about how far can you OC a x2 3800+?

[NosBoost300]

umm... .e6300's beat the crap out of 4200's.... its not competition if your in another league...

 

[Nitestick]

Well in general about 2.5ghz could be expected on stock cooling. i can get mine stable enough for a benchmark at 2.85ghz on air and am confident of about ~3ghz on water

 

[cwiz]

3 Ghz is the upper limit of the x2 3800+ according to AMD... is it possilbe to oc past that?

i think i got the runt of the litter too, i couldnt take it past 2.38 stable w/o adjusting my ram

 

[Nitestick]

unless you think you had to adjust the ram because of memory controller issues then i don't think there is anything wrong. yeah 3ghz is generally considered the upper limit for air and water cooled systems. though 3ghz+ is capable on phase change

 

[spartan1121]

umm... .e6300's beat the crap out of 4200's.... its not competition if your in another league...

i heard that they're a pretty close comparison when both at stock. e6300 oc way better, and can perform better at lower speeds. I think i should be able to get it a good bit past 2.5, but we'll see where things go from there, seeing as i can't afford aftermarket cooling.