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MightyBobo · 01-24-2009, 08:44 AM

So after doing some quick googling, Ive seen that 3.6ghz is easily obtainable from a stock cooling solution with this combination it seems. Before I go any further, here's my setup:

Corsair 650W PS
Intel E8400
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
4x 1G Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 (supports 4-4-4-12 timings)
2X WD SATA drives (150G Raptor, 320G Caviar)
2X SATA DVD drives
8800 GTX

Cooling:
Zalman 9700 110mm Copper solution for the PS
4X 80mm case fans, 2 in front pulling in, 2 in back pulling out.

Im not aiming extremely high with my system - I'd just like to go with something that is faster, yet stable at the same time. I dont particularly like the EasyTune system at all - its clunky and seems to fail quite a bit, forgetting settings. I'd much rather learn how to do it properly. Most write-ups I see tend to be outdated, and/or say specifically what to do to get to where I want to be. So I guess if I wanted easy-mode, this thread should have my answer: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=257966.

Maybe Im posting because I'd like a second opinion, or maybe some more in depth discussion as to maybe some strengths/weaknesses of my setup? I'd like to tighten up the timings on my RAM - right now I think its running just the stock 5-5-5-15 or whatever. But I dont know much about fiddling with those, much less the voltages...and of course I'd like to actually overclock the processor.

Any input is always welcome :)

01-24-2009, 08:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
MightyBobo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 7 OS: Vista Business x64 SP1	E8400 + Ga-p35-ds3l So after doing some quick googling, Ive seen that 3.6ghz is easily obtainable from a stock cooling solution with this combination it seems. Before I go any further, here's my setup: Corsair 650W PS Intel E8400 Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L 4x 1G Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 (supports 4-4-4-12 timings) 2X WD SATA drives (150G Raptor, 320G Caviar) 2X SATA DVD drives 8800 GTX Cooling: Zalman 9700 110mm Copper solution for the PS 4X 80mm case fans, 2 in front pulling in, 2 in back pulling out. Im not aiming extremely high with my system - I'd just like to go with something that is faster, yet stable at the same time. I dont particularly like the EasyTune system at all - its clunky and seems to fail quite a bit, forgetting settings. I'd much rather learn how to do it properly. Most write-ups I see tend to be outdated, and/or say specifically what to do to get to where I want to be. So I guess if I wanted easy-mode, this thread should have my answer: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=257966. Maybe Im posting because I'd like a second opinion, or maybe some more in depth discussion as to maybe some strengths/weaknesses of my setup? I'd like to tighten up the timings on my RAM - right now I think its running just the stock 5-5-5-15 or whatever. But I dont know much about fiddling with those, much less the voltages...and of course I'd like to actually overclock the processor. Any input is always welcome :)