orderd this system will i beable too over clock it any

[albop]

QUAD CORE Q6600 64 Bit DUAL SLI PC System
8GB DDR2 - (667)
500GB SATA
1GB nVidia 8600GT SLI
ASUS P5N-E SLI 1333MHZ
Cooler master elite 330 case with 650W PSU

i dont really do much hardcore gaming , just for like football manager
what i wanna over clock it for is for converting divx and avi files too dvd
im willing too spend more money on fans ect if its gonna increase the performance of my machine

 

[beurling]

with the stock cooler you might hit like 2.8 to 3.0Ghz before temps are too high.

 

[albop]

so what modifacations would i beable too get that would see me hit 3.6ghz should it be possible also how much are we talking too do it,

 

[Evilonigiri]

Getting a good cpu cooler such as the TRUE or Xigmatek will probably let you achieve 3.6GHz. This depends on your cpu's OCing potential, but 3.6GHz with the G0 revision should do it.

 

[albop]

thanks is that all i have too do

 

[Lupiron]

Evil, p5n-e, lol! That be a 6x0i with a q6600. You know how that goes. I do believe I have a 680i board sitting right over there with nothing in it, due to its inability to OC well at all! Let alone 3.6! But.. he could be in that rare 10% of people who's 6x0i will OC with a q6Xxx. But I will let you go into all that!

I do wish you the best of luck! maybe the 650i's are better than the 680i's? But not from what i have read.
--Lupi!

 

[Thanatos421]

If you aren't a hardcore gamer, why o why did you buy an SLI setup?

 

[Evilonigiri]

Evil, p5n-e, lol! That be a 6x0i with a q6600. You know how that goes. I do believe I have a 680i board sitting right over there with nothing in it, due to its inability to OC well at all! Let alone 3.6! But.. he could be in that rare 10% of people who's 6x0i will OC with a q6Xxx. But I will let you go into all that!

I do wish you the best of luck! maybe the 650i's are better than the 680i's? But not from what i have read.
--Lupi!

Oh, didn't spot that at all.

Lupi is right, the Nvidia 6series chipset doesn't work well with the Quads.

If you haven't bought the parts already, get the ASUS Pk5-e.

 

[albop]

thanks for your replys , is the p5n32-e sli any better

 

[Thanatos421]

Again, I have to ask, if you aren't a hardcore gamer, why are you wasting money on SLI?

 

[Arkious]

just a question, but why such slow ram with such a good system, yes their is allot but unless your running 64bit its pointless? go for 4x1GB Corsair Dominator DDR2-1066 or Corsair Tracer for funkyness

 

[Mondoman]

DDR2-800 is plenty for up to 1600MHz FSB speed.

 

[Evilonigiri]

And most DDR2 can OC past 900MHz.

 

[Thanatos421]

I agree usually, but in my case, I pushed the FSB pretty high and couldn't use 800. In a normal situation, where you aren't pushing over 450 FSB, 800 is more than enough. I had the money to blow, I liked the fancy heatsinks on the Dominator and the 1066 was on sale If it weren't for those 3 factors, I'd have gotten 800 as well.

 

[Perp]

My 4gigs (2x2) adata 800 wasn't doing very well over 850 so I just ordered some Gskill (2x2) 1000 since I'm hoping to hit 500mhz fsb with a few more tweaks. Granted It'll be a while since I won't have time for lapping my new Xigmatek and my q6600 till I finish my kitchen remodeling.

I think the OP will be to hit 3.6 just fine with any of the top 10 heatsinks listed on frostytech.