[Solved] Another first-time OCing question
Forum Overclocking : CPUs - [Solved] Another first-time OCing question
I just ordered http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835186134 to overclock my Q6600 and I hope to go as high as 3.4Ghz. Currently on my stock cooling I go to 70 degrees on all cores under heavy loads. The question I have is once I install this new cooling all I have to do is go into my BIOS and set my CPU to 9 multiplier times 333 (3.0Ghz) and see what type of temperatures I get, gradually going up? Will/should I have to do any adjusting of my voltage (Real Temp says my core VID is 1.1625 minimum / 1.3250 max). My motherboard is an Asus P5Q Pro.
| legato89 wrote :
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Yes. 2:3 is a ratio of 266 MHz FSB freq to 800 MHz RAM clock ( 2 X 400) or DDR2-800.
If you increase the FSB freq to 333 MHz, your memory is trying to run at DDR2-1000 speeds if you leave your mem clock settings on AUTO. Change the setting to 2.00. That will set your FSB:mem clock ratio to 1:1. That way, if you can run your FSB at 400 MHz, you will have a 3.6 GHz core speed.
I suspect that this what is limiting your overclock.
You have a better than average VID. Mine is about average - 1.2625 volts. Yours gives you more OC headroom. With a good cooler, something like a Sunbeam Core Contact or Xigmatek Dark Knight (I'm on vacation, I do not have my links) in a good case, you should be able to run at 3.6 GHz with good stabililty and good temperatures.
| legato89 wrote : I just ordered http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835186134 to overclock my Q6600 and I hope to go as high as 3.4Ghz. Currently on my stock cooling I go to 70 degrees on all cores under heavy loads. The question I have is once I install this new cooling all I have to do is go into my BIOS and set my CPU to 9 multiplier times 333 (3.0Ghz) and see what type of temperatures I get, gradually going up? Will/should I have to do any adjusting of my voltage (Real Temp says my core VID is 1.1625 minimum / 1.3250 max). My motherboard is an Asus P5Q Pro. |
Read this: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] uals-guide
Reply to anort3
Ok, I read through that guide and it seems like it's making things more complicated than they need to. From my understanding though, I shouldn't need to mess with my voltage settings unless I start encountering problems after I run Prime95 for a while to "burn in" my new CPU settings.
You do not need to "burn in" anything. You run things like Prime95 to stress test your system to make certain that the settings you select are stable - that is no BSOD's, lockups, crashes, or seemingly random reset/reboots.
Ive been reading the guide and am a bit confused on setting my RAM, if I even need to.
This is the RAM I'm using: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product
Here is a CPU-Z of it: http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/5052/memorysc.jpg
CPU is Q6600, heres a CPU-Z of it: http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/960/cpuam.jpg
Currently it says my RAM is at 2:3 but by setting it to 1:1 Im setting it to synchronous which is essentially underclocking it correct?
I really just need to know if I am changing anything other than the CPU frequency from 266 to 333 when I go into my BIOS to overclock.
I think I understand everything perfectly now except for voltage. I know that the Q6600 is supposed to run from .8-1.5 and mine is at 1.235 I believe. Im unsure what to set the other voltages to such as NB and whatnot.
| legato89 wrote :
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Yes. 2:3 is a ratio of 266 MHz FSB freq to 800 MHz RAM clock ( 2 X 400) or DDR2-800.
If you increase the FSB freq to 333 MHz, your memory is trying to run at DDR2-1000 speeds if you leave your mem clock settings on AUTO. Change the setting to 2.00. That will set your FSB:mem clock ratio to 1:1. That way, if you can run your FSB at 400 MHz, you will have a 3.6 GHz core speed.
I suspect that this what is limiting your overclock.
You have a better than average VID. Mine is about average - 1.2625 volts. Yours gives you more OC headroom. With a good cooler, something like a Sunbeam Core Contact or Xigmatek Dark Knight (I'm on vacation, I do not have my links) in a good case, you should be able to run at 3.6 GHz with good stabililty and good temperatures.
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