Re: Big Heatsinks




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Keep in mind that these chips are rated to 1.3625v. Just like the 65nm's are rated to 1.5v.Re: Big Heatsinks<br /> <br /> <br...rated to 1.5v.Re: Big Heatsinks




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Re: Big Heatsinks



Get this... 1.25v!

They seem to do about 3.7-3.8 on stock voltage, which I believe is 1.125v. Keep in mind that these chips have a spec'd range that goes up to 1.3625v.

I have a Q6600 myself, and while I can do 3.3 on stock voltage, I can't get over 3.64 with 1.575v. I'm on air, though....

Re: Big Heatsinks

I use a Tuniq Tower with a 120mm thunderblade (30-90, silent to tornado) in it. It keeps my overclocked (about 40%) C2Q nice and cool.

Oh, and since you are getting a C2D, you need to overclock it. It's free performance. Almost every single model will hit 3GHz, and the new 45nm chips have been doing 4GHz on air.

Tuniq Tower, or Thermalright Ultra Extreme (TRUE) 120.

Re: AMD or Intel??....



I would guess it's less than that even. I remember back when AMD went from S939 to AM2, and the increase in performance was nothing. RAM speed helps mostly in benchmarking, and moreso with Intel CPUs....

Re: CPU Multiplier problems

The Black editions and the FX series from AMD and the X (extreme) editions from Intel all have unlocked multipliers. Otherwise you are limited to your CPU speed divided by your FSB. Ex, C2D E6400 runs at 2.16 with a (quad-pumped) FSB of 1066. So take 1066 divide by four (remember it's quad pumped) to get 266mhz, then divide that from your CPU speed, 2.16GHz, and you get a multiplier of 8x!

You can always go down, A64's (K8) go to 4x with a 200mhz bus, Intel's it depends on the series and model. My Q6600 only goes from 6-9x.
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