HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - Guide v1.6.1 - Page 5 - Intel

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Hello! Newbie here. Want to overclock!! I've been reading about gradually increasing the FSB of the CPU, but is there a point at which i can safely jump straight to, from stock speed?

Core 2 E6750 (with thermalright ultra 120 extreme + fan)
Asus P5K-E
2 GB Corsair Dominator RAM 1066MHz
Corsair HX620 PSU
All inside a lovely cool Antec P182 case.

So i've literally just built this system. At idle, my CPU is running at 16-20 degrees C. Vcore = 1.28. So to repeat my main question, rather than increasing the FSB in tiny increments from 333MHz, Is there a point I could safely jump to before making the tiny incremental increases?

Reply to awakeningcry

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Are you using Coretemp and what is your roomtemp?

Try 9x333 first. Go up from there if stable. Read through the guide again before you start.

Reply to graysky

this is my computer:

power: corsair vx450w
mem: 2x 1GB pqi ddr2 800mhz
processor: E6750
vgard: bfg gf8800 GTS 320 MB OC
MotherB: abit IP35
stock fan
and
windows xp

this is my bios settings:

fsb: 400mhz
multiplier: 8x
cpu:mem: 1:1
vcore 1.37V
ddr2 2.00V
cpu vvt 1.2V
ICH 1.5V
MCH 1.2V
CPU GTLREF 63%

memory setting are 5-5-5-14

i was thinking that i would rase fthe fsb 450, so it would be 3,6ghz.
Could it handle it and what should the vcore be then?

Reply to mufasa2

krazynutz wrote :

Bust. Thanks and you too! My case won't look nearly as cool as yours. As far as lighting goes, I went with all LED's and hid them all around so there isn't any direct light. Just a nice all-around soft glow of blue. As soon as my company gets our art dept its SLR camera, I'll bring it home and take some tasty pics.

@krazynutz, check it out m8.... http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/fo [...] php?t=1635

Reply to bustamove

BUST:

HOLY CRAP! That is one fine-lookin' case m8. Love the custom window. Is the glass slightly tinted? Love it. I like the customization on the front too. Breaks up that panel a bit. The tubing is great. So much better than the tiny plain tubing I've seen. Glossy paint job is great too. I hate when people have windows and don't bother painting the inside. The bare metal look is so ugly. Why have a window if you're not gonna make it count? Good call. Looks heavy though. What does that beast weigh in at now? I have one suggestion, but it's only a suggestion if you agree. I'm not a fan of actually seeing the lights so if you're the same way, and want to hide that UV cathode, here's my idea:

Get a .75"x.75" L-shaped beam about 12" long (or however long the cathode is), paint it black just like the inner case, and nest the light inside/on it. It will still light up the tubes above just as well, but you won't see it from the outside as much. Again, it's only a suggestion if the light bothers you.

Other than that, amazing case dude.

Hey, what's your current Speed/vcore of your system? What do you have your memory at?

Sorry I don't have pics up yet of mine. I painted mine black as well but it's more of a satin finish. Still waiting on that camera! I wanna take dark pics and my little PAS camera doesn't work that great in low-lighting. That GeminII is HUGE. Blocks a lot but it looks cool.

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krazynutz wrote :

BUST:

HOLY CRAP! That is one fine-lookin' case m8. Love the custom window. Is the glass slightly tinted? Love it. I like the customization on the front too. Breaks up that panel a bit. The tubing is great. So much better than the tiny plain tubing I've seen. Glossy paint job is great too. I hate when people have windows and don't bother painting the inside. The bare metal look is so ugly. Why have a window if you're not gonna make it count? Good call. Looks heavy though. What does that beast weigh in at now? I have one suggestion, but it's only a suggestion if you agree. I'm not a fan of actually seeing the lights so if you're the same way, and want to hide that UV cathode, here's my idea:

Get a .75"x.75" L-shaped beam about 12" long (or however long the cathode is), paint it black just like the inner case, and nest the light inside/on it. It will still light up the tubes above just as well, but you won't see it from the outside as much. Again, it's only a suggestion if the light bothers you.

Other than that, amazing case dude.

Hey, what's your current Speed/vcore of your system? What do you have your memory at?

