O.C.ing Pent D's

[Grasshopper]

I see in O.C. 101 that the Pent. D 820 (2.8GHz.) is an acceptable candidate for O.C.ing. How much of an increase (%) could I expect to achieve with that proc. on a Asus P5LD2 mobo.? (If someone happens to recommend an alternate board, I'm not interested in SLI, and don't want to deal with Bios updates and B.S.)


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131538

Also are the Pent. D 830 (3.0GHz.) and 840 (3.2GHz.) acceptable candidates as well? And if so, how much of an increase (%) would I be able to expect from them respectively, on the same mobo.?
Thanks!

 

[Praetor]

much of an increase (%) could I expect to achieve with that proc. on a Asus P5LD2 mobo.? (If someone happens to recommend an alternate board, I'm not interested in SLI, and don't want to deal with Bios updates and B.S.)

- It's been a long time since Ive played on a Intel dualcore box so i've really been out of it: now I can say however that the P5LD2 is a good platform to start from. If your budget can handle it I might suggest the P5LD2 DLX (adds an extra PCIx16 slot, an earthload more storage connections, a slightly tweaked audio setup) .. functionalitywise they are essentially the same though)
- Regardless of whether you want to deal with them or not -- i'd reccomend taking the BIOS updates regardless -- for the most part, they're there for a reason

Also are the Pent. D 830 (3.0GHz.) and 840 (3.2GHz.) acceptable candidates as well? And if so, how much of an increase (%) would I be able to expect from them respectively, on the same mobo.?

The reason I suggested the 820 is simply because its the cheapest model (i., i'll generally reccomend the lowest, highest and roughly middle models as OCing platforms simple to accomodate people's budgets)

 

[Grasshopper]

- Regardless of whether you want to deal with them or not -- i'd reccomend taking the BIOS updates regardless -- for the most part, they're there for a reason
Thanks alot for your input.
In regards to the Bios updates, from what I understand the only reliable way to apply them is via a FDD, is that correct?
And they must be applied before installing Windows, is that correct?
Thanks again.