Potential upgrade. Views on how overclockable?

GAZ_XB9R · 4 Mar 2009 at 22:58

Looking to upgrade my home PC.

Mobo - EVGA Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3
CPU - Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366)
Ram - OCZ 3GB DDR3 PC3-12800 Intel® i7 Triple Channel (3x1GB)

Having never done any overclocking before but being "reasonably" computer savvy, I was wondering what you folks would make of this for some mild overclocking.

Also what cooling would be advisable?

Uses would be mainly gaming.

Cheers,

Gaz

GAZ_XB9R · 5 Mar 2009 at 00:08

Was also gonna spec the following graphics card.

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express)

Would the following cooling be adequate?

CPU - Coolermaster V8 CPU Cooler (Socket 940/AM2/LGA775/LGA1366)
GPU - Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo

Cheers,

Gaz

GAZ_XB9R · 5 Mar 2009 at 00:24

Cheers.

What's the usual benchmark program folks use here abouts?

Easier if I use the same for comparisons.

Gaz

GAZ_XB9R · 5 Mar 2009 at 00:45

Thanx for the assist.

Gaz

GAZ_XB9R · 5 Mar 2009 at 23:22

I was gonna go with Corsair HX 1000W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply just to be on the safe side.

Gaz