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- Aug 18, 2003
Hi everyone,
I'm just looking for some feedback and opinions on the likelikhood of getting a retail E4300 to hit 3GHz with its stock cooler without a voltage bump (or one that's mild enough for the stock cooler to handle).
I've always been a "bang for your buck" rather than ultimate performance overclocker, and I'm itching for a new build, for general computing and occasional gaming. I'm debating between going for a higher overclock (with a Conroe chip, better RAM, stronger power supply, high-end air cooling) or just going the cheap route with an E4300 (after the price drop), and seeing what I can squeeze out of it at stock voltage.
I'll probably hold onto this system for a couple of years, so on a side note, if I pair it up with a decent video card, will I notice a difference in games if I'm running at 3GHz as opposed to 3.5GHz? At this CPU level, will the video card be the bottleneck, or will I still need that extra CPU horsepower?
I'm trying not to be penny-wise and pound-foolish, ya know?
Any and all comments are welcome, and thanks in advance!
I'm just looking for some feedback and opinions on the likelikhood of getting a retail E4300 to hit 3GHz with its stock cooler without a voltage bump (or one that's mild enough for the stock cooler to handle).
I've always been a "bang for your buck" rather than ultimate performance overclocker, and I'm itching for a new build, for general computing and occasional gaming. I'm debating between going for a higher overclock (with a Conroe chip, better RAM, stronger power supply, high-end air cooling) or just going the cheap route with an E4300 (after the price drop), and seeing what I can squeeze out of it at stock voltage.
I'll probably hold onto this system for a couple of years, so on a side note, if I pair it up with a decent video card, will I notice a difference in games if I'm running at 3GHz as opposed to 3.5GHz? At this CPU level, will the video card be the bottleneck, or will I still need that extra CPU horsepower?
I'm trying not to be penny-wise and pound-foolish, ya know?
Any and all comments are welcome, and thanks in advance!