how much oc'in

seanandnik

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well i am awaiting my c2d e6600 and asus p5be mobo, i hear this mobo is great for ocing. i ordered a gigabyte galaxy II liquid cpu cooler AND also an evercool copper heatsink tower with fan. (i will return 1 shorlty after build,not sure which though)i am afraid of water cooling as i left my last computer running for 3 years only turning it off a few times,and plan to do so again, that much time and a liquid system will leak. so how much can i oc while air cooling? i have a full tower case (gigabyte aurora) with 2 rear 120 fans, a front 120 fan, a side vent, a fan blowing down across the cpu cooler from the psu, a fan blowing out from the psu,a cpu copper tower heatsink with fan, 2 hdd's with double fanned coolers on each, 2 ram sticks with heatsinks, can i take the 2.4ghz e6600 up to 3.0 on air alone? and where this is a dual core i heard the 2.4 is like 4.8 ghz, no?
 
3.0 easily yes. 4.8 heck no. i bet you easily reach "safely" on air at 3.6 with that cooling system you have. 4.0 you could probably get easily too but it is only for fun from 3.6 on, no more performance gain really
 
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