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P4 Extreme vs e6500

ajstan said:
Ah I could probably do it raising voltage a bit more, I'm on 1.275 - In fact, I'm gonna try and get it to 3.6ghz right now :p

I was always worried 1.3v was pushing it a bit to much, apparently not.
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Should easily do 3.6ghz. I have 1.456v running through mine on load (1.55 in bios)
 
Sukh said:
Thanks for your comments, he was asking about the relative merits of staying with 775 via an upgrade to his CPU and so the comparisons of a Q6600 OC'ed are relevant as compared to a complete upgrade which would involve a new main board and memory set.

I also very clearly stated that one was OC'ed and one was stock so I'm not making it look like zomg Q6600 is as fast as an i5.
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It is highly unlikely that his old (probably prebuilt) p4 mobo would support a q6600 so he would probably have to buy a new 775 mobo.

The ram will most likely need upgrading to make any overclocking possible at all (assuming the ram that is with it now is ddr2-533; if it's slower then the cpu would need to be downclocked).

I posted with the best intentions btw; I just don't think the current ram&mobo setup for a p4 would allow a seamless transition up to the top end of the 775 cpu spec.
 
Ok guys, I was just wondering how an old extreme did vs new processors, looks like if they get an upgrade, a whole new PC would be best :p
 
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