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    Get an x2 3800 from ebuyer or scan for £86 inc delivery. I bought the x2 4200 oem from scan with a zalman 9500 cooler. Running stable at 2.57 GHZ and low temps. Runs games great and vista is not a problem for it.

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    • GSte's system
      • Motherboard:
      • P6T Deluxe
      • CPU:
      • i7 920 @ 4.2GHz / TRUE
      • Memory:
      • 6GB GSkill 1600MHz cas6
      • Storage:
      • 250GB Barracuda, 2 x WD 500GB AAKS, 1TB Caviar Black
      • Graphics card(s):
      • GTX470
      • PSU:
      • NorthQ Black Magic Flex 850W
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      • X-Clio Windtunnel
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      • XP Home, Vista Home Premium X64, Win7 Home X64
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      • Samsung 245B
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      • Be Not So Happy
    My brother just bought an Opteron 170 from Scan (had to order it which took a few weeks) as an upgrade from his 3700 San Diego. Cost £120 and came with a nice AMD 4 heatpipe cooler, but he swapped it for a Freezer 64 and now has the chip at 2.9 GHz stable with stock voltage and nice temps.

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    ok, I took the advice given and plumped for a X2 3800+ which i intend to Overclock. I have an Akasa Heatpipe cooler and an AN8 Ultra board. Has anyone got a guide to the overclocking options this board offers? Uguru does not seem to like Vista so cant do it through there. TIA
    Gigabyte 965p-S3 Rev 3.3
    E6300 @ 2.8ghx (400 x 7) Stock Voltages
    Arctic Freezer Pro 7
    2gb Geil Ultra Low Latency
    ATI X800 PCI-Ex
    Vista Home Premium 32bit
    4 x SATA Drives

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    • GSte's system
      • Motherboard:
      • P6T Deluxe
      • CPU:
      • i7 920 @ 4.2GHz / TRUE
      • Memory:
      • 6GB GSkill 1600MHz cas6
      • Storage:
      • 250GB Barracuda, 2 x WD 500GB AAKS, 1TB Caviar Black
      • Graphics card(s):
      • GTX470
      • PSU:
      • NorthQ Black Magic Flex 850W
      • Case:
      • X-Clio Windtunnel
      • Operating System:
      • XP Home, Vista Home Premium X64, Win7 Home X64
      • Monitor(s):
      • Samsung 245B
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      • Be Not So Happy
    It's better to overclock through the BIOS anyway.

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