hey overclockers...

im looking for a performance boost over what i have.

what is the highest i can overclock a q6700 without manually messing with teh voltage?

how about the q6600?

and the e8400?

cause im deciding when i switch from amd to intel which processor to get..

and recommend some inexpensive mobos. that can overclock easy, and are good with sli.

thanks.

the quad and higher cache of the q's

or the dual and more than likely faster clock speeds?

ive read now that the q6600 can oc easily up to 3.6ghz... does that mean it can overclock without manually messign with voltage up to 3.1 or 3.2ghz?

if so then thats the one to get, seeing as how the q6600 has 4 cores, and 8mb l2 cache

and the e8400 has 2 cores and 6mb l2 cache.

so lets just say i should go with a 3.0ghz q6600, over a 3.4ghz e8400..

because of the larger cache and 2 extra cores.

ill be happy with 3.0-3.2ghz q6600, 

and ill be going with either an XFX mobo or ASUS.. but i need one that is good with SLI for my 2 videocards i already have. though im thinking about going either 5870 or gtx380 when they come out, which ever will be faster and cheaper lol.

depends on cooling in your pc and how warm you like your room, i had to turn mine down to prevent crashes when i turned the heating upmarkop2003

im gonna post some of the mobo-cpu combos im interested in getting.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3610493&CatId=2406.

though im may buy the mobo and processor seperate. so i can get teh oem version of the q6700, instead of the q6600, so i know i can safely without messing with teh volatge manually to 3.2ghz atleast. there is also a evga version http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3570025&CatId=2406

gonna get a cooler that is good for the overclocking i plan on doing.