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Couldn’t even push my e6600 past 3.4ghz. Real unlucky. Even more vcore didn’t help (ram and mobo were still running within specs).

I overclocked my pc beautifully, that time piece looks just gorgeous hanging under my desk. The voltage was whatever 2 ‘aa’ batteries produce and the timings are impeccable, accurate to within a few thousands of a second per YEAR!

Overclocking pc’s is easy!

Phase change cooling isn’t very common Chris. It’s kinda cute though that a i5 can do that on air on a stock cooler…

Quoted from Edd

how am i supposed to OC it if i can’t even access the bios as it’s all locked out though :(

Take screen shots of your bios.

Quoted from Koeitje

Phase change cooling isn’t very common Chris. It’s kinda cute though that a i5 can do that on air on a stock cooler…

Truth is chris did’t know till he googled it, he thought thats sounds cool.

Quoted from octochris

i have my phenom ii 945 x4 running at 4.3GHz. people who think amd’s are difficult to overclock are, in reality, just shit at overclocking and think it’s all about fsb and cpu clock multi.

I love this comment.

Quoted from Spike Himself

How well does the i7 oc on 1155 (2600(K?)) as opposed to 1366 (930 D)? Considering going for a new setup for my already-way-too-expensive WC project and I shall not be satisfied with a clock below 4.2ghz.

Pros of the Socket 1155:
Best price to performance ratio
Integrated graphics option (H Series Chipset)
Most efficient use of cores
New socket that will last for a while
Supports modern video cards and technologies (and will for some time)

Cons of the Socket 1155:
Motherboards are steadily increasing in price ever since the recall
Low Motherboard availability
Overwhelming amount of Chipset Options
No hexacore options
Less PCIe capabilities than the x58 (socket 1366)
Dual Channel Memory

Pros of Socket 1366:
Fastest Available Socket to date
Only Hexacore (6 core) platform
Supports more lanes of PCIe bandwidth / PCIe cards
Tri-Channel Memory

Cons of Socket 1366:
Will be phased out at the end of the year
Expensive price tag that makes this purchase a lot harder to justify with the advent of 1155

Socket 1366 versus 1155

Intel recently released their new Sandybridge Processors earlier this year. This socket was 1155. These new processors actually store the video card controller in the CPU and give extreme performance/over clock abilities. The new motherboards for this socket have just rolled out, as their was a recall on them several weeks ago.

This socket is targeted towards the mainstream PC users. You will find that it can play games, and will even perform well in rendering, video editing, etc. The performance gap between this socket and 1366 decreases exponentially if you are able to buy a K series 1155 socket processor and overclock it. This socket is the most powerful in terms of efficiency per core. However, the hexacore options for the Socket 1366 will overtake this socket any day when performing most tasks.

SOURCE: http://geekmontage.com/texts/intel-socket-1155-vs-1156-vs-1366-x58-vs-2011/
Conclusion: Socket 1155 ( with unlocked multipl. ) rock @ oc.

Well thats a tough one… ^^

They are both equally expensive, OC’d they are both more or less equally fast.. i7 930 uses more power then the 2600.. Ehh.. getting a headache.. IDK, pick one I would say srry :|

EDIT: that leaves the price… 2600 setup seems to be cheaper, so pick 2600.

Tbh I would pick sandy bridges over 1366 everyday and situation. They are just better in every way. Don’t know if you actually need the 2600 one. 2500 is cheaper and can reach the same performance after oc.