Well ive been doing alot of research on how well other people have gotten these things to overclock... average has been from 2.6-2.8, but there were some people at 3.0. I realize that even if its my bios that is preventing me to overclock, a q6600 could smoke it with ease. a q6600 can hit 3.4 with little to no effort, and you would need a phenom at at least 3.6 to be equal, which isnt going to happen. I can return my mobo and cpu and get a q6600 and a dfi icfx3200 for 55$ more (after restocking fees) and outperform my current setup by a boatload. Plus with watercooling coming in christmas, i could get close to 4ghz with the q6600, which would then be on the same playing field as the new Penryns overclocked (on air).
DaMulta, since you also own a Phenom, you understand what im saying? Im a huge AMD fanboy, but messing around an entire week with no results (2.36ghz), and having other people only achieving 2.6-2.8, I am seriously considering a change. Please post your results with an overclock, i know your not holding them back, i just want to know how its going so far.
New setup if I have to...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136032&Tpk=dfi
what does anyone else think?