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Old 30th September, 2008, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by bonesaw View Post
ccperf721p so i'll be fine with a q6600 or q6700 and why is that? it would be cool to one day get water cooling.
Almost every board from the 975X up will run a quad, but they will be FSB limited by the Northbridge when overclocking. Using the higher multiplier Q6600 or Q6700 lessens the load on the Northbridge so decent clocks can still be achieved.
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