Sorry I don't have pics up yet of mine. I painted mine black as well but it's more of a satin finish. Still waiting on that camera! I wanna take dark pics and my little PAS camera doesn't work that great in low-lighting. That GeminII is HUGE. Blocks a lot but it looks cool.

Lol, i dont even have it back yet. Your idea about the cathode is a good one, i like that, i think he jus did that to illustrate the uv pipes etc. glad u like it n thnx for ur comments ill update the pics wen i got all my hardware back in :kaola: is there such a thing as modded pc porn? if not, this is it baby! lol

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Reply to bustamove

And even ribbed for her pleasure

was that over the top? :ange:

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Reply to krazynutz

he he, the hole is meshed on the front, and yes the pipes are ribbed?

Reply to bustamove

Indeed

Dude, what's your current speed of your CPU? RAM? FSB? Vcore?

Message edited by krazynutz on 10-26-2007 at 04:36:58 AM

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Reply to krazynutz

still waiting for it to come back, i should have it tomorrow.

meanwhile my e6600 in an aw9dmax, is cruising at 3.4ghz
ive got the zalman 9500 on it.

vcore is 1.4
temps are great @ idle 29,28 under load they go up to 55ish dependant on ambient. I reckon i could get it up 2 3.6

im hoping for close to ambient temps at idle with the wc set up.

Reply to bustamove

Nice.

Do you remember what you had your Q6600 machine at before you sent it off to become magically delicious?

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Reply to krazynutz

Not off the top of my head, its a qx6700 btw, so unlocked multi, i think i had it at 320x10=3.2, vcore was quite low around 1.350, temps at the end with the washer mod and shin etsu was high 50s-low 60s under load.
around the 36's idle.

I should get it back today so i will update some pics with all the shiny sparkly things in.

Im hoping to achieve around 3.6 stable with temps lower than my previous depending on ambient of course,
with the wc i expect the biggest difference under load. [heres hoping]

it really is quite a transformation, a bit like turning hilary clinton into carmen electra under the surgeons knife. hehe

Message edited by bustamove on 10-29-2007 at 08:51:36 AM

Reply to bustamove

Oh, right. QX6700. Sorry 'bout that.

Can't wait to see the rig (with your own pics) and hear what temps you get from it. Plus it's pretty sweet when you have a sleek lookin' case that you made your own and nobody else has.

Good luck on the 3.6!

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Reply to krazynutz

i should have ate some brain food before i read this...

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Reply to jamesro

Hi everyone. 1st post.

Question. I have my Q6600 running at 3.3ghz on Air Cool.

Idle temps: Core 1/2: 38-42c Core 3/4: 32-36c
Full load: Core 1/2: 58-65c Core 3/4: 52-58c

is that too hot?

Reply to Peety

your load temp of 65c is on the high safe side.

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Reply to krazynutz

Just updated the guide to v1.3 - more info, fixes, cleanups, etc. Details in 1st post of the thread.

Enjoy!

Reply to graysky

Nice guide. This helped me alot.
I just bought a Q6600 G0 2 weeks ago.

I have a few questions that may sound silly
but I have some issues with Gigabyte's boards (this the first one I own).
model : GA-P35-DS3P (rev 1.0)

1. The VID for my Q6600 is 1.3000V (Core Temp 0.95.4, Bios "Normal" ).
Intel productfinder states 0.85V - 1.5V for the G0 stepping.
This range is rather large. I'm running a Prime95 Blend Test (a bit of everything tested, version 25.5) at 1.075V now (30 minutes counting).
Is it normal for this chip to work at such low voltage, when VID is 1.3V?

2. My ram was sold to me as 800MHz DDR2 PC2-6400C4
(Geil Black Dragon CAS4, Ordered 800MHz ULTRA CAS4 but it was out of stock so they gave me these). The question I have about the ram is :
CPUZ reports SPD Frequency 400 MHz, 5.0 5 5 18 23 / 1.8V (stock voltage)
Is this normal ? Shouldn't it be 4-4-4-12 as stated on the web page? I haven't gotten to optimizing the RAM yet but since it's marketed as PC2-6400C4. The voltage on the webpage is specified as 1.9-2.4V
( http://www.geilusa.com/products/showSpec/id/115 ).

3. For anyone who owns a similar Gigabyte board :
The bios setting DDR2 OverVoltage Control : is the default setting the 1.8V and so a setting of 0.1V OverVoltage means it's getting 1.9V?

