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Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45-DS3L

Memory: 2GB DDR2 800Mhz

GPU: Radeon HD 4870 512MB VRAM

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 running at 2.40GHz with Arctic Freezer 7 Pro cooling fan

HDD: Western Digital WD Caviar SE16 SATA 320GB

Power Supply: RaidMax Modular RX-630A 630w

Case: Antec 900

Hello, I was wondering would it be possible to overclock my Core 2 Quad Q6600 from 2.4 GHz Stock to 2.8GHz without changing the voltage? Also, how would I do this?

Message edited by DaveB_55 on 09-09-2009 at 08:32:16 PM

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HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - Guide v1.6.1
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] uals-guide

You should be able to reach 3.0 GHz with the stock cooler with little or no voltage increase.

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Can do that by raising FSB from the bios.
For more read above guide.
It covers all the details.

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