q6600 help!!!

3.8ghz is the highest but it depends on the chipset
here this idiot wrote the max was 3.61ghz 13 months ago( o it was me?): http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/244351-28-61ghz-1ghz

3.6ghz is intel

nvidia is 3.3-3.4

9700 is ok but its pretty crappy - get a real cooler if want max -- there are many better ones

xig installer per my post: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] tic-forgot

the new thermalright 90 rocks - its probably best hs made http://www.anandtech.com/casecooli [...] spx?i=3068

9700 is a very average cooler it suffers from poor surface area and over engineering

all great coolers are copied from thermalright xp-90


while the 120 is better you run into case issues with side fans - if you want max oc you need a side door fan besides 2 front fans and 2-3 rear and top rans in your case

also, i dont want pushpins so how do intall that hs?

The maximum safe overclock also depends on the processor. A low VID (default vCore) processor will easily make 3.6ghz dead stable on air however a high VID chip like mine will require 1.475 volts or higher meaning air cooling won't cut it at 3.6ghz.

i dont want anything more than 3.2ghz i want my cpu to last...
what voltage would i need for that?
also, how do i know if i got a cpu with a low vid of high vid?