How much can P43 be overclocked?

Hi,
I'm just thinking if I put a Q8400 on my P5QL Pro, how much could I overclock it? 400MHz FSB would get me 3.2GHz, but for 150€ it doesn't seem too exiting. Any P43 owners here who can share their experience? BTW my board has a 4 phase voltage regulator and I have 4x1GB RAM that can run at 1066MHz 2.2V.

P43 does OK on dual-cores, but I'm not so sure about quads.

W/ only 4 VRMs it's going to be hard to push a quad, and having 4 dimm slots full won't help on getting that FSB up there either.

Only way to know is to try!

jason4207 said:

P43 does OK on dual-cores, but I'm not so sure about quads.

W/ only 4 VRMs it's going to be hard to push a quad, and having 4 dimm slots full won't help on getting that FSB up there either.

Only way to know is to try!

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Agreed. That chipset isnt the best for overclocking, the added stress on the NB those 4 populated slots adds, and a quad core on top. I would hope 400Mhz is in the cards, but no idea.

I was afraid I'd get answers like these. Guess I better wait for AM3+ (read: price drop ).

Well, if you already have the P43 why not find a cheap dual-core to throw in it and have a very capable PC?

A 3.5-4GHz 45nm dual-core w/ 4GB RAM is still a very worthy machine, and w/ a decent gfx card you can play most games at 1080p w/ high settings.

I was playing DIRT2 on my HTPC last night (E5200 @ 3.6GHz, 4GB RAM, GTS450) w/ max settings all around except for AA, and was at a constant 60fps (w/ vsync on) at 1920x1080.

Seems a lot cheaper than a whole new platform.

Oh I already have a nice dual-core, it's an [email protected], but a geek's a geek lol.