I Need some help (i'm a noob you see)

hazzacool

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Change to these two:
GFX CARD - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp... GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
MOBO - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Also, if you can, get two of those HDDs and stick them in RAID 0 for nice read/write performance boost, 1066MHz RAM is cheap enough nowadays.

Get this case - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp... Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU)

and I would highly recommend a CPU cooler because that CPU has massive OC potential you can't achieve with the stock HSF:
this on budget - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...oling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
or this - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-015-AS&tool=3
 
elpedro said:
Change to these two:
GFX CARD - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp... GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
MOBO - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Also, if you can, get two of those HDDs and stick them in RAID 0 for nice read/write performance boost, 1066MHz RAM is cheap enough nowadays.

Get this case - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp... Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU)

and I would highly recommend a CPU cooler because that CPU has massive OC potential you can't achieve with the stock HSF:
this on budget - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...oling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
or this - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-015-AS&tool=3
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thanks for the info!

i'm not a overclocker, i don't know enought o make me want to do it, as i'l probably wreck ma components, but:

  1. how much could i get out of it if i oc'd it
  2. would i have to change the voltage? and what to?
 
Can I direct your attention to this thread http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17829969

I use an older 65nm quad core, so I cannot really advise you on voltages. But, its common place for an E8400 to achieve 3.6-4.0GHz with good air cooling.

As for overclocking, Core 2 is probably the best architecture to get started with. The majority of chips are very overclockable and with reasonable ease. Without going into too much detail, your overclock is dependant on 3 main things:

Bus speed
CPU multiplier
Voltage

This forum has a sectioned devoted to overclocking and a beginner's guide - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17612922

Basically, you multiply your bus speed with the CPU's multiplier which gives you a frequency in Hz. Voltage can be increased to overclock further, on the downside this produces more heat, hence where the custom cooling comes into place.

Example of the Q6600 would be 266 bus speed * 9 multiplier = 2400MHz. The bus speed is multiplied by 4 to give the FSB (Front side bus) speed which is the connection between the northbridge chip and the CPU. In this case 266*4 = 1066 :D
 
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