How far could i oc a 3500+ E3 w/ a xp-90c

carholmes

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Feb 22, 2006
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I'm thinking of givin my 3200 e6 the boot and upgrade. How far do you guys think i could oc a 3500 e3 w/xp90c with as5 and a 78cfm fan? Right now im ocing my e6 3200 to 2.55 p95 32hrs stable from 2.0 stock. The funny thing is im running it on a Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939, which is needless to say not the best pick for an overclocking machine. I'm planning on upgrading to a DFI nf4 Ultra-D. I have no idea why my e6 steping 3200 is ocing so well (compared to other e6 athlon 64's), but i thought i might be able to overclock higher if i got an e3. I thought that if i had the same cpu but e3 i could push it to 2.6 to 2.7, correct me if im wrong. Another option i have is to upgrade my mobo to the DFI Ulta-D and just see if i can improve my speeds, and if not get new cpu. What do you think?


Your probably wondering why an overclocker would get an e6 revision with a junky board. When i started building my first rig about 4 months ago i didn't even know what overclocking was and i didnt see the need to get such expensive parts. So i fell into ocing and now i can truely see how crappy my parts are. But now im upgrading most of my parts.
 

carholmes

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Feb 22, 2006
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If there is another processor around the same price range that overclocks better please tell me.