Overclocking the Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Processor

The Test System

Here is the Intel Test Platform:

Intel Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E6300	Click Here
Motherboard	Intel D975XBX v304	Click Here
Memory	2GB Corsair PC2-6400C4	Click Here
Video Card	XFX GeForce 7600GS	Click Here
Hard Drive	Western Digital 250MB	Click Here
Cooling	Corsair Nautilus 500	Click Here
Power Supply	Corsair 620W PSU	Click Here
Operating System	Windows XP Professional	Click Here

Testing Procedure:

All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows XP Professional build 2600 with Service Pack 2 and DirectX 9.0c. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. No overclocking was done on the video card during any of this review. We did disable the Firewire, and LAN features if found in the BIOS menu for all the testing completed during this review. No overclocking was done on the video card and NVIDIA 91.33 drivers were used on the XFX GeForce 7600GS video card. The memory was run with a 667MHz divider at 4-4-4-12 timings for both stock and overclocked benchmarking at 2.2Vdimm. The above photo show’s an ATI card, but an XFX GeForce 7600GS was used. Let’s move on and take a look at the testing!