well, IMHO it's hard to say which is the best for gaming. as akachester said, depends on your usage. why get so high end proc for? unless you have the money, otherwise a midrange one will do, coz can oc to match the high end proc. even with the high end and mirange, you wont even notice the difference unless in benchmarks. coz just few hundred megahertz diff only.

oooo lol but how to oc??/ wit the mobo provided software?? coz i totally noob in oc in bios setting...

can oc using software provided by mobo, but i think it won't be as good as playing with the settings inside bios. it's wise not to oc if you don't know how to do it. can end up damaging your hardware.

oooo... lol.. but got any manual in lowyat for oc??? lol... just oc a bit also can right??? hmmm

Go and google,there are a hell lot of oc guide out there

ooo ok lol... hmmmm when i buy my gaming pc will google it.. lol.. but i think i wont oc it coz if oc for new game no difference right.. just need good gc...

We have a overclockers section here in this forum.... http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showforum=5

ooo.. ok thx.. lol... but learn oc is it easy or hard for newbie??

Go to goldfries.com and read
I can say is,it vary for case to case scenario

ooo but gaming sure if got good gc can play high setting also right... wit the ati4850... hmmm

in LYN essential guides n reviews oso got

very very easy if u just read n do as instructed....

patience is the key

ooo.. lol but dont know how the bios menu also.. didnt go inside for long long time... lol

maybe one day you should try to go inside the bios, explore what is inside. know what you can and should do, and what you cannot or should not do.

hmmmm.... but wont like to fried my gaming pc later... lol...

It's dependent upon your CPU too. I suggest you read this article, very informative.
CPU scaling:
http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=775

ok thx.. will bookmark it

penryn pricelist thread become oc thread.
spideysam going offtopic in every thread.
for intel, oc is easy if u know the basic: fsb x multiplier = total clock
eg: 200 x 9 = 1800MHz = 1.8GHz
increasing either fsb or multiplier value will give u a higher total clock.

You won't fry your pc as long as not doing something stupid like,2vcore on air

pardon me, but i kinda realized that too