This Gigabyte BIOS is confusing to me. I liked ASUS' better.
I'm not planing to overclock for now. I'm just optimizing performance.

Thanks for the great guide on it.

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Reply to Andrius

Andrius wrote :

1. The VID for my Q6600 is 1.3000V (Core Temp 0.95.4, Bios "Normal" ).
Is it normal for this chip to work at such low voltage, when VID is 1.3V?

2. CPUZ reports SPD Frequency 400 MHz, 5.0 5 5 18 23 / 1.8V (stock voltage)
Is this normal ? Shouldn't it be 4-4-4-12 as stated on the web page? I haven't gotten to optimizing the RAM yet but since it's marketed as PC2-6400C4. The voltage on the webpage is specified as 1.9-2.4V
( http://www.geilusa.com/products/showSpec/id/115 ).

3. For anyone who owns a similar Gigabyte board :
The bios setting DDR2 OverVoltage Control : is the default setting the 1.8V and so a setting of 0.1V OverVoltage means it's getting 1.9V?

1. As far as I can tell, the VID is meaningless. My B3 has a VID of 1.2875 but runs stable @ 1.1000V. If you're p95 stable, you're generally fine.

2. Don't trust those data in CPUZ; they are not live data like core speed, fsb, vcore, etc. Trust the manufacture's data.

3. Can't help with GB boards since I haven't used on before. You might wanna make a new thread with the topic of "gigabyte OverVoltage bios setting" or try googling for it.

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Reply to graysky

graysky wrote :

1. As far as I can tell, the VID is meaningless. My B3 has a VID of 1.2875 but runs stable @ 1.1000V. If you're p95 stable, you're generally fine.

Prime95 is stable at 1.075V. I ran it 12hours since last night on all four cores, so I guess I can call it stable.

graysky wrote :

2. Don't trust those data in CPUZ; they are not live data like core speed, fsb, vcore, etc. Trust the manufacture's data.

So from what I understand SPD values are more of a guideline for wide motherboard compatibility and stability than an actual performance specification ?

graysky wrote :

3. Can't help with GB boards since I haven't used on before. You might wanna make a new thread with the topic of "gigabyte OverVoltage bios setting" or try googling for it.

Well that's just it. Nobody states specific information. Every review I've read said something like this @ViperLair :

Quote :

DDR2 Over Voltage : This allows you to set the VDDR2 to a value above normal, whatever normal is.

Reduced my load temps per core by 8°C, 9°C, 7°C, 9°C. Now I have a new question :
My temps after several hours of Prime95 are something like :
core0 = 42°C, core1 = 43°C, core2 = 39°C, core3 = 36°C
is the difference between core1 and core 3 normal or does it mean my heatsink is poorly mounted or
the contact surface is uneven ?

Message edited by Andrius on 11-06-2007 at 12:44:04 PM

Reply to Andrius

Glad to hear you can run at such a low voltage. If you RAM will support it, I'd suggest to start to up the FSB and see what your temps are... my B3 runs 9x333 @ 1.2625V (BIOS) and gives temps under 60 depending on RT. A B3 can handle about 65 max while a GO can do 70.

The difference between your cores is "normal" on a quad; in my opinion it's a function of the uneven surfaces caused by your IHS which is VERY likely concave like a salad bowl. Most of them are. First thing I'd do if I were you is see about running @ 9x333... what vcore is stable (ignoring temps unless they are over those limits). Lapping the HS and IHS will very likely lower your temps by 7-10 °C as they did for mine... see the first post of the thread for links.

Enjoy

Reply to graysky

For now the system is still in my "probation" period of one month.
I've managed to test out the RAM for 4-4-4-12 timings @ 1,95V today.

Lapping the IHS is also not an option for now. As far as overclocking I already know it runs at 9x333 (under Auto BIOS settings). But for now I'm more interested in testing for stability under stock settings.
The main reason for this being my "el cheapo" 41 EUR PSU (what was I thinking ?!?).

If everything works well for the first month (no cat-ass-trophy happens), I'll see where the limits are. I like my chips below 50°C.

