I'm really impressed with my E4600, a 65nm CPU which is bigger and hotter then most of present CPU's on 45nm architecture which is what most people suggest to get to a overclock at 3.8Ghz or higher. Proof? ;D



I can't show it on CPU-Z as I had to set the multiplier, thus resulting in a different score. Whats also stunning is I only had to set the Vcore to 1.38V which most of my friends had to go 1.4V just to get around 3.2Ghz.

The RAM also plays its role in overclocking. I had the FSB and DRAM's ratio to 2:3. My Corsair RAM's got overclocked from 800Mhz to 948Mhz. Its almost close to 1033Mhz hehe but I'm pretty happy with it.

Another thing thats essential in overclocking is the CPU's heat sink fan (HSF). With the noisy stock tin like coolers you're probably gonna cook your CPU if you try overclocking this high. I use the CM Hyper 212, its not expensive and really does the job well. Here's the Hyper 212 at night haha, looks beautiful



So in conclusion, who says that 65nm dont overclock so well? ;D On the game benchmarks I noticed a 2FPS in Crysis. On High I got 44FPS just FYI.