will i have a good chance off 3ghz.

johnno · 12 Nov 2006 at 20:45

hi people i am looking to get the Intel Core 2 DUO LGA775 E6300 1.86GHz Retail / Gigabyte 965P DS3 / 1GB GeIL PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Kit - Bundle (BU-036-OK) within the next month or so. the chip will be run under the swiftech apex utlra watercooling setup. now i know every chip clocks different but do u think i have a gd chance off hitting 3ghz with this setup.

joeyjojo · 12 Nov 2006 at 20:47

Certain.

johnno · 12 Nov 2006 at 20:54

gdgd does anyone else think i will. i am only getting the conroe to overclock and play css. will i notice more fps from my old 3800+x2

Nutbusta · 12 Nov 2006 at 21:22

Check my specs Johnno.

When I get some case cooling I'm sure I can turn it up a bit more with some extra Vmem.

Running the ram at sock on a divider of 2 you'll hit 2.8. Only have to get the ram to 860 to hit 3GHz and you'll deffo get that by loosening the timings.

BTW, using the mobo to control the fan speed and an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro it's very, very quiet

johnno · 13 Nov 2006 at 07:37

cheers nutbuster do you think it will make a difference that im only using 1gb of ram for the time being.??

Nutbusta · 13 Nov 2006 at 08:03

johnno said:
cheers nutbuster do you think it will make a difference that im only using 1gb of ram for the time being.??

None whatsoever

You'll still get a cracking overclock. In fact it may even be better for using low density modiles and I'm not aware of C2D having any issues with 4 modules when you upgrade to 2 GB.

Any one know of 4 module issues with C2D?

johnno · 13 Nov 2006 at 16:43

could someone also tell me if this setup will work well together because there are soo many errors and bugs with conroe boards at the moment

waso_dude · 13 Nov 2006 at 17:33

i havn't had any problems with my Asus P5B e6300 and 1gb of Geil 6400 low lacency ram and thats hit 3ghz no problem

johnno · 13 Nov 2006 at 17:54

cheers what noticable differences can u see with conroes for example over x2's.

mattbrown91 · 13 Nov 2006 at 17:56

Much faster, especially at 3GHz

johnno · 13 Nov 2006 at 18:49

much faster in what though e.g windows, games

joeyjojo · 13 Nov 2006 at 19:01

Much faster in encoding and (apparently) windows, though this can often be put down to the fresh install and generally improved system, faster drives and such.

Very little difference in games, for the moment.

trojan698 · 13 Nov 2006 at 19:25

I noticed a drastic improvement in games personally.

Nutbusta · 13 Nov 2006 at 19:31

Speed in windows is generally down to quantity of ram and HD seek time.

I don't think you'll see much differance in windows. I'm pretty sure that if I put a gig of ram in my old PIII-800 doorstop it would still email and browse nearly as fast....

but, in video encoding, gaming and benchmarking it absolutely rocks