which Core2 was it specifically that allowed amazing overclocking ?

sorry for asking a question which could probably be found by searching but hitting a wall

Which E-series was it that could OC better than the rest ? was it the 8200 or the 8400 ? and was it a specific batch or generally all of them with a bit of luck ?

From what I've read ovr various forums it seems that the E8400 was the champion overclocker, as to what batch I have no idea sadly.

thanks mate :)

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Originally Posted by Tunnah

sorry for asking a question which could probably be found by searching but hitting a wall

Which E-series was it that could OC better than the rest ? was it the 8200 or the 8400 ? and was it a specific batch or generally all of them with a bit of luck ?

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They are all pretty good... and on a budget the new E5200 and the E7x00 are great value for money. Less cache but the lower starting FSB speeds (and consequently higher multiplier) make it easier if you're on a medium priced motherboard which can't hit super-high FSB speeds.

Yep it was the E8400 series that could easily hit 4GHz on air. I really haven't seen many overclocked ones running under that speed unless if the people who got a bad one didn't post about it :)

As said they were all quite good, even dating back to the original E6xxx, I got my E6400 to 3.2ghz without even breaking a sweat. Recently ive put a machine for my cousin using a cheapo P31 mobo and an E5200 and got that to 3.75Ghz in 2mins. E8400 is an amazing overclocker though, probably the best of the lot.

Hawker

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As said they were all quite good, even dating back to the original E6xxx

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Ahem, I think you'll find that the E4300 was (and still is <--- 1.8Ghz to 3.2Ghz) a great overclocker as well.

The E2140 was the first monster (for me anyway) by going from 1.6 (default 200fsb x 8)) to 3.2 (400) and running day in day out at 2.66 (333), The E7200 was next - 2.5 (266x9.5) to 3.8 (400), although I have seen (but not experienced) the 7200 at 4+. Isn't the Q6600 Go a bit of a monster clocker?

Yea the Q6600 G0 stepping was one which was often recommended for its overclocking potential, well at least 3.4 Ghz on air? (I think, although I never took mine that high, mine was about 3.1 Ghz on stock cooler).

Yup the SLACR Q6600 was meant to be a goodun.

Mines up to 3.1 no problem, haven't bothered trying further.

Yes i have my Q6600 at 3.1 on air with no problems, did push it up further but I had problems with core voltages.

I have a Q6600 SLACR 1.2375v on ebay under meaker10 at the moment, does 3.6ghz at 1.4v.

My Q6600 GO runs 24/7 @ 3.6ghz and will bench @ 3.9ghz on water.

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Ahem, I think you'll find that the E4300 was (and still is <--- 1.8Ghz to 3.2Ghz) a great overclocker as well.

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I thought the E6xxx pre-dated the E4xxx, im not knocking them I know they overclocked excellently too, just the E6xxx were the original C2D CPUs (or am I wrong about that)

Hawker

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I thought the E6xxx pre-dated the E4xxx, im not knocking them I know they overclocked excellently too, just the E6xxx were the original C2D CPUs (or am I wrong about that)

Hawker

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They do and are the original C2D's.

How are Q6600 these days? Still good clockers or have AMD somehow tightened the binning process?

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How are Q6600 these days? Still good clockers or have AMD somehow tightened the binning process?

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Eh :O_o1: The Q6600 is an Intel chip.

The Q6600 are undoubtedly going down in history as an excellent over-clocker and just generally good CPU!

AMD's latest Phenom's are up and coming for price value against performance but Intel's Quads, especially the Q6600, are legendarily good; mine runs quite happily at 3GHz on air and would go further as I know other's have got theirs further, but I've not had the demand for more power yet.

I think my next system will either be an Extreme Quad or an i7, haven't decided yet, but still very pleased with my Q6600!!

:P

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Eh :O_o1: The Q6600 is an Intel chip.

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Typo, typo :surprised:

However I seen a few people saying the current new q6600 are not overclocking so well.

I think intel may of been bining the old q6600, with the good overclockers going to retail and the less good ones going to OEM system builds as they tend to have no overclocking facilities anyway.
However now many OEM are moveing over to other q2d cpu's so more of the weaker cpu's are going to retail.
Well that's my guess.

I seem to remember that the original e4xxx and e6xxx came out at the same time, or at least the e4xxx very shortly after the e6xxx

All of the c2d series have been good overclockers, the quads tended to be less so as they are just 2 c2d cpu's jamed onto one substrate (same as intel did with the original pentium D), so they hit heat build up faster.

Well, I've not had any trouble so far with my Q6600 and its overclocking capabilities; but you could be right as it was this time last year that I bought mine and so I don't know what the latest ones are overclocking like.

I've got an aging 6320 which runs at 1.8GHz. Overclocked to 3.2GHz no problem. IIRC the 3GHz Core2Duo was about 4 times the price of the 1.8GHz when I bought it, so it was a no brainer.

The 6000 series were soon replaced by the 4000 series though, not that I think there were any great differences between the two.

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My Q6600 GO runs 24/7 @ 3.6ghz and will bench @ 3.9ghz on water.

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Ditto, I run mine at 3.6 @ 1.375v, it'll run at 3.8/2.9 but the temps get much higher, never managed to get 4Ghz into windows. Great chip and it's held it's value for over 12 months now :D
If I were building another system now I'd still got for this (i7 still too expensive).

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Ditto, I run mine at 3.6 @ 1.375v, it'll run at 3.8/2.9 but the temps get much higher, never managed to get 4Ghz into windows. Great chip and it's held it's value for over 12 months now :D
If I were building another system now I'd still got for this (i7 still too expensive).

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Yep i feel the same re i7 and my chip is just like yours. 4Ghz is a no no :)

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Yep i feel the same re i7 and my chip is just like yours. 4Ghz is a no no :)

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Yeah I'd agree with that, I would like to go i7 but besides them being still too expensive the other components like the motherboard and RAM are still too expensive at the minute although the RAM has begun to drop though quite significantly recently.

:P

iv been overclocking my Q6600 and its at 3.6 atm... not quite overnight orthos stable yet i need to fiddle with the voltages but i still got though a 3Dmark run with my GPU also overclocked and got 17500 points :D

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...0605032009.jpg

Phenom II are competitive, but a cheap Q6600 is almost as good clock for clock than the 940 for alot cheaper.