What is the max i can overclock this CPU to?

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- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz Dual Core CPU Overclocked too a minimum of 3.00Hz and beyond.
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Intel approved cooler
- Arctic Silver 5 Heatsink compound professionally hand installed by our technicians
- Abit IP35 Pro XE Intel P35 (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- Award winning Corsair Dominator 4GB PC2-8500 (2x2GB) Dual Channel Kit (Overclocked at 1000MHz+)
- 500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 32MB Cache SATA-2 Hard Drive
- ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) DirectX 10.1 Graphics Card
- Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)
- Corsair TX 650W Next Generation Power Supply


that's the computer im gonna get, and i was wonder, whats the max i can overclock the CPU to, without cause damage, or any negative effects? (im wondering, cause people say my graphics card will cause bottleneck, and can i overclock my CPU enough so it stops the bottleneck, but doesn't negatively affect the performance of the rest of the computer/ damages it.
 
Depending on the vid of the cpu, and voltage required for a given clockspeed, with good cooling on air, 3.6ghz is possible, if you can keep your temps below 75'c.
 
I don't think you have to worry about a 3GHz quad bottlenecking a 4870. If you can get a couple extra hundred mhz, which you should be able to, then you are 100% covered.
 
yes i think 3.4 is quite achievable with the q6600 on air then would have to move to liquid cooling for anything higher but like myself 3.7 is most probably the most you can get out of these
 
Priming mine at 3.6ghz at the mo on a vcore of 1.4125, temps are maxing out at 69'c on the hottest two cores and 61'c on the other two. I think this chip could maybe go higher but temps under air would be the limiting factor.
 
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