C2D overclocking advice

nicholas_yiu

nicholas_yiu

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I finally decided that my XPM system is getting too slow for me, also with the ASrock board with DDR1 ram and AGP support, I can finally afford to upgrade.

With this upgrade, I'm going to be using my 2x512 Geil BH5 ram which should give me enough fsb with the Asrock board. I also have a very good watercooling setup (stormG4, D4 pump with 2 nova rads in a rad box) so cooling wouldn't be a problem.

I need some advice because I'm a bit new with the whole C2D. I want to get a chip with the best future overclocking ability because I will eventually change to a proper board which won't be limited by fsb. With my budget, I can afford either a 4400, 6300 or 6320.

I know that the 6320 has 4mb cache when the 6300 and 4400 has 2. However, I don't understand the difference between the 4400 and 6300 except for the higher stock fsb but I remember someone said the 6300 will be better when I change to a good board so I am a bit confused here.

I know the 4400 will give me the best overclock for now because of the higher stock multiplier, but which one of these will give me the best performance when I change to a good board in the furture?
 
I just today went from XPM 2500@3200, via the ASROCK 4CORE VSTA to E4300 [email protected] on stock v and stock hsf.

The 4CORE hits a wall at 300 fsb so you want the highest possible multiplier. That makes the 4400 massively attractive. Unless you are willing to do a volt mod you will not get much further than 3GHz ... on the chip or the board to coax out a higher voltage, as the 4CORE has no voltage adjustment.

However if you are going to change your board then a lower multiplier and a higher FSB are possible to reach 3GHz+. That is where the 6XXX may be better, but it requires an more expensive board and higher clocking memory i.e. 800 to make it worthwile. However, I say save the money.
 
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