Thread: q9300 vs q6700
View Single Post
Old 05-09-2008, 09:51 AM   #18 (permalink)
Timo
Gold Member
 
Timo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Netherlands
Age: 18
Posts: 289
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by lovely? View Post
your partially right.

the only reason today's q9300's cannot overclock higher then the older series is solely motherboard technology. 45nm is inherently better at overclocking, but since motherboards cant handle fsb's of 2400mhz, the clocks are severely limited.
Either way, Q6700 will clock way way higher. Q9300 hasn't gotten over 3.8Ghz stable, and I have seen PhaseChange cooled Q6700 go to atleast 4.2Ghz... Which is very very high...

I reckon a Q6600 would even OC higher then the Q9450 because if I am correct the Q6600 will go over 3.8Ghz and stay stable (with the correct Voltage tweaks).
__________________
Ordered and in the making (the current one isn't worthy to be mentioned):
Mobo: XFX 680i LT Sli
CPU: Q6600
Vcard: 8800GTS G92
RAM: DDR2 800Mhz CL5 (OCZ)
CPU Cooler: Scythe Infinity
Vcard Cooler(s): Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev2
PSU: Corsair 650TX
Timo is offline   Reply With Quote