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Would this work? (Q8200)

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Skipper007

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Here's my thinking: the Q8200 is more than powerful enough for the present, but I plan to run my next machine a few years. Therefore, it might be nice to get another little speed boost out of it.

So my idea was to run the CPU at stock for now, then, in a couple years, throw something like a Freezer Pro 7 on and bump the FSB up to 400 mhz, therefore hitting 2.8ghz while still remaining within the mainboard and ram specs. I'd most likely be running a Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L as my mainboard.

So my question:
1) Do you think a 2.8ghz overclock with at most a small vcore increase is a safe bet? I'll have this machine for a while, so i don't want to wear it out too fast.
2) Any other limitations I will run into at this speed, such as not being able to use all memory slots?
 
Why not just overclock it the second you install it? You can never bet on "I'll add a cooler in a couple years and overclock it" because that might never happen, there will be much more enticing processor out by then.

To actually answer your questions, 2.8GHz should be easy with only a minor vcore bump (anything below 1.4V will not degrade the CPU much faster than stock volts AT ALL).

No restrictions on memory slots as long as you have a decent motherboard that allows a range of memory frequencies/dividers, which that Gigabyte will.
 
Get it an OC it immediately. Just run it that way for the next few years. I did it with my Opty 146 and it has been great until just recently.
 
I just want to clarify why I was thinking of waiting until I need to before overclocking: this machine will be a primary machine for 2-3 years, then likely serve as a secondary machine within my household for another 2-3 years - the enticing newer model would go with the machine that would become the new primary. I'm a little leery of trying to OC a CPU for 4-6 years, even if it's only a mild OC. Given that, would you still recommend trying to OC it from the start?

Would something like a Sonata III provide enough cooling to run an OCed CPU, or do I need something with more cooling capacity?
 
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