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Posted: **Mon May 14, 2007 2:10 pm**

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of stock speeds and cooling
Or to take up overclocking againgst a sea of low benchmarks
And by overclocking, end them..

Right so to the point I've heard the Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 processor is well suited for overclocking.. and as thats the chip i'm going for in my new build do you think i should overclock it?

I can't afford to replace so the processor so i dont want to take a big risk with overclocking it. And i was thinking of going for the Scythe Infinity Heatpipe CPU Cooler with it thoughts?

Posted: **Mon May 14, 2007 3:51 pm**

With good cooling this processor can overclock well over 3Ghz.

Theres not much risk, if any, to kill a processor unless you select the maximum voltage (increasing temperature) and even then, I think he would shut down by himself.

But, unless you need all that processing power, 4 cores at 2.4 Ghz is more than enough for most applications, leaving it at stock frequency still gives you very good performance.

Posted: **Mon May 14, 2007 5:14 pm**

I have a QX6700 and just increased the FSB to 1333MHz and got a nice overclock out of it.

Posted: **Mon May 14, 2007 10:25 pm**

Apoptosis wrote:I have a QX6700 and just increased the FSB to 1333MHz and got a nice overclock out of it.

what.. even 4 cores are not enough O_o!

Posted: **Mon May 14, 2007 10:49 pm**

IssE wrote:
Apoptosis wrote:I have a QX6700 and just increased the FSB to 1333MHz and got a nice overclock out of it.
what.. even 4 cores are not enough O_o!

i can attest to that...NO LOL

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To overclock or not to over clock that is the question..

To overclock or not to over clock that is the question..