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What would be the best intel cpu that i can overclock? I am planning on replacing it in a couple months as soon as the q drops in money?? I need to get a motherboard as well. I would like to get a motherboard that will support c2d and the q6600. I want to upgrade the cpu without upgrading the motherboard. Im brand new here so I hope that I am not being nusence or anything. I just never seem to make a wise deal on anything and for once I want to make sure I purchase the best right stuff the first time. Thank you in advance!

 

David

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In this months CPU magazine they took a C2D E4300 and an EVGA 680i LT board and overclocked it to 2.96GHz stable beating out the Core 2 Extreme X6800 in 12 of the 13 benchmarks. It was only slower in F.E.A.R. because of the cache difference. Not bad for about $300 +/-

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Thank you so much for your responce! I really, really appreciate this!

 

So I am going to go with this motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813188013 or should a spend a lil more on the e6320? They are within 50$ of each other! ???

 

And the E3400: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115013 processor

 

This might be the best site ever!

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Thank you so much for your responce! I really, really appreciate this!

 

So I am going to go with this motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813188013 or should a spend a lil more on the e6320? They are within 50$ of each other! ???

 

And the E3400: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115013 processor

 

This might be the best site ever!

 

 

That is the motherboard that I have. I would have gotten the LT if it would have been out. The LT is cheaper and it has almost all of the same features.

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I read a article on E6300 and they overclocked it to like 3.4 Ghz stable on air but if you want the 4MB cache then go with other C2D. E6300 has 2MB (If you don't know)

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now they did that just on a peltier cooling block.....with fans. imagine a water setup or better yet, nrg's water assisted peltier block that he just reviewed would really drop the gloves for a good overclock.

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