Interesting facts about Intel E6500K

[Blaineoliver]

My E4500 clocked to 3.3ghz, was very impressed, sidewards upgrade to an E5200, which did 3.15 stable, needed a lot of volts for 3.3... That is what nailed my intel coffin, back to AMD and have an unlocked x3 720 at 3.5ghz, and its faster than i need, even at 2.8 it doesnt limit my gfx card.

[rushholme]

My E4500 clocked to 3.3ghz, was very impressed, sidewards upgrade to an E5200, which did 3.15 stable, needed a lot of volts for 3.3... That is what nailed my intel coffin, back to AMD and have an unlocked x3 720 at 3.5ghz, and its faster than i need, even at 2.8 it doesnt limit my gfx card.

That is my experience exactly.

But I then dumbly made another sideways move to the E7200 at 3.4ghz max!

I too will be getting the x3 720 BE.

[rushholme]

Is there any downside to running the Phenom II in a AM2 motherboard?

Can anyone recommend a £50 board for x3 720 BE?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Gigabyte MA770-UD3 revision 2:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Gigab...D3-Motherboard

If you are doing some big overclocks get some ram heatsinks and attach them to the VRM area:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Zalma...-River-product

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Therm...or-HR-03RevAV2

It is on the Scan Today Only web page for around £52:

http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx