OCing and Stock Coolers

[olds]

Is an after market cooler necessary to hit 3.0? I don't want to go crazy but I am entertaining the idea of an OC.

cpuz

ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP
4000 MB of Corsair PC2 5300
EVGA 8800GTS 640MB Nvidia
Corsair 520HX PSU

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Is an after market cooler necessary to hit 3.0? I don't want to go crazy but I am entertaining the idea of an OC.

cpuz

ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP
4000 MB of Corsair PC2 5300
EVGA 8800GTS 640MB Nvidia
Corsair 520HX PSU

333 FSB should be easy as pie... no higher than 50 c probably.. you should not have to touch Vcore.....

 

[Gillbot]

my bro hit 3.5G on his stock cooler with his E6550 so it is very possible.

 

[mlahatte]

What about Q6600?

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Gillbot
my bro hit 3.5G on his stock cooler with his E6550 so it is very possible.

Nice.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

The Q6600 needs a arctic freezer pro 7 or better to hit 3.0GHz, it produces nearly twice the heat of a dualcore chip. (two core2duos in one)

 

[SerpentRoyal]

Originally posted by: Gillbot
my bro hit 3.5G on his stock cooler with his E6550 so it is very possible.

Stock cooler can be a very good solution since it can cool the PWM, NB, and RAM at the same time.