e4600 OC performance?

[Denithor]

Anyone gotten the new e4600 chip (2MB/2.4GHz) yet? This one has a 12x multi, will it still max out in the 3GHz range or would there be any reason to expect higher results?

 

[johnnyjohnson]

Have seen no reports, but I bet they will be the best overclockers of the e4xxx series. I had some doubts whether the e4500 would be a better overclocker than the e4300 or e4400. Though early reports were iffy, the M0 stepping processors have proved to be better overclockers than the L2 stepping ones.

Statistically, each successive generation (e4300->e4400->e4500) has overclocked better than the last. Individual chips vary and there are exceptions. I have an e4500 that I am quite happy with. I'm running it at "only" 3.4Ghz, but I have had it as high as 3.8Ghz and still don't know yet what the upper limit is. Realistically I have to run it slower because of cooling issues, but that's a nice problem to have. Still working on that one.

 

[Denithor]

What cooling are you using for those overclocks?

 

[myocardia]

He's using one of these: the 8 ton unit.

 

[Denithor]

Originally posted by: myocardia
He's using one of these: the 8 ton unit.

HEH!!

I thought the point of overclocking was to save money by getting more performance out of a lower cost chip but that cooling option would set you back just a bit. I guess if you bought it once you could use it again and again on many processors.