New to OC'ing and Intel cpu need some advice

[I3andit]

Hello long time AMD fan now switching to INTEL. I just purchased a E6300 cpu and EVGA NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard and purchase this ram from newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145566. Was wondering what kinda oc'ing I can get out of this setup with decent cpu cooling? I read from tomshardeware that the stock fan for cpu has great cooling for this cpu but who knows. Some advice for this N0oB would be great.

Thanks in advance :beer:

[delta107]

:welcome: That's not the best mobo for OC. Don't expects high frequencies. The motherboard is the hearts of your system. But you can play a bit with it :beer: Read some faqs and guides. :beer:

[DeepSky]

Well that RAM will OC well (I know because I have some running at 500mhz). But like Delta said, at least from I've been hearing, that board really isn't your best bet for OC'ing.

[batboy]

If Tomshardware is claiming the stock Intel cooler is great, I will have to laugh and call them liars. The stock cooler is "ok" and "adequate" for a modest O/C as long as you don't raise vcore. That's about as far as I can go.

[hUMANbEATbOX]

Guys, the 680i boards will do 500+fsb.

[stags]

Might want to try the Asus P5B-Deluxe. a little less disputed in terms of overclocking capability and a lot cheaper. I would also get something other than the stock cooling for the cpu. While tomshardware puts some good reviews out I think they make some of their overclocking articles sound a little to simple sometimes.

[shimmishim]

the best mobo for high fsb overclocking is the p5b-deluxe.

the 680i is a great board for o/c-ing as well but it is plagued with SATA issues which some boards have been fixed with by an update but some have not.

the dfi rd600 is also a good board to use for oc-ing and is a little bit more expensive than the 680i boards.

[I3andit]

AWW I been reading about the 680i board and was nothing but good stuff about it and its OC'ing abilities. I already purchased it and it will be here monday. I guess I wasn't reading in the right places about it also EVGA already has a fix out for the SATA problem on there site. Guess I made a bad decision on that board :(. Also I would like to thank you all for the friendly advice.

PS whats a good cpu fan i should get for a great price instead of stock

Again thank you all

[dominick32]

Welcome to the forums. I honestly do not recommend that 680 mobo. I have a few friends with many problems oc'ing it. The only reason to go 680 would be for SLI right now. Otherwise a P5B-Deluxe is probably the best choice for stability right now.

Maybe you can prove us otherwise. I am very interested in your results overclocking that board.

Dom

[I3andit]

ok I dont know if this matter but i found out asus also makes a 680i mother board but I bought this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813188009 .... by evga or is it still the same and should of thought twice before buying

Thanks again

[shimmishim]

AWW I been reading about the 680i board and was nothing but good stuff about it and its OC'ing abilities. I already purchased it and it will be here monday. I guess I wasn't reading in the right places about it also EVGA already has a fix out for the SATA problem on there site. Guess I made a bad decision on that board :(. Also I would like to thank you all for the friendly advice.

PS whats a good cpu fan i should get for a great price instead of stock

Again thank you all

The sunbeam tuniq tower is a great HSF to replace the stock one.

If you can't find one, the Scythe Infinity is also a good one as well.

Here is a thread I started on e-tailers with the tuniq. It hasn't been updated in a few days...
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=40&threadid=1954053&enterthread=y