Low end C2D for OCing

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Hi all, excuse my ignorance but i have not done much in the way of OCing since my old P4 days.

Can someone suggest a list of kit including C2D for me to OC to a decent performance level please.

Must be PCI E and I have monitor, GFX, HD, Soundcard and optical already.

I'm looking for the best bang per buck ideally

Thanks in advance for helping an old time OCer who is a bit lost with recent developments.

Would like at least 2Gb ram
 
hi what is u budget? dual or quad.How about OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £51.99
(£61.09)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £49.99
(£58.74)
Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) or may be a cheaper board?
 
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HI,

heres for starters top end of you're budget, could easily swap the 6600 for one of the lower processors (2160/4500/6550) without losing too much performance :

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £26.99 (£31.71)

Gigabyte GA_P35_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £84.99 (£99.86)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £124.99 (£146.86)

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) £56.99 (£66.96)

Sub Total : £293.96
Shipping : £8.25
VAT : £52.89
Total : £355.10
 
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the shadow said:
hi what is u budget? dual or quad.How about OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £51.99
(£61.09)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £49.99
(£58.74)
Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) or may be a cheaper board?
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and the cooler for OCing:

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)

£26.99
£31.71 inc VAT

^^^^^
Damn...beaten
 
Go cheap spend the rest on something else. a quad will be idle for u mose of the time.
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Id say thats almost always the case. But i still agree with getting a cheaper CPU, either the E2140 or E2160 would be fine.

Gigabyte boards also situate the cpu in a such a place that big heatsinks can cause problems. check it out first.
 
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DavidB said:
Gigabyte boards also situate the cpu in a such a place that big heatsinks can cause problems. check it out first.
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yeah if the gigabyte isnt ok, go for one of the other p35 mobos, think the abit ip35 seems to be liked around here.
 
BillytheImpaler said:
Invisible? :p
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Hahahaha pedobear sig, epic :D

Sorry for being off topic, but as said you'll get what you want for £400 no problem.

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB6400C5DC) £164.99
(£193.86)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £49.99
(£58.74)
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Heatsink (Socket AM2/LGA775) £27.99
(£32.89)
Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24)
Sub Total : £312.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.25
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £56.21
Total : £377.42

Then add the 120mm fan of your choice, should be fine for 3.6ghz and you have the added bonus of having 4GB of ram (useful for Vista and future games).
 
I think 3.6ghz on a e2160 is maybe a little hopefull! I think it would need a very good chip to achive that, so if he is lucky then it might.
 
I meant the motherboard, ram and cooling rather than the chip itself, but some can do 3.6. Around 3.3 would be more realistic I suppose.
 
mp260767 said:
HI,

heres for starters top end of you're budget, could easily swap the 6600 for one of the lower processors (2160/4500/6550) without losing too much performance :

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £26.99 (£31.71)

Gigabyte GA_P35_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £84.99 (£99.86)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £124.99 (£146.86)

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) £56.99 (£66.96)

Sub Total : £293.96
Shipping : £8.25
VAT : £52.89
Total : £355.10
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Or better yet swap the 6600 for a faster 6750 which is also cheaper.
 
I think 3.6ghz on a e2160 is maybe a little hopefull! I think it would need a very good chip to achive that, so if he is lucky then it might.
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Id agree with that, but 3.2ghz is pretty common, havnt heard reports of anone failing to manage 3ghz on an e21**.
 
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