Overclocking the E4300

kola · 22 Jan 2007 at 10:38

I am thinking off buying the below bits , could I expect a good overclock on the Gigabyte board , could I save any cash on different ram or leave as is ?

Thx's

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £147.99
(£173.89) £147.99
(£173.89)
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £97.99
(£115.14) £97.99
(£115.14)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 XT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £137.99
(£162.14) £137.99
(£162.14)
Akasa Ultra Quiet 650W Power+ iQ Active PFC ATX2.01 PSU - Black Nickel £79.99
(£93.99) £79.99
(£93.99

steve258 · 22 Jan 2007 at 11:09

It's probably the most value for money setup you can get for that money tbh, will give you a lot of headroom for oc. I'd say go for it.

Rob43 · 22 Jan 2007 at 11:13

You could actually get away with 5300 ram with the E4300,because of the 9x multi that it has

All depending on what kind of clocks your looking for

Good spec you have listed though

I would be swapping the psu for a corsair HX620w as well

Alf4 · 22 Jan 2007 at 11:15

Got 2 say that there have been a few moans about the Geil PC6400C4 memory not hitting the 4-4-4-12 timings. Not all though. I havent managed it on my E6300oc but I havent played with mem-volts yet.

Alf

PS. Nice spec though

Happy building

EvilGrin · 22 Jan 2007 at 11:46

I'd maybe go for the crucial 10th anni ram with an E4300... will give you some damn nice 'n tight timings!