E6300 - OC or Bin?

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As my 1.8ghz is probably bottle-necking my 8800GT in certain new games now, I wanted to ask for thoughts on the two options I think I have:

Get an aftermarket cooler and try OC it.

OR

Go for a new CPU altogether.

I've had the E6300 for nearly two years now, a bit worried that I'll find trying to OC'ing a waste of time if it won't go as far as I expected. If I was to go for a new CPU, do you think it's worth skimping on the budget (I.E. only going for a 2.20ghz), or will the increase be so minimal that it's a waste of money too? I'm restricted by my motherboard (Gigabyte 965p-Ds3), so one of the best I could get is this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.66GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

Cheers
 
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have you tried overclocking with the stock cooler? see what you can get with stock volts first if it looks promising, get a 3rd party cooler and continue to OC
 
Should do 2.8ghz with ease on that board, 450mhz should be easy enough aswell. on my old DS4 I could do 490 fsb.
Its a case of getting the volts right.
 
At low res gaming your chip shouldn't be a prob. I reduced the 8x multiplier on my E6400to 7x, same as the E6300 - easier to get a nice 1:1 ratio on the ram - very stable with 392 x 7 FSB giving me 2744Mhz at stock voltage and temps never go over 46c at load.
 
I've known a few e6300's (mine included) that got to 3.5ghz with decent cooling and a good clocking mobo - that would really help your frame rates in certain games.

Worth a try - i would guess 2.8-3ghz would be an easily achievable target! :)

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As already said, you have been running stock, overclock and you will see double in performance!

My 6300 is currently running rock solid at 3ghz, I see a huge difference in performance.

Saying that I have purchased a new cpu to replace the 6300, however thats due to the fact it has been running o/c since the day I got it (on release day).

The 6300 will still live on as I will be upgrading my car PC by adding this into it.

6300 is a great chip :D
 
If it don't work out buy a new 45nm Wolfdale E5200 or really splurge and bag an E8400, cooler, quicker, less power!

I think I paid £111 for my E6300 is Dec 2006 and £130 for an E8400 in Dec 2008, that's progress for you.

On a budget buying an E5200 and selling your E6300 makes some sense, the main thing is to have fun while u learn! :)

An E6300 running 2800MHz-3000MHz is nothing to sniff at if you can work your magic in the BIOS, it will have higher running costs than an E5200 and most likely won't overclock as well but for the most part it's free and worth a shot!
 
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Big.Wayne said:
I think I paid £111 for my E6300 is Dec 2006 and £130 for an E8400 in Dec 2008, that's progress for you.
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E8400's are such a rip off right now.

I bought an E8400 from overclockers for £88 delivered on the 22nd of october. Am I the only person to notice the huge hike of late? (not just oc'ers but everywhere of course). Pretty sure an E5200 was £50 or so at the time also.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail

£149.49 :eek:

I'd say def stick with what you got atm, you should get 2.8ghz out of it with the stock cooler as the rest have said.
 
yer was when oc'ers had that 666 deal for forum members and delivery is free to forum members also anyway. Was the going rate!

I saw it going up every time i looked, £95 , then £107 i think, then £137 , and now £149.

Sits @ 4ghz rock solid too, but i've never tried pushing it further.
 
I've had an e6300 running at 3.2ghz on stock volts and stock cooling for the past 2 years, great little chip, after an e8400/8600 soon though ;) Gonna push for the 4ghz barrier
 
Sorry to resurrect an old post, but thought I'd let you all know what I did (took your advice!) whilst getting a bit of guidance if possible.

Ended up getting the Akasa cooler mentioned above, and am at 2.40ghz so far with max temps of around 45. After reducing my RAM to x2.50 multiplier to begin with It's now back at 800mhz. This is my main concern, I've lost the box for the RAM, but off the top of my head it's GEIL PC6400 or some-such (basically when I first got it I was told to increase timings to 4-4-4-12 and multiplier to x3 on the DS3 to get it to stock speeds, if that helps define what it is).

Does anyone have experience of how this RAM will cope once I start increasing it past 800? I'll reduce the multiplier to x2 now obviously to give me that extra breathing space, but if I manage to get it past 800 after that I'd just like to know what territory I'm entering.

Thanks again guys, been a massive help so far.

Edit: Also, whether there's a point I should definitley start relaxing the timings to 5-5-5-12
 
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Put the multiplier down to 2.0x, bump up the fsb to 400.

If its a bit unstable, bump up volts on cpu say to about 1.325v / nb +1 or + 2, as well as running the ram at reccomended voltage.

put pci to 105 also, should run nice with a bit of luck.

Also have you turned the likes of speedstep etc off?
 
Ah, for some reason I was under the impression I couldn't turn speed-step off at all. What a merry little fool I am. I'll have a look around in BIOS to see where the option is, any hint as to what else it may be called (just in case it's under a different name in BIOS)? The cpu voltage was already at 1.325v. I know that a lot of people have upped it to 1.425v but is this wise for a CPU that's already around 2 years old?

Already had the RAM voltage up by +0.3 as recommended when I first got it. So far I'm at 410 on the FSB and had to turn MCH voltage up by +0.1 to make it stable. Am gonna start again today. If I have to relax my RAM timings to 5-5-5-12, am I going to be hindering peformance massively, or is it worth it to get the CPU that bit higher?

Thanks again
 
E6300's great chips.

Been running mine around 3.2Ghz for the passed 2 years now rock solid.
Running the same ram and motherboard as you too,
 
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