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    Im looking to overclock to quad 4ghz on water

    Not really, decent P45 mobos can do 450FSB+ too... in fact the world record for FSB speeds was done on a P45 board, albeit a dual core, but still, 725MHz is pretty impressive: http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/news/news.php?id=31
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    Official Phenom 2 Review Thread

    Thats a good point. Right now the 'upgrade ceiling' for S775 quads is the QX9770 @ 3.2GHz, and I don't expect Intel to release faster quads for this platform. A Yorkie @ 3.2GHz is roughly equivalent to a 3.6GHz PII. Now from what I've seen AMD will be stuck in the low 3GHz range for a while...
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    Official Phenom 2 Review Thread

    http://techreport.com/articles.x/16147 TRs review has min framerates. Its a mixed bag, in some games its higher than a comparable C2Q, in others its lower.
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    True overclock gains

    Overclocking increases everything by the same ratio, including cache, with the exception of Phenom which has a seperate L3 speed that is independant of the core clock. He is also not comparing cross architecture, not sure what you're about there, he simply o/ced his 3800+ from 2GHz to 2.6GHz...
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    Core i7 Reviews

    Xbitlabs has a look at the core level improvements and impact of SMT: http://xbitlabs.com/articles/c...-core-i7_10.html#sect0 http://xbitlabs.com/articles/c...l-core-i7_8.html#sect0
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    Which Nehalem to Get

    Agreed, the i920 makes the most sense from a price/performance perspective, why would you pay twice as much for a 10% clockspeed boost, and probably less after overclocking?
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    Does Nehalem really limit overclock to 130W?

    It can be overriden in the BIOS, an Intel rep confirmed this over at XS: http://www.xtremesystems.org/F...=3404171&postcount=102
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    Is a 3.2Ghz E2xxx still a good gaming CPU?

    Games are very cache sensitive though, which is the main reason why the E21x0s struggle somewhat compared to the higher end C2Ds. That being said, it is still faster than X2s per clock in games, but not by a huge amount, around 10% or so.
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    Core i7 Reviews

    Actually, it starts at 4870CF, or essentially a 4870X2. More powerful CF/SLI setups will see bigger gains, but even at the 4870X2 level there is a distinct difference. No, it wouldn't have. In the newer games the i7 965 is getting roughly double the performance of the E8400, how far can you...
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    Is a 3.2Ghz E2xxx still a good gaming CPU?

    How would you know for sure? I think that is a contentious point at best, for example in most RTS games the E8400 + HD4870 would blow away the E2160 + GTX280. The HD4870 (especially the 1GB version) is really not that far behind the GTX280, it'd depend a lot on the game engine which config comes...
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    Core i7 Reviews

    Actually in application performance (not including gaming) performance increases are around the 20% mark, if not more: http://www.overclockers.com.au...les/726776/summary.jpg
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    Core i7 Reviews

    A few more for PC Surgeon to add to the OP: http://www.guru3d.com/article/...i7-920-and-965-review/ http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=634 http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=16187 http://techreport.com/articles.x/15816 (X58 mobo comparison)...
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    Core i7 Reviews

    http://www.tweaktown.com/revie...fsb_departs/index.html http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=786 http://www.guru3d.com/article/...i7-920-and-965-review/ OCAU review is now up: http://www.overclockers.com.au...icle.php?id=726776&P=1 Summary page for clock for clock...
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    Is a 3.2Ghz E2xxx still a good gaming CPU?

    It doesn't mean I agree that its relevant. As I said earlier, most budget gamers aren't sporting 24" LCDs. 22" makes much more sense for a budget system, they're around $200 and the lower resolution doesn't require a top end GPU to maintain playable framerates, but lets agree to disagree on...