To overclock a C2D E6300

[nickv360]

I've never oc'd anything before, and I wanted to start. I'm planning on setting up my rig with an Intel e6320, and I've read how easy they are to OC. Would I need to buy a third party heatsink/fan or can it run with the stock one? If so, which is the best heatsink/fan for cheap?

 

[Cheex]

First of all, what is your target overclock?

That will help to determine whether or not you can use the stock heatsink or if you will need an aftermarket one. Also this will help to know what speed RAM you will need to reach your target.

Also a point of note will most definitely be how limited you are by finances.

 

[nickv360]

Well, I'm new to the overclocking game, but I want to achieve maximum stable speeds using the

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 675 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 Conroe 1.86GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail

Without spending more than maybe $30-40 on cooling. I'm thinking maybe 2.8 GHz. Is that a feasible goal?

 

[overst33r]

Originally posted by: nickv360
Well, I'm new to the overclocking game, but I want to achieve maximum stable speeds using the

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 675 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 Conroe 1.86GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail

Without spending more than maybe $30-40 on cooling. I'm thinking maybe 2.8 GHz. Is that a feasible goal?

You should be able to achieve the same result with a E4300.

The stock cooler is good for 3.3+GHz...

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuch...howdoc.aspx?i=2903&p=2

 

[Cheex]

2.8GHz is doable. If you get DDR2-800 memory though you can reach 3GHz with a minimal overclock on the memory.
Also, if you can afford it, the E6320 would be better, due to the extra cache (4MB), in cases where cache is important.

Additional cooling only really comes into play when you start increasing voltage. That will happen somewhere in the 2.9GHz region give or take. If you want to go higher, then better memory and cooling will be required.

 

[f4phantom2500]

Originally posted by: nickv360
Well, I'm new to the overclocking game, but I want to achieve maximum stable speeds using the

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 675 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 Conroe 1.86GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail

Without spending more than maybe $30-40 on cooling. I'm thinking maybe 2.8 GHz. Is that a feasible goal?

i have that exact same ram, and if you have any of the recent versions then it SUCKS for overclocking. mine won't even do 400MHz at 2.1v with stock timings without erroring out in memtest. so basically that would limit your fsb speed to however high you can get that RAM. if you haven't bought that RAM already, i really suggest you look elsewhere. it can do low timings at mild overclocks pretty well, in fact i achieved the same amount of memory bandwidth (at least reported by memtest) that i got when it was at 400mhz by leaving it at close to stock speeds and lowering the timings.

but yeah, if you got that ram you're SOL.

2.8GHz is a feasible goal with the stock cooler, man. you should just use it since you'll get it with the processor anyway and if you're not satisfied with it, then upgrade.