new build with OC....

[bigpimp101]

alrite im getting a amd x2 3800, dfi mobo, geforce 7800 gt video card, and 2 gb ram Gigaram with a Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 watt power supply.....wut u think i can overclock it to?

 

[ckfordy]

alrite im getting a amd x2 3800, dfi mobo, geforce 7800 gt video card, and 2 gb ram Gigaram with a Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 watt power supply.....wut u think i can overclock it to?

probably to 2.2 and maybe to 2.4 with really good cooling.

 

[Mr.Suave]

nobody can really tell you how much you can OC. maby the CPU you get turns out to be a great OCer or it could be a crappy one. read OC 101 for more info

 

[ReturnToEmpire]

well im sure you cang et it to 2.4 without raising votage as many people have with dfi boards and 3800 + cpus, you could probaly get it to 2.8 with water cooling, but you just got to wathch your temps as you should be fine to overclock very nicely.

 

[fade2green514]

umm 2.4ghz easily with no voltage increase (and no voltage increase = barely any heat increase). thats what i did.
depending on your motherboard and psu, you could probably get it to 2.6ghz, but its still not as good as the FX-60 because of the cache decrease. the 2.6ghz is not recommended though because overall it wont bottleneck your 7800gt at 2.4ghz and 2.6ghz will require a voltage increase guaranteed, and that would increase heat by alot!
BTW RETURNTOEMPIRE NICE SIG! i love that... mac sucks... who would wanna install that operating system anyways? compatibility issues and more money to spend on software than normal.

 

[Praetor]

wut u think i can overclock it to?

OC 101

but you just got to wathch your temps

And voltages....

BTW RETURNTOEMPIRE NICE SIG! i love that... mac sucks... who would wanna install that operating system anyways?

Age: 17

I rest my case. Stay on topic.

and that would increase heat by alot!

Do you actually know this from personal experience? I can punch an extra .4v into my chip with almost no difference in idle temps (2ºC increase). Load temps are fairly locked out at 42C with fan at roughly 58%

 

[ReturnToEmpire]

I can punch an extra .4v into my chip with almost no difference in idle temps (2ºC increase). Load temps are fairly locked out at 42C with fan at roughly 58%

what do you use, i want to know sice ive got the same motherboard/cpu combo as you.

 

[Praetor]

what do you use, i want to know sice ive got the same motherboard/cpu combo as you.

See my specs

DFI LanParty UT NF4Ultra-D, Athlon64 X2-4200
Kingmax 1GB PC3700
640GB [4x160GB, 7200, 8MB]
Leadtek 7800GTX 256MB

Granted im not running that exact config anymore but its close enough