SATA300
Icy Dock MB-453SPF Fits into 2 5.25" Bays with 3 SATAII Hard Drive with Hotswap
Mitsumi FA404M 1.44 Black FDD USB2 7 in 1 Card Reader
Sony Black 16x DVD-ROM
NEC AD-7173A-0B Labelflash Black 18x DVD±RW
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music
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Now this system will start being built on the 14th Dec (hopefully!) and they are building and overclocking it all for me. Question is, how far do you reckon they'll get the OC? WC C2D seem to go pretty far, but I'd imagine they'll go on the side of caution. maybe 3.2Ghz?

Anyway, let me know what you think, I still have time to make changes to the spec so if there's something you think I should change, let me know!

Thanks,
Gorlak
 
I find your choice of components very good and I would therefore say you'd be able to do about 3.5ghz+, unless of course you don't have a very good e6600.
 
3.3 seems to be the low end for an e6600.

Since you're watercooling only the CPU, you won't be temperature limited until about 1.45v @ 3500mhz
 
i wouldn't be too excited with that cas5 corsair DDR2 800 since a lot of people have reported them not to have D9Gxx chips on them anymore (better RAM overclocking, gives more headroom for your E6xxx series chip to overclock), but I'd take a guess around 3.2-3.6Ghz. 3.8ghz - 4.0ghz if you really work at it and you got lucky on some of the parts qualities.
 
Arcygenical said:
3.3 seems to be the low end for an e6600.

Since you're watercooling only the CPU, you won't be temperature limited until about 1.45v @ 3500mhz
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Depending on the voltage. I would say 3.3Ghz is about average on stock to .1V over stock.
 
StealthyFish said:
also depending on week and batch.
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Yeah, I haven't looked too much into the week/batch info. I got my E6600 about when it came out and it's a Week 27 chip. 3.3Ghz is the happy ground I've found for my CPU/cooling (AC Freezer 7 Pro). I can get it to post at 3.6Ghz with around 1.45V, but it won't make it into Windows. I run it around 1.35V@3.3Ghz Prime stable.

I've also found that my P5W DH board clocks my CPU higher than my old DS3 did. Around 3.2Ghz on the DS3 and 3.3Ghz on the P5W.

I've also found that the OCing database listed in the Intel section has a lot more people who have decent OC's rather than the few who have poor clockers so you don't really know what to expect out of looking at the raw data there.
 
kirbyrj said:
I've also found that my P5W DH board clocks my CPU higher than my old DS3 did. Around 3.2Ghz on the DS3 and 3.3Ghz on the P5W.
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DS3 are better for E6300 and E6400 for highe FSB while E6600 are better for P5W DH.
 
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