Am I living in an alternate reality...

[mlaporta]

I'm looking to hit 4ghz on "air-cooling" with this configuration. Will it be "easy" thereby alowing me to live "long-n-prosperous" *Mike makes the Spock sign* with this setup or running at that high of speed on this configuration will it shorten the life-span of these components. This is my investment I want to last for a few years:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
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ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
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Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit
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EVGA 512-P3-N841-A3 GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready
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Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
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CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 620W Power Supply
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ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler
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Seagate Barracuda ST3500320AS 500GB 7200.11 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
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Samsung SH-S203B SATA
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Arctic silver 5 compound
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XP SP2 or Vista 64

 

[robertdv]

If you are going to OC, you can reduce the lifespan of some of your components. Your E8400 (I've got him too ;-) will be like 30 degrees at 3.0 and 3.6, however when you reach 4.0 your temperature will reach 60 degrees. That can become a problem. (because of the voltage increasement)


So my advice is: stick with 3.6 (there isn't that much improvement in performance between 3.6 and 4.0)

also your memory needs a voltage increasement.

 

[vagetaqtd]

Your memory speed might be holding you back. Try going around 900mhz with 4-4-4-12 timings. Use memtest and see if it passes overnight.

 

[Silverion77]

4.0 should be fine. That Crucial memory is kickass and will not hold you back...Ive seen good overclocks with them

Nice Build (glad you took my suggestions 😀)

 

[mlaporta]

That's why I love you Silverion77... hope my gf doesn't get mad "lol"

Is the memory I selected and have listed 4-4-4-12, and should I go
4x1 or 2x2 for 4gb of memory?

Oh and if I go 2x2 what is the best memory to OC (and a good price too).

 

[Silverion77]

Crucial is 4-4-4-12

people tend to like 2x2 better because 4 sticks supposedly cause problems on some motherboards and are not easy to overclock. Also 2x2 leaves room for 2 more sticks

Im not familiar on good 2x2 sticks so ill look later (doing a project now)

 

[mlaporta]

Silverion77 did you get a chance to look (how's G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB)?

 

[Silverion77]

Im sure its fine...

Many people use that kit and get good overclocks. (I feel like 900 will be fine....preferably get 4-4-4-12 so that way you can lower the timings if you have to)