will it do 3ghz.??c2d

johnno · 25 Nov 2006 at 11:56

ok youve probably seen a few threads like this before but do you belive this rig will do 3ghz. now i know it depends on the chip aswell as every does not clock the same. but do you beleive if i pick up a decent chip i can ht 3ghz with this setup. i will be updating ram in near future but i am getting 1gb for now.

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £84.99(£99.86) £84.99

GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC) (£93.99) £79.99

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (£112.79) £95.99

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (£34.06) £28.99
Sub Total : £289.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.25
Vat : £52.19
Total : £350.40

i dont think its a bad proce either for 350dead

gurusan · 25 Nov 2006 at 12:02

I'd say there is a very good chance that it will do at least 3.0ghz.

harris1986 · 25 Nov 2006 at 12:08

there is no wax on wax off of how high overclocking chips will go, but with the current batch of c2d's i should imagine 3ghz is possible possibly and some!

johnno · 25 Nov 2006 at 17:51

tidy will the tuniq tower or scythe ninja be a good cooler to cool this.

FreeStream · 25 Nov 2006 at 20:20

johnno said:
tidy will the tuniq tower or scythe ninja be a good cooler to cool this.

Tuniq Tower 120 = best there is pretty much.

You might see 3.2ghz

U will 99% pass 3ghz

jNive · 26 Nov 2006 at 02:21

yup, with an FSB of 450 ( which is easy on the DS3 ) , a 1:1 memory ratio ( multiplier = 2.00 ) and timings of 4-4-4-12 , which your memory should be able to do since its rated as CAS4 for 800 MHz ( it would be running at 900MHz with FSB=450)

that would get you 3.15GHz and with that cooler, should be fine. leave CPU voltage = 1.325 in bios if not one or 2 steps down.

have DDR voltage set to +0.3V in bios also.

Once thats proved stable start incrementing the FSB