INTEL XBX2 O/C Newbie!

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TheGanG
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INTEL XBX2 O/C Newbie!

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Well guyz i am an o/c newbie and want to have some hot o/c experience with my new mobo. I didnt have a cpu and DDR2 yet. Actually i dunno which stuff should i buy so i decided to ask to people there...

CPU advice???
RAM advice???
Step by step o/c process???

Case: Gigabyte iSOLO 210 Silver
*PSU: Gigabyte ODIN GT 800 watt (fits?)
MOBO: INTEL XBX2 BadAxe
*DDR2: non
*CPU: non
*Video: 2 x kind of ATI3850 crossfire (fits?)

Thanks a lot guyz :)
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Re: INTEL XBX2 O/C Newbie!

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Welcome to the forum ahmetozkangil

I'm using an E6700 clocked to 3.2ghz and am quite happy with it. Does everything I need it to do, no complaints. As far as RAM, I'm using Corsair XMS2 PC6400. Price was right and it had (and still probably does have) rebates available.

Good discussion on OCing

http://forums.legitreviews.com/post78140.html#p78140

Some help with the memory settings for OCing

http://www.peakin.com/xbx2/calculator.html
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Re: INTEL XBX2 O/C Newbie!

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Thanx buddy, i am now checking over memory setings...

Which one will be better to my BadAxe XBX2 + O/C + VISTA ULTIMATE siystem?
QX6700 + 4GB 800MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 (5-5-5-15) Kit of 2
QX6700 + 2GB 800MHz DDR Non-ECC Low-Latency CL4 (4-4-4-12) Kit of 2
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