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E6300 OC

Lethal`

Lethal`

Lethal`

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Thinking of ocing my E6300.

My Specs are as per sig. Are my specs good enough to get a good overclock?

I only have the stock fan, so presume I need to purchase a new heatsink and fan. Any recommendations for this?

Thanks :)
 
If you want to move away from the stock heatsink for as cheap as possible then i'd suggest this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-017-AR

Then from there see how far you can overclock with your current RAM. No point in spending extra money yet as you can find out how far it can go without anything extra to a certain extent.

Do you know what temps your chip is at the moment? Load and Idle.
 
No more than £30 really. Idles about 40 atm but not sure about load, how would I determine when it is under load?

Didn't put in my sig but the ram is PC2-6400 if that makes any difference?
 
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6400 stuff is good - it will allow you to run your 6300 at 2.8GHz (400 x 7) 1:1 ratio with the FSB. It should go a bit higher if you relax the timings too.
 
hey mate, id personaly suggest the Arctic freezer, I have it with the e6300 and under load it hits 47c overclocked to 2.2 (according to intel TAT) seems to be giving the highest reading so im going to go with that Im gonna try taking it up to 2.3 later will let you know if the freezer pulls it off
 
Anyone think there is going to be much difference if I get a £30 cooler compared to a Arctic Freezer 7 Pro. Will there be a big difference in the OC i can achieve?
 
The AF is reduced on price at the moment, only £12 + del so I'd go for that.
 
The Arctic Freezer 7 Pro comes with thermal paste applied. Not sure how good it is though. Personally I'd get some AS.
 
my cheapy cooler took my £6420 up to 3.3ghz.

get the AF, whap it on and start increasing the FSB, i would be dissappointted if it didnt hit 3Ghz:p
 
I could run my E6300 at 3.0GHz with the arctic cooler and the temperatures were very good only 10 degrees more than the stock temps.
 
Well im getting the arctic freezer, waiting on royal mail :)

But how do I remove the thermal pads on it when i get it so i can apply the thermal paste?
 
The arctic freezer comes pre applied with arctic cooling's MX1 compound which is easily as good as AS5, in some cases better. Good to have some AS5 for the future though, in case of reseating of the HSF.
 
schumi84 said:
The arctic freezer comes pre applied with arctic cooling's MX1 compound which is easily as good as AS5, in some cases better. Good to have some AS5 for the future though, in case of reseating of the HSF.
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ooh sounds good. I wont use the AS5 then :) How long does AS5 keep for?
 
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