E4300 to 3GHz

[rocknpaintball]

Hi, i bought an e4300 off a friend last week for cheap and i wanted to see if i could get it up to 3GHz for a secondary computer. I was trying to not spend too much money on this build and as i already have many of the components necessary. My two main concerns were the motherboard and a heatsink/fan.

I wanted to spend a max of about 110 on a motherboard and anything less is better. I was looking at the GA-EP45-DS3L for $100 (85 after MIR) and the Asus P5QL PRO for $87. i was just wondering if anyone could confirm either board's performance/Over-clocking ability or recommend a different motherboard.

As for the heatsink/fan i have a stock Q6600 cooler that kept my Q6600 at 38 Celsius according to core temp and 32 Celsius according to real temp at idle. I figured it would do fine at 2.4 GHz and 1066 MHz fsb b/c thats what my Q6600 was at. However i did not know if it could handle 3 GHz on a 1333 fsb... its faster but still its only half the cores.

Any information is greatly appreciated

 

[Mondoman]

Gigabyte makes good stuff, and your cooler should be fine. Half the cores means half the heat generated.

 

[rocknpaintball]

Thanks a lot... looks like i can save money on a cooler to put towards a motherboard

 

[V3NOM]

the stock cooler should get it to 3.0ghz. but it will likely be around 70-75. my e4400 was like that before i got a xiggy...

 

[rocknpaintball]

you used a quad core stock cooler on a dual core? I am trying to use a quad core cooler because it is so much larger... i wanted to avoid temps in the 70's

 

[nocteratus]

you can use : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler for $37

it'll keep the cpu cool... for 3.0Ghz, that's one of my current setup, E4300+AC freezer 7 pro @3.0Ghz (9*333)...

and out of the 2 mb you choose I'd go with GA-EP45-DS3L.

 

[V3NOM]

+1. although if you can afford it a xiggy would be MUCH better..

 

[chiller]

my old e4300 is running at 3.0ghz in my mum's pc with stock cooling, no problems at all ... I did lap the cpu though.