EDIT:
I played arround a bit with the settings and got this :
9x333 @ 1.24375V (BIOS)
Temperatures : (maximum values during a 15 hour run of Prime95, overnight and a day at the university)
maximum : core0 = 54°C, core1 = 54°C, core2 = 49°C, core3 = 47°C
averages : core0 = 49°C, core1 = 50°C, core2 = 46°C, core3 = 44°C

I also started testing over longer periods since at 1.2375V there was a roundoff error after 5 hours and 15 minutes.

The BIOS function "Performance Enhance" (Transaction Booster on ASUS boards has a similar function I think).
offers Standard, Turbo and Extreme options. The Extreme setting causes my system to randomly (once after 1hour, once after 4hours and once after 8hours) hang - the image remains on the screen but the system doesn't respond (forzen) but not reboot. Any info on what this option does ?

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Reply to Andrius

I never heard of 'transaction booster' and I own a P5B-Del.

Reply to graysky

FORGET IT...I somehow had the cooler on backwards (no, not with the fan-side-down, smart-arse ). The original/edited OC post is great! I'm running prime-tests on my Q6600 now. Unfortunately, it's not a G0 (how did I get the shaft on that? ), but I have all 4 cores at 60C for 3.0Ghz. May go for 3.2!

ORIGINAL (STUPID) POST...

Please help a Newbie out?

OK, I understand the fundamentals of OC'ing, and I know my way around hardware pretty well.

I'm just setting-up a new Q6600-based PC with a NVidia nForce 650i Ultra MB. For now, I put a "G-Power Lite" cooler in there.

As I said, just starting up for the first time, I'm not changing any timings or voltages, etc...everything "Auto", clock shows 2.4Ghz (stock). Everything's spinning, etc. But...

BIOS CPU Temp Monitor is showing me 70-75C!!! This is essentially idle (as we're just sitting at BIOS). I take it this is not normal? Or is it reading something else?

Recommendations? Reseat the cooler? (It is not warm to the touch, even at the base, and it seems secure.)

Thanks in advance...shutdown until I get this sorted!

-AJ

Message edited by aweber1nj on 11-27-2007 at 03:41:23 AM

Reply to aweber1nj

UPDATE:

I ran two stress-tests with prime95 for 1hr each, and they were both clean. I then configured speedfan to execute a shutdown if any of the core temps > 64C, and started prime95 for an overnight run...

One of the threads had a rounding error only 1/2 hour into the test! Looking at the logs, the heat in the core wasn't a problem. The remaining 3 threads ran all night without further incident.

Does anyone have any suggestions for "next steps"? Should I just leave it? Should I try incrementing cpu-voltage?

Puzzled.

-AJ

Reply to aweber1nj

aweber - the rounding error was likely due to the chip needing more vcore. .. I'd suggest you bump it up a notch and see if it can do 10-12 h without an error.... or back off on your FSB 4-5 MHz and see if it'll do the 10-12 h without an error.

Reply to graysky

wow you guys are lucky...

i just bought a new rig with
G0 Q6600
GA-P35-DS3L
GSkill 4Gb
Zalman 9700

the temperatures are
59
54
54
59

at 9x333

it comes at stock 1.31250 voltage..
i did 9x333 and all the settings graysky listed..

except the GA-P35-DS3L doesnt have the PCI Clock sychronization =o

tested every voltage between 1.25 to 1.31250 and it would crash/error..

so far its passed 2 hours @ 1.318 are these temperatures acceptable??.. i dont wish to overclock any further 3.0 was my main goal as i wish to keep my CPU lasting for 4-5 years

seems like i have the unlucky G0's that starts with stock voltages at 1.31250 .. is this bad?
my friend also ordered a Q6600.. came with G0 Stepping and as well.. his stock voltage 266x9 were 1.31250 which was the same stock voltage as mine!

Message edited by iioxfate on 11-28-2007 at 03:48:33 AM

Reply to iioxfate

@iiox - your temps are very good for 9x333 @ 1.3125 v assuming you're reading them with coretemp and not speedfan. My Q6600 B3 would be over 65 for sure at that voltage. It's not bad. Some chips run at lower voltages, but you can only run at what is stable. Again, your temps are fine for those settings.

Reply to graysky

This guy is the new Wuzy. Graysky, your contributions are welcomed. Thank you friend.

