Overclocking the Q8300 for my secondary system..

[Sornav_2]

Yesterday I brought a Core 2 Quad Q8300 for my secondary system(It is Not used for heavy gaming).
I tried to overclock it but the max I could reach was 2.55Ghz from 2.50Ghz. if I increase the FSB it would just freeze in Easy tune 6 I also tried the BIOS method but it's the same the Computer wouldn't boot ..Earlier I had a Core 2 Duo E7400 which I could OC to 3.6Ghz from 2.8Ghz so why isn't this processor going above 2.55Ghz??
By the way the PSU is Foxin FPS 800
With a Gigabyte G41 M-Combo and a 4 GB DDR3 RAM.

 

[Wolfshadw]

Chip lottery. A processor is only guaranteed to work at stock speeds. No processor overclock is ever guaranteed.

-Wolf sends

 

[Sornav_2]

The point is not that..I am just asking that in a forum I read that Q8300 is a Very good Overclocker but I am Not able to OC it by a Large FSB.Why is that...And if possible can I OC it further?

 

[Wolfshadw]

No. The chip lottery IS the reason. One Q8300 may overclock to 4.2 GHz. Another Q8300 can't reach 2.6 GHz. Overclocking is NEVER a guarantee regardless of what someone else was able to do.

-Wolf sends

 

[Sornav_2]

So according to you it depends on the Chip( in our luck) ...Some chips can go UpTo Great Extent of OC and Some Chip cannot be Overclocked...Am I Right??

 

[Wolfshadw]

That is exactly correct.

-Wolf sends

 

[Sornav_2]

Thanks ....