the $99 i3 Fry's deal, the CoolIT ECO and 4.6g Linx stable and sub-9 superPI 1M

[charlie]

not bad... my first venture into OC since the first Conroe.

Picked up the $99 Fry's i3 530/Biostar TH55B HD combo and they also had the CoolIT ECO el cheapo water cooler on sale for $59. I figured wtf and threw it together with 4gb of Corsair 1600C7.

It's actually going to end up as my new office rig but I had to see what it was capable of.

Went really nice with one exception... once I was at the upper end speed-wise, I had to switch down to the 800 mem divider... the 1066 and 1333 would give problems.

So I ran the CoolIT ECO with 2x 1700rpm fans push/pull in an open sided case. I think it did OK... reached 74* during a half hour Linx run at 1.42v

For the $$... the OC ability is unreal. And a 4758 sPi 1M is nice too at sub 9 sec.