not only expensive motherboard can hit high frequency

my G31 oso can hit it with 1.32v


3.9Ghz


3.75Ghz


3.6Ghz


This post has been edited by chchyong89: Jul 20 2009, 01:37 PM

i got my e5300 to 4ghz @ 1.328v. is that voltage normal for that speed? other spec as stated at my sig.

Proc speed is only one component, the amount of cache on the proc is also important. The I/O speed is also important. In fact it's pretty much all about cache if all you do is surf. For DTP etc. the best thing is lots of RAM -- you can see a huge difference if the OS doesn't need to swap in and out a lot.

It makes a slight difference in beta Flash/PhysX software PPU games, where they have not optimized the code yet. In the real world though, people don't optimize apps for OC-ed procs

PS. 50% is nothing, I can get 100% on my E2140 for what it's worth

This post has been edited by wodenus: Jul 20 2009, 02:10 PM

high frequency is easy.try high fsb overclocking and see if that mobo can handle it.

other than that, becareful when OCing... your parts will degrade faster than normal usage..

wah...nice frequency you got with low vcore...well done... mine need 1.42v to hit 4ghz...maybe bad batch...

Gigabyte EP43-UD3L
Gigabyte nvidia gtx260

i plan to get C2D E7400
so i that enough already or should i get more latest processor

3.0 is not a real overclock as it doesn't take advantage of DDR2 800 and 1:1. Once you start hitting 3.6 and beyond, *then* you will see what overclocking is all about. SuperPi in itself doesn't mean much, but it does give an indication of a processor's performance under certain parameters. You can overclock *and* turn EIST on.

it's a thousand of different from 2.5Ghz step to 3ghz, using PS2 emulator, the splendid speed, then u know what's the point of overclocking even only increase 500Mhz