Overclocking: Dual- vs. Quad-Core CPUs

Overclocking III - Dual-Core E6750 At 3.40 GHz

In order to get the E6750, which runs at a default clock speed of 2.66 GHz, to operate stably at 3.40 GHz, we had to increase the core voltage. We achieved this by increasing the voltage by a mere 0.0125 Volts, which resulted in the processor completing our Prime95 tests without error on an FSB of 425 MHz (1700 QDR).

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