Most Overclockable system

[50mobber]

I was bored and wondering if you could build the most overclockable system, what would it be? Budget or not

 

[Cabbs]

I would probably build an AMD Phenom II DDR3 system, just for a little variety. What specific components? I don't know, I don't know much about newer motherboards on Intel's or AMD's side.

 

[Prodigy146]

you gotta give a budget man

 

[Tommy Boy]

I was bored and wondering if you could build the most overclockable system, what would it be? Budget or not

The most overclockable system is not going to be a budget system. You will have to use high end parts and that will cost a lot of money.

 

[J03]

The most overclockable system is proberbly a P4/Celeron/Pentium D (I cant remember which) on LN2.

That doesn't mean it will have the highest clock speed, I mean in terms of increase...

 

[Thelis]

Mine:


Mobo
EVGA 132-BL-E758-A1 LGA 1366 Intel X58
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188039
$299.99

CPU
Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202

RAM
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145224

HDD
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM x2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136317

GPU
EVGA 896-P3-1258-A1 GeForce GTX 260
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130443

Case
Antec Twelve Hundred
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129043

 

[J03]

AFAIK, the Multiplier on that CPU is Locked, Thelis?

 

[Thelis]

Yes, the multiplier is upwardly locked- however, you can achieve the same results simply by raising the base clock or FSB.

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTU4NSwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

http://hothardware.com/Articles/Overclocking-Intels-Core-i7-920-Processor/?page=4

 

[J03]

Hmm.. I heard that for EPAC results, you needed an unlocked multiplier. MY SOURCES WHERE INCORRECT :O

 

[Thelis]

Well, the thing is- I will probably get my 920 to 4.1Ghz+ with my WC set up. Even if I stick to 4.0Ghz, I am still beating Intel's current leading processor (965XE at 3.2Ghz and a whopping $1,000) by .8Ghz. I'd call that EPAC.

i7 920
1600MHz ram x2 = "3200/16=200" can use 200bclk max "21x200=4200mhz"

1866MHz ram x2 = "3732/16=233" can use 233bclk max "21x233= all the way up to 4893mhz"

As you see, if I use the Dominator RAM and get serious about my cooling, the limit is VERY high.