Quote Originally Posted by Ozzfest05 View Post
your taking this all wrong dude look at the E5200 800fsb 2mb cache dual core at 2.5 so 12.5x multi its an 80 dollar cpu but people have clocked it over 5ghz thats really average user isnt it the point people here are making is this might be the budget cpu that overclocks like mad

This won't clock that high, just like E5x00 doesn't clock as much as E7x00 and E8x00, unless you jolt 1.5V+ in it...

Plus budget chips usually have a low FSB wall, that's why they are sold as budget chips with a high multi, not because Intel wants you to overclock them... lmfao that's just stupid. Why do you think E5x00s hit FSB walls at 350 FSB, while E7x00 at 400+ and E8x00 sail at 500 easily...

And why do you think E8x00 can reach 4Ghz with ~1.3v, E7x00 need ~1.4v and E5x00, you will be lucky if you get there with ~1.5v. Intel just bins and sells accordingly, this cpu basically spells out "we got a lot of chips that aren't cut to be Q8x00s, so lets make money by making a new SKU".

Still, I got nothing against a $150 quad running above 3 GHz with practically stock voltage, but don't expect 4 GHz clocks...