Am I getting this overclocking thing correctly?

[hcforde]

I made sure I got my hands on an E6400 the day it came out and got it for $269.00. I also bought 2 gigs (@ $150.00-$50.00 rebate )of 4200 rated Infineon(Aeneon) Ram that runs at DDR2 533 & DDR2-667 with timings of 4-4-4-11 @ 1.8.

At 2.2 volts and settings of 5-5-5-15 it can go to 406.


These test were conducted here at Toms
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/02/27/in_search_of_true_ddr2_bleeding_edge_memory/page19.html

When Overclocking;
If I took it from 266 to 300 it would be at 2.40 Ghz 1:1 –same speed as an E6600 (I know the cache will make a diff.)
If I took it from 266 to 333 it would be at 2.67 Ghz 1:1 same as an E6700 AND
If I took it to 400, if my calculations are right that would be 3.2 Ghz don’t know if this is 1:1 at this point still for what I see it still kicks it.

Am I thinking right on this???

All I am waiting for now is the motherboard. The ASUS P5WDG2-WS-PRO (I need it because of the PCI-X slots)

 

[ikjadoon]

Yeah, that sounds about right. Just don't in big jumps like that. Looks good, though...Make sure that the mobo can support 2.2V for the memory. Some stop as short as 1.95.

~Ibrahim~

 

[hcforde]

This is an ASUS workstation motherboard the P5dwg2-ws-pro. Apparently this chip can go to about 4Ghz. and the board is robust. I think it will supply upto 2.4V to the memory. This is like the old celeron days when overcloxking 50% out of the box was standard on their 300Mhz processor.

I figure I can get it to E6700 status. That will make me happy, I'm not too greedy.


Thanks

 

[ikjadoon]

Good luck!

~Ibrahim~