"Free" OC on P35. Can someone explain?

[tsponholz]

So this article:
http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2991&p=5
(sorry for the link to the "other guys")

says:

the P35 is a good chipset for building a performance system. This is particularly true if you intend to use a 1066 FSB processor with the "free" 25% overclock that is possible by just setting 1333 instead of 1066 in the motherboard BIOS.

So, I could take an e6420, set FSB to 1333, and end up with it running at 2.66GHz. (2.13 x 25% = 2.6625)

Is it really that simple?

 

[haywood]

Pretty much the truth. Though most good P965 boards hit 1333 easily. I have a "mild" OC on my E6400, only running the FSB at 1400. This equals 2.8 on the proc with an Asus P5B-E.

The P35 does look impressive though.

 

[aoe]

I expect it's the same as dropping an E4300 (1.8GHz 9x200MHz) on a 965/975 motherboard (FSB 266MHz).

 

[joex444]

Yes, exactly what is meant. I just started OC'ing my E4300. The first setting I tried was 266x9. Booted up fine...

 

[Malaga93]

the chipset is going to rock, btw when is the release date of the first motherboards with this chipset?