Hi guys,
I have been reading the forum for a while but finally decided to join in. I just bought these components for a new system and was wondering if you could tell me what kinds of clock speeds I could expect out of overclocking my CPU with the ZALMAN cooler? I know many have taken it as far as 3.4GHz on the stock heatsink/fan but I am wondering if it can actually go even farther. I plan on pushing it as far as I can since I will be upgrading to a Q6600 after the second price drop anyway in Q3. I will be using it mainly as a number cruncher for my research (MATLAB if anyone knows).
BTW: I know Intel prices will drop in a couple of months but I could not wait that long (school related).
I have been reading the forum for a while but finally decided to join in. I just bought these components for a new system and was wondering if you could tell me what kinds of clock speeds I could expect out of overclocking my CPU with the ZALMAN cooler? I know many have taken it as far as 3.4GHz on the stock heatsink/fan but I am wondering if it can actually go even farther. I plan on pushing it as far as I can since I will be upgrading to a Q6600 after the second price drop anyway in Q3. I will be using it mainly as a number cruncher for my research (MATLAB if anyone knows).
- ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
- Thermaltake Purepower W0129RU ATX12V 600 W Power Supply
- Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Allendale 1.8GHz LGA 775 Processor
- OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel, Cas 4, (4-4-4-15)
- EVGA 256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
- ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED 92mm 2 Ball Cooling Fan with Heatsink
BTW: I know Intel prices will drop in a couple of months but I could not wait that long (school related).
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BTW yes I did order all the components already but I got my motherboard OEM for $135 instead of $196. I also got the OCZ memory for $150 from originally $189 I believe.