I got a thermal right ultima 90 and got higher temps with my q6600.(35idle and 47load non overclocked)
i have a B3 but will trade it back to tiger direct(by the way dont buy from them) for a GO. i would like to try liquid cooling and need some advice in parts, i have a 975X chipset if it matters and a budget of around $200 will this be enough to safely overclock it to 4GHz. i dont think ill need gpu liquid cooing as i will keep some airflow in the case. if someone has had good results with a setup i would like to haer about it thanks

So, the only waterblock that you intend on having in your cooling loop is for the CPU right? and you want to try and build that with a budget of no greater than $200?

That chipset won't carry you to 4ghz, it's impossible.

OK if i cant do it with this mobo im going to trade mine for a e8400 of a e8500. what mobo would be good for this and has raid,pci express possibly sli?

If you said SLI, you just limited your choices by a lot...

Instead of looking at dual vidcard solutions, which imo is a waste of money, perhaps you should look into the ASUS P5k-e. It is known to OC to 500MHz fsb (2000MHz effective) and has wide OCing options that makes OCing real easy.

ok forget sli is the p5k-e relieble and can it run raid?does it have pci e or 2.0?

If that runs on x38/48 chipset, which I believe it does, then yes, yes, and yes (2.0). For 4ghz, your only reliable choice is a x38/48 chipset motherboard, with fsb running at 1600mhz natively, and reliably oc to 2000+mhz.

1600FSB can be achieve on P35 chipset not a problem at all!450x8 for the Q6600 im running on.

iluvgillgill wrote :

1600FSB can be achieve on P35 chipset not a problem at all!450x8 for the Q6600 im running on.

Check math.

1600mhz fsb won't get you 4ghz.

if FSB450 of the chipset is capable then 450X9 should be ok.but a huge voltage bump maybe needed!

450x4 fsb is not a speed to count on for p35 chipset. It's hit and miss, and even if it's hit, you'll have voltage and temperature problems. Practically, x38/48 is the way to go for 1600+mhz fsb.

i agree with you dagger.but i just want to point out the chipset is capable of achieving such speed.and since the poster is looking on watercooling.

so a watercooled NB will have no problem of dealing with the heat.but at the end it all depends whats quality on the chipset/motherboard.

Heat is only one of the walls to run into for oc. Voltage is another. Having to run it too high can kill the chipset even if it's still ice cold. The p35 chipset can only do so much no matter how hard you push it.

well as you know im running on air with 425FSB at the moment.and i will push it to the max see what is achievable.maybe this will give a guidance to the poster.but i guess i will have heat problem as i only got the Zalman 9700 LED to cool the CPU,the CPU cooler will give up before i run into any other problems!hehe

That's a good way to go. Push it hard when it's still within the rma period is smart. If it fails, it ought to do so without costing you money.

And I use this cooler, which received a big FAIL in tomshardware bench. After reading the bench, brought it anyway.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/0 [...] age15.html

before the TRUE exist this Zalman is the best on the market.as no heatsink got near it.but Zalman has been lazy after such a success.but not so success now aye?!

whats the difference between the e8400 and the e8500?

can you recomend good ram for oc whit the p35

you say the 975x is capable of 4ghz but is it stable and is it possible. is it risky?

how much would water cooling cost for oc the chipset and cpu?

the only difference in any model in the same range is the multiplier.

is it worth it to spend $70 more for the e8500

no!as you are intended to overclock.a slowest cpu can overclock beyond the top model in teh family(not always but most time will match it).

so no!