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Page 6 of 8 Overclocking with our E6300 We were able to go beyond 3GHz easily with stock cooling, but decided to settle at 2.8GHz with memory timings of 5-5-5-15 and an FSB of 400MHz. As stated before, we tested a number of memory kits with no compatibility issues, and we ran them at 1000MHz. We chose to keep our system with somewhat loose memory timings and a lower clock speed to ensure that all our readers would be able to hit at least the 2.8GHz mark if building a similar system. If one is unable to surpass 2.8GHz with a Core 2 E6300, something is seriously wrong. We did have to bump the V-Core slightly, but this had no effect on CPU temperature.      We used the following benchmarks in our tests...
We decided to leave the Everest Home Memory Benchmarks as screenshots, as it's a simpler way to present the information shown.   The remaining benchmarks are arranged in comparison graphs and are pretty much self explanatory.As one can see, our "budget" system performs like a champ.        |
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