[QUOTE="cpdowling"]OC'ing a E8400 is quite easy. You should be fine reaching 4ghz. Try knocking the FSB voltage up a bit and you should be able to raise the fsb a bit higher and make it to 4ghz (thats what i did). I have a very similar setup, you should be fine with that AC freezer 7 pro, it keeps mine cool at 4ghz.hartsickdiscipl

Thanks for the advice.. but I have to ask- is your E8400 a C0 or an E0 stepping? So far in my research this seems to make a lot of difference in overclocking results.

netbooks aren't as bad as some people on this forum say. They aren't really fast but with a ram upgrade they are perfect for school. Plus most of them can get 8hr+ battery life with wifi off ect.

found an updated driver for you anyway

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Could I also play games on a computer running on a workstation card, such as the Quadro card line for nVidia, and the Firestream from ATI? I was considering getting one, because I can get a huge discount from work, because we use AutoCAD. Would it play games well?Elemayo

Should be able to, if you spend a decend amount $700AU

NETBOOKS!!!!!

If you want something for gaming or video editing build a desktop at the same time

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this will be the mobo i'm using.

what i'm considering right now is whether to purchase the q6600 or q9550. on newegg, the q6600 is 200USD (but out of stock ATM), 20 dollars cheaper than the q9550. i'm planning on doing some overclocking on an aftermarket cooler.

i have 2 gigs of RAM and have an 8800GT. current CPU is an e6300 @ 2.2ghz. the computer is mainly for gaming, although i will also be doing video editing/encoding and such.

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yeah via GPU's suck. They should still be able to play halo 1 though, i got a computer with 128mb of ram 1.6ghz processor and intergrated graphics to run it at a playable framerate. It musn't like the driver, type that model no into google with driver written after it.