PS. Great post.

yea.. i totally followed his guide.. never overclocked any of these new chips.. and it worked out totally fine.. my idle temps are average @
39
36
39
32

Prime 95: Load dropped 1-2c ever since i found stable voltage @ 1.31875

its now at around
58
52-53
52-53
57

scored 13,777 on 3dMark 06 with eVGA-8800GT 675factor oc
oh and if anyone wondered.. i ran prime95 v25x for 13 hours.. i just left it on overnight then went to school and came back and everything was stable..

i even tried lowering the vcore down a notch.. and it went back to restarting and errors.. but i guess the vcore for my q6600 is really good since it went >13 hours stable @ 1.31875 w/ default @ 1.31250

*in other notes.. found out my real life friends DS3L + Q6600 G0 .. VID's came at 1.210.. speaking about lucky batch of G0 Q6600.. when he ordered the same processor that came from same factory (newegg) as i did.. i guess i got the unlucky G0 =x

Message edited by iioxfate on 11-29-2007 at 06:03:47 AM

Reply to iioxfate

@iio - well, your vcore is higher, but your temps are very good. If you lap the IHS on your chip and the base of your HS, I'm pretty sure you'll drop the temps; I saw a 7-10 °C drop after doing it to mine.

Reply to graysky

yea vcore came pretty high on stock compared to other but oh well, but i think ill pass on the lapping, i suck on lapping and ill be too lazy to buy the lapping "set items", my temperatures settled 1-2 degrees even lower now, guess ambient winter temperature helping

37
30
34
37 @ Idle !!

Reply to iioxfate

Thank you a lot! I understood everything at once except that overlapping thing, because I do not understand English so well. Could you perhaps explain that lapping again in other words?

Reply to kaisellgren

@kaisellgren - Try this article

Reply to graysky

Thanks for the guide graysky, helped a lot

A question about temps:

I have my Q6600 G0 clocked at 3Ghz and the temps in full load with prime95 for 10+hours are between 52c and 60c in a warm room Averaging in about 55c to 57c.
Are these ok?

Message edited by MjWoNeR on 12-04-2007 at 03:18:15 PM

Reply to MjWoNeR

They are a little on the high side, but they are good. Did you minimize your vcore as described in the guide?

Reply to graysky

Nope, I'm afraid I didn't.. :??:

Anyway, I'll keep following the guide and thanks again for it man

Message edited by MjWoNeR on 12-06-2007 at 01:59:31 PM

Reply to MjWoNeR

Hi,well this my prob!!
I have 4 gigs corsair dominator pc 8500,for some reason i can`t run the ram @ 1066mhz`s pc won`t boot . So i put the ram @727 with 4-4-4-4 and 1t , is this good ???

Reply to Nayrb

Nayrb - you may need to up your NB and or ICH voltage as well as the voltage to the DIMMs to get them stable. Also, use the recommend timings from the manufacture (probably 5-5-5-15-16). Also, just because you can run them @ 4-4-4-4 doesn't mean that's faster. I can run mine @ 3-3-3-9 but the benchmarks are actually slower than @ 4-4-4-12. Superpi mod doing 16M or 32M is the most sensitive app to memory differences. I'd recommend that you test each configuration you're trying to see if there is a difference.

Reply to graysky

Hey graysky, In the guide you say that you run memory tests with two configurations :

1:1 a.k.a. PC5300 (667 MHz)
3:5 a.k.a. PC8888 (1,111 MHz)

And you say that :
[QUOTE=graysky]I concluded that the higher memory bandwidth gave more or less no appreciable difference for real world applications.[/QUOTE]

(If CPU 9x333)
Does this mean that I will notice absolutely no difference in real life apps if my DDR2(800Mhz), is running synchronous 667Mhz or asynchronous 835Mhz?

If yes, can I set the timings 4-4-4-12 and 333Mhz(x2) even though the specs say 4-4-4-12 and 400Mhz(x2) ?

Reply to MjWoNeR

MjWoNer, yes you can set your memory to 4-4-4-12 at 333 if you can do 4-4-4-12 at 400. Rule of thumb, you may need to loosen timings (say from 4-4-4-12 to 5-5-5-15) as you increase FSB, but you can tighten timings (lower numbers) if you underclock or decrease the FSB.

Reply to nurn

Hi. I just read this guide and found many answers here. Now i know the best procedures to start a good overclock. Thank you very much. But I still need an idea...

I have a Q6600, a Asus P5k-SE and 2x2Gb OCZ platinum (5-4-4-15) DDR2 800. I already tested my CPU and memo and they stable at 3,2Ghz and 912, at least.

