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OCed E5200 3.8ghz Upgrade to Quad Core ?
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What motherboard? Best bet is a Q9xxx 12mb cpu imo.
I have a P5Q-EM Asus MATX , I have my eye on a Q6600 but dont know if its worth doing , I only managed to push my Board to 333 FSB and had to adust my multi to 11.5 and Vcore to 1.36 on my E5200 to get 3.8ghz But i think the multi is locked on the Q6600to 9 so that makes an OC of 3.0ghz on the Q6600 - Will i be running slower with that speed on a quad ?
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The E5200's become fsb limited quite low down the fsb range. You should not have the same problem with a Q6600 as long as your board has a decent range of clocking options. Being able to increse NB voltage would be a good start.
Oh nice so i should be able to get higher FSB
My board has loads of options (even though i dont understand most of them
) But yeah i can adjust the NB Voltage easily
Anymore tips ?
Ok so it could be a worth while investment then ?
My board has loads of options (even though i dont understand most of them
) But yeah i can adjust the NB Voltage easily Anymore tips ?
Ok so it could be a worth while investment then ?
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If you want more fps from Crysis then it would make more sense to keep your processor and spend the money on a faster gpu.
A Q6600 would be a cheap upgrade though you would have to overclock it.
A Q6600 would be a cheap upgrade though you would have to overclock it.
Unfortunatly im very limited on what GPU i can fit in my case as i have an Antec Fusion HTPC case so the biggest i can go atm is a HD6850 the 8.5" PCB should fit fine (even though i lose 2 SATA's)
Ideally id like to OC my Q6600 to about 3.6ghz if pos and OC my HD6850 to 940/1150 with voltage adjustment
I like pushing my system to the max really
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You are going to need a great cooler to get 3.6 ghz comfortably on a Q6600.
You'll have to research how much room you have to play with in your case for the cooler.
Corsair H50 is probably your best bet but that is £50 or this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-026-SY&tool=3 not sure if that scythe is capable of keeping a 3.6ghz Q6600 happy though so I'd check that out.
You'll have to research how much room you have to play with in your case for the cooler.
Corsair H50 is probably your best bet but that is £50 or this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-026-SY&tool=3 not sure if that scythe is capable of keeping a 3.6ghz Q6600 happy though so I'd check that out.
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