Long time reader of the forum looking for some advice!
I am aware that the topic of E4300's and E4400's overclocking has been covered time and time again however I am looking for information specific to more recent processor batches. I believe i am right in thinking that Intel has been more selective with the cores that are now put into the E4300/E4400's so i think that this topic is relevant to my objectives.
It is obviously worthwhile to give you all a run through of my other hardware choices as this will reflect on the final overclocking potential of any given CPU. So the specifications are as follows.
Case: Antec Nine Hundred
PSU: Enermax Liberty 620W Modular
Motherboard: abit Fatal1ty FP-IN9
RAM: GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz CAS 4-4-4-12
HSF: Zalman CNPS 9700 NT
Sound: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty
Furthermore, I am in no desperate rush to decide on a graphics card at the moment though my candidates are the 8800GTS or 2900XT. The ongoing 8800GTS vs 2900XT will become a clearer picture and I will make a decision as and when more up to date drivers for each card are released.
What i am looking to achieve is a stable overclock of an E4300/E4400 to approximately the 3Ghz mark or ideally more using air cooling. I will be upgrading the CPU in about a year's time so i am not too concerned with the life of it.
Now my question's are as follows, given the selection of parts I have listed would i enjoy more success with an E4300 or an E4400?
It is my understanding that the B2 stepping over the L2 stepping on the E4300 would give better overclocking results but what is the availability of such cores?
Finally for the people who have been purchasing these CPU's more recently, what kind of overclocking results have you achieved?
I am aware that the topic of E4300's and E4400's overclocking has been covered time and time again however I am looking for information specific to more recent processor batches. I believe i am right in thinking that Intel has been more selective with the cores that are now put into the E4300/E4400's so i think that this topic is relevant to my objectives.
It is obviously worthwhile to give you all a run through of my other hardware choices as this will reflect on the final overclocking potential of any given CPU. So the specifications are as follows.
Case: Antec Nine Hundred
PSU: Enermax Liberty 620W Modular
Motherboard: abit Fatal1ty FP-IN9
RAM: GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz CAS 4-4-4-12
HSF: Zalman CNPS 9700 NT
Sound: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty
Furthermore, I am in no desperate rush to decide on a graphics card at the moment though my candidates are the 8800GTS or 2900XT. The ongoing 8800GTS vs 2900XT will become a clearer picture and I will make a decision as and when more up to date drivers for each card are released.
What i am looking to achieve is a stable overclock of an E4300/E4400 to approximately the 3Ghz mark or ideally more using air cooling. I will be upgrading the CPU in about a year's time so i am not too concerned with the life of it.
Now my question's are as follows, given the selection of parts I have listed would i enjoy more success with an E4300 or an E4400?
It is my understanding that the B2 stepping over the L2 stepping on the E4300 would give better overclocking results but what is the availability of such cores?
Finally for the people who have been purchasing these CPU's more recently, what kind of overclocking results have you achieved?