I can think about 3 ways of using these:

1) 9x333 with memo fixed at 800.

2) 9x333 with syncronous memo at 667 and maybe i can use better timings here (4-4-4 or even 3...)

3) and, my favorite, 7x400 or 7x440 with my memory syncronous at 800 or 880 and stock timings.

Can someone give me some ideas?
Sorry for any english mystakes...

Reply to Ezrangel

by the way, most of time, i use my pc for gaming and i just got an Ge8800GT. What's the better option for playing actual games like Crysis? thx.

Reply to Ezrangel

@ezrangel - If I were you I would use a game that does a timedemo and try the different settings. See which one gives the best framerate. I was say either 1 or 2 would be fine.

Reply to graysky

i just realized, for whoever has a Q6600 G0 + Zalman 9700NT + GA-P35-DS3L combo, after a week of your CPU break in of artic silver 5, you might want to turn off Smart FAN, as it leaves your Zalman on 0-600 rpm on IDLE..
you figure if you buy an aftermarket cooler you rather have it running @ 75-100% most of the time..

this has significantly dropped my temperatures to 32, 30, 24, 32 on 9x333
previous idle temperature temperatures were 37, 32, 34, 36

load temperatures were also noticably decreased @ 2700 rpm..
for some reason the zalman 9700nt only goes up to 2200 rpm w/ smart FAN ON <- on full 4 core 100% load w/ prime 95

btw, im running g0 q6600 9x333 on stock voltage 1.31250 (yea one of those unlucky owners who got a higher VID from newegg =x)

Message edited by iioxfate on 12-21-2007 at 12:52:36 AM

Reply to iioxfate

Excuse me, I have just purchased a new system and im not quite familiar with all the latest setups.

Everyting runs great, except one little problem. Windows seems to just freeze at random times for seconds or minutes at a time, then resumes itself . I was thinking it has something to do with the setup in my BIOS as it is all set to AUTO .

The only thing i have changed so far is the Overclocking to 700mv - 1000mv as my system hanged a few times and asked me to change it.

I know Im not giving enough information, so perhaps someone could help me in the process. I would greatly appreciate some feedback !

Thank you !

Reply to djmasacre

Thanks for the guide graysky

Very helpful

Nice review, I just got q6600, running asus p5kC and Crucial Ballistix ddr2 800mhz, Raptor X and 8800 GTS, I had trouble overclocking mine past anything with the stock fan, so I found zalman 9500 LED in local store, couldnt wait lol, installed it with AS5, Load temps were pushing 70C before with a simple 2.8 OC on it, after the zalman, I am currently running 357x9=3213mhz on auto Vcore, Ram running 856mhz ratio 5:6 with 4-4-4-12 timings. auto voltage on memory also. I disabled all the same features Kept CPU TM enabled and Enable bit enabled, couldnt find PECI in bios, know where it is? Iset PCIE to 100mhz and disabled speed spectrum and cpu spread spectrum. Ran Prime for 6 hours no errors and memtest for 2 hours no errors, so most of this is on stock voltage. Seems to be running stable, just curious about the pCI syncronization setting, I dont see it either, should I be worried ?using the 0804 asus bios. Temps idle using core temp 95.4 are 34,35,36,37 ish and full load never go over 55C. Should be stable overclock, your thoughts?

Reply to sharken

pmr wrote :

Cool, I was going to correct him until I refreshed the page. Good writing.

@ the OP - Your post is good, but don't know why you did it because there is already a very good sticky from Wusy:
http://forumz.tomshardware.com/har [...] 97995.html

Correct in your guide what jonny_ftm said.

I am a noob and want to overclock but after ppl pointed out major errors in this tread and i am unsure..

also this link to a thread reccomended does not exsist!

anyone got a guide i can follow please

Reply to Founders

If my memory is set to 406 (so 812) *DDR 800
And my FSB is set to 290 (running cpu at 2,61GHZ)
I get a ration of (i dont remember its something like 7:11) i am at work and i dont wanna do the math
Can something go wrong? Am i better to set the memory to 667 and fsb to 333 to run on a 1:1

Thx for your inputs

Reply to sithtis

I'm a noob to overclocking as this is my first time and this guide has helped me a lot, thanks.

Reply to mrphil84

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