Hi there,
I am about to purchase the following:
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
But I'm not sure if the RAM will work with the CPU? Do I *need* the next ram speed up (8500) for overclocking, or can the overclocking of the CPU be done independantly of the rest of the system these days? If this is possible, will the ram be a bottleneck?
My last overclocking experience was on an abit IC7 (i875p chipset) where the fsb/ram speed went hand in hand but a 5:4 ratio could be used to pull the memory speed down if needed.
I'm thinking of getting the thermalright extreme cooler with it, would like to overclock to 3ghz+ if possible.
Thanks
I am about to purchase the following:
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
But I'm not sure if the RAM will work with the CPU? Do I *need* the next ram speed up (8500) for overclocking, or can the overclocking of the CPU be done independantly of the rest of the system these days? If this is possible, will the ram be a bottleneck?
My last overclocking experience was on an abit IC7 (i875p chipset) where the fsb/ram speed went hand in hand but a 5:4 ratio could be used to pull the memory speed down if needed.
I'm thinking of getting the thermalright extreme cooler with it, would like to overclock to 3ghz+ if possible.
Thanks