Guaranteed to run at processors

[benskia]

Hi,

I currently have an e6400 running on an a5n-e mobo.
I've got this running smooth as anything at 3.2ghz.
I've been tempted to go for a quad though for ages, but put off by the bad reports of overclocking quads on the asus a5n 650i chipset.

I'd be happy with 3.0hgz from a quad to be honest. So wouldn't mind paying out an extra tenner or so to get the guarantee of this speed. However, does overclockers only guarantee a certain manufacturer of mobo? Or will it cover my a5n-e setup?

Also, whats the chances of getting a pretty weak chip? Do you think all the 3ghz ones could be the guaranteed to run at 3.3's that didn't quite make it?

 

[neoboy]

Well you can just buy a normal edition and OC that to 3Ghz.

 

[benskia]

I think you are missing the point.

The point is that the a5n-e is reputed to be poor for overclocking quads. Therefore I can at least get my money back if I dont make it to 3ghz if I buy the guaranteed to run at CPU from overclockers.

 

[Trunks9486]

are they going to give you the money back? or simply send another one to you?

 

[crazyDAJT]

I think you are missing the point.

The point is that the a5n-e is reputed to be poor for overclocking quads. Therefore I can at least get my money back if I dont make it to 3ghz if I buy the guaranteed to run at CPU from overclockers.

I think the guarantees are only on the chip, if your motherboard cant hold a decent FSB then its not OCUK fault.

also the chips are all the same. get the normal one

 

[Happy]

^^ As above

****wtf two posts whilst I was typing

 

[thegoonden]

I think the guarantees are only on the chip, if your motherboard cant hold a decent FSB then its not OCUK fault.

also the chips are all the same. get the normal one

If the specs for the Mobo say it can run a quad and do the right FSB, then it must be the chip, (or false advertising of the motherboard). Just send them a webnote and confirm compatibility with that board.

BTW, 3GHz would be a downgrade unless you use loads of multicore-aware applications.
Otherwise you are going from 1 3.2GHz CPU and one idle CPU, to 1 3GHz CPU and 3 idle ones.

 

[Bossk128]

3.2GHz down to 3GHz is a downgrade, a downgrade of about 6%.

I'm sure that 6% will be made up by the OS using the other cores for housekeeping tasks, or normal OS activity during a game.

It will be 'better', but unless you are playing with multicore games (not that many, Sup Com and UT3 are two that come to mind), encoding, or folding, it's waste of money. However your finances are your own affair. I'd go for quad if I had a spare £100 lying about.