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Easy's C2D 6400 Clock

The strap problem is a P965 issue - it doesn't affect the 650i or 680i boards in the same way.


As for taking it extreme, that E6400 is not very good unfortunately. The chap I got it from gave me £50 and the E6400 for an E6600 which was a known good clocker. He reckoned it was only good for 3.2GHz, but I squeezed a bit more out of it. I can get it to boot into Windows at 3.6GHz, but it's not stable no matter how many volts I give it. It's just a 3.4GHz CPU, that's all.

Easyrider and I both filter a lot of kit so I've seen a few 3.6-3.8GHz chips but I've never had a REALLY good one eg. Webbo has one at over 4GHz on water cooling. That's the keeper that I'm really looking for. :)
 
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WJA96 said:
Easyrider and I both filter a lot of kit so I've seen a few 3.6-3.8GHz chips but I've never had a REALLY good one eg. Webbo has one at over 4GHz on water cooling. That's the keeper that I'm really looking for. :)
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Its funny though,

I have only bought one cpu of each model.

I have been lucky with 6600 and 6400 :)


I must admit I filter mobos the most.

I must have been through about 10 :eek: :D
 
easyrider said:
Its funny though,

I have only bought one cpu of each model.

I have been lucky with 6600 and 6400 :)


I must admit I filter mobos the most.

I must have been through about 10 :eek: :D
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Yes, but you buy all your stuff off MM where you can ask the steppings. I just get new by mine mail-order - poor little rich boy :(


:D
 
WJA96 said:
Webbo has one at over 4GHz on water cooling. That's the keeper that I'm really looking for. :)
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Its just a number tbh. I can't tell any difference apart from synthetic benchmarks between that 4ghz 32A and 3.6 28A one that went before it.

Its been sold now as I got an offer I couldn't turn down (£170 +E6600 [email protected] - 1.52v) - not bad for 100mhz :)
 
WJA96 said:
Yes, but you buy all your stuff off MM where you can ask the steppings. I just get new by mine mail-order - poor little rich boy :(


:D
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Thats where your wrong mate:


The 6600 was imported in from Orange Texas and was never clocked.

The 6400 was bought at auction never clocked.

6300 and E4300 were bought retail
 
WJA96 said:
You know nothing about FSB holes until you've clocked a P5N-E SLi. That's a leap of faith and a half!
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The only hole I have found in my current 680i is 419-424, not nearly as bad as some have had.
 
w3bbo said:
Its just a number tbh. I can't tell any difference apart from synthetic benchmarks between that 4ghz 32A and 3.6 28A one that went before it.

Its been sold now as I got an offer I couldn't turn down (£170 +E6600 [email protected] - 1.52v) - not bad for 100mhz :)
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Yeah but its a nice achievement mate :)
 
easyrider said:
LOL


Nothing like booting into the unknown! :p
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Yes, but it will boot an E4300 at 1200QFSB, but not at 1300QFSB or 1400QFSB. It will at 1500 though :rolleyes: Now, that's an FSB hole!

It keeps everyone happy I guess.
 
Bito said:
easyrider,

What batch/week is your E6400 ??
Nice overclock there m8 :)
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You know what I have know Idea lol

I would have to remove my block to look!

I did write it on a piece of paper when I installed it but lost it lol :p
 
am i right in thinking a 6400 at 4ghz is faster than a 6600 at 4ghz due to the 6400 having a lower multi (thus higher mem bandwidth and FSB)?
 
MikeHunt79 said:
am i right
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Don't think so as the extra 2MB cache would help the e6600 but I guess it depends what the application is, some are more sensitive towards higher memory bandwidth others work better with more cache. I read that the extra 2MB cache is worth 200MHz, so 'in theory' a e6400 that was running at 4.2GHz would be faster than an e6600 running at 4GHz, the extra MHz would offset against the added cache of the e6600 and the higher FSB/Mem would just nudge the e6400 ahead.
 
gotcha... I forgot about the extra cache in the 6600. I'm gonna wait till the price cuts before I upgrade. I'd love one that clocks as well as easyriders, as I will be hopefully running on water. :)
 
MikeHunt79 said:
gotcha... I forgot about the extra cache in the 6600. I'm gonna wait till the price cuts before I upgrade. I'd love one that clocks as well as easyriders, as I will be hopefully running on water. :)
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Go for the 6420 then :D

8x multi 4mb cache
 
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