Will this OC well?

[merlin87]

I am going to build a new system this month. I basically want to build a c2d system and OC it. Please recommend what I should get or not get. Basically what I want is listed below. I want to reach 3.0ghz or higher.

E6400
Asus P5N-E SLi mobo
Corsair XMS 2gb PC2 6400
Scythe Infinity
OR
Zalman CNPS 9700NT

For the cooler, I basically want it as quiet as possible. From the 650i review it seems that you would need a North and South bridge cooler, so I will pick up something for that as well. If you can recommend one that'd be great.

For GPU, I already have 2 7800gtx 512mb cards.

 

[Arcygenical]

Should be great!

Get the Scythe, or try to find a "Tuniq Tower" which is better.

 

[merlin87]

After searching around a little more I've seen this board the Asus P5N32-SLi Premium Would this be a better choice over the 650i?

 

[bail_w]

It should be better for you to get a E6600 for 3.0ghz, because that motherboard may not handle 400 FSB.

 

[Arcygenical]

Go with your first choice...

It seems to be a great board, at a great price.

 

[merlin87]

It should be better for you to get a E6600 for 3.0ghz, because that motherboard may not handle 400 FSB.

If you check with thread in the Intel section, there are multiple people who have oc'd the e6300 to ~3.2ghz. That really did impress me, but I didnt want to stress out the chipset and play with ram timings so I decided on the e6400 because of the higher multiplier. This should allow for lower FSB than a e6300. If you read the [H] review they were stable at 475fsb i think. I'll double check.