Arkaign
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- Oct 27, 2006
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Errr...
I really thought the e6300 and e6600 were 65nm and I've oc'd both past 4 ghz on air - even one with a shit cooler. (the e6300)
And I checked .. those C2D were indeed Conroe's.
So I'm yet to find a Conroe C2D that won't do 4ghz (the e6600 reached it easily w/ 1.45 vcore more or less, got a lot of drop on that cheap asus board (set to 1.575 or 1.6 I don't remember) and supposedly the P55 is shit at OC but w/e)
Oh and, the temps on that E6600 are just fine .. doesn't get past 70°C on prime95. (I've got to check, because since my cardboard ghetto 170mm fanmod (shit case fan from thermaltake who said it was a 200mm the bastards) - I think the temps changed a bit.
Also I just checked those 45nm you were talking about, my brother got one of these and it went to 4.5ghz easy on air .. don't know where you get your numbers tbh.
Built many many dozens of them, overclocked about half of them either by request or for testing, using a variety of mobos. S775 chipsets got dramatically better as time went on, early P965 boards weren't so hot at overclocking.
If you check the forums here, and look at the posts of the prime 65nm C2D era (2006-2007), you'll see very_very_VERY few C2D @ 4ghz or above, and I don't know of any personally that would do it on a stock cooler. Some of the steppings were better than others, but as a rule mid to high 3ghz was the usual high ground for most original E6300/6400/6600/6700/etc). Frequently, the mobo FSB limit was the problem, depending on multiplier and stock bus speed. Almost anyone beyond 3.4ghz had to use much improved air cooling.
Getting new 45nm E6600 to 4ghz is cake :
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=42807
Getting old 65nm E6600 to 4ghz was .. unusual.
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?spec=SL9S8
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2097&page=4
^^ 3.4Ghz wall
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=106321
^^ Many enthusiasts with crazy good cooling, a few 4ghz, but all of them over 1.6v core
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/core2duo_e6600/12.html
^^ 3.4ghz wall on air