Overclocking my Q6600 on IP35-Pro

[Taz]

Now that my system is running stable, cool and quiet, I would like to overclock it to 3.0GHz if possible, just to see what difference it makes.

I have the following key components:

- CPU: Q6600 G0 with Thermalright Utra 120 eXtreme heatsink
- Motherboard: Abit IP35-Pro
- Memory: 4 x 1GB GeIL PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2
- HDD: A couple of old WD Raptors (74GB)

So, how do I go about getting 3.0GHz from that setup. I'm assuming it should be fairly easy to do? Do I make changes in the BIOS or in uGuru? If anyone knows of a simple step-by-step guide to overclocking the Abit IP35-Pro then please direct me to it!

I have looked at the sticky thread in this forum but that doesn't seem to be a guide, unless i'm mistaken.

[k0nigen]

C2D Overclocking Guide for Beginners
Same technique for all mobos afaik

[D.M]

Originally Posted by Taz

Now that my system is running stable, cool and quiet, I would like to overclock it to 3.0GHz if possible, just to see what difference it makes.

I have the following key components:

- CPU: Q6600 G0 with Thermalright Utra 120 eXtreme heatsink
- Motherboard: Abit IP35-Pro
- Memory: 4 x 1GB GeIL PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2
- HDD: A couple of old WD Raptors (74GB)

So, how do I go about getting 3.0GHz from that setup. I'm assuming it should be fairly easy to do? Do I make changes in the BIOS or in uGuru? If anyone knows of a simple step-by-step guide to overclocking the Abit IP35-Pro then please direct me to it!

I have looked at the sticky thread in this forum but that doesn't seem to be a guide, unless i'm mistaken.

Hello Taz,

I have a very similar setup to you and it may not sound exciting but all I needed to do was up the FSB to 334mhz x 9 to get my 3ghz overclock and its prime stable

But depending on how your components react you may need a slight bump to the CPU voltage & or northbridge voltage as well? But try what I did first to see if it works for you

[DratUK]

You will also be advised to set your ram to 1:1 divider.

[Blitzen]

Originally Posted by DratUK

You will also be advised to set your ram to 1:1 divider.

1:1 used to be better but the divider has little influence now on stability.

[Taz]

So is it just a case of raising the FSB to 334MHz without altering any memory settings (which are all on Auto)?

[D.M]

Originally Posted by Taz

So is it just a case of raising the FSB to 334MHz without altering any memory settings (which are all on Auto)?

Sorry should have mentioned that I took the voltages off auto & put it to manual, so the voltage would stay at stock settings

[Blitzen]

Originally Posted by Taz

So is it just a case of raising the FSB to 334MHz without altering any memory settings (which are all on Auto)?

Yep...Should do the trick

[Taz]

^ Thanks, will give it a go. I messed up the memory settings yerterday when I was messing around and had to clear the CMOS! Luckily there's a very handy switch in the back panel to do this on the IP35-Pro.

[gilgamesh]

abit ip35 pro is a really stable board, you should get 3.4 on air and around 4 gigs on water with a G0
With my old b3 stepping (see my review) I got 3.98 gigs stable

gilgamesh

[AbitUK]

Hi there, sorry to post irrelavant info on your thread, i need to post 5 replies before i can post topics and seemedly reply to peronal posts :-)

i will be posting topics very soon :-)

[dagger_meerkat]

Originally Posted by gilgamesh

abit ip35 pro is a really stable board, you should get 3.4 on air and around 4 gigs on water with a G0
With my old b3 stepping (see my review) I got 3.98 gigs stable

gilgamesh

Yes, only if you have a low VID Q6600 .. most of the Q6600s floating in the market seem to be of the 1.3/1.325

[gilgamesh]

No an issue mate G0 oc like crazy and run much cooler than the First release of the quad 6600 which was the b3. Try having to use 1.66VCORE ( yeah i know crazy) to get 3.98gigs. But thats what you had to do on a B3 stepping.


gilgamesh

[Taz]

Thanks to all those that helped in this thread. I (finally) bit the bullet and upped my FSB to 334MHz. I made no other changes whatsoever and my system is running stable at 3.0GHz. I've run PCMark Vantage (x64 edition) three times over the last couple of days. Each run takes well over an hour and I scored 6656 PCMarks which I guess is not too bad.

[Blitzen]

Originally Posted by Taz

Thanks to all those that helped in this thread. I (finally) bit the bullet and upped my FSB to 334MHz. I made no other changes whatsoever and my system is running stable at 3.0GHz. I've run PCMark Vantage (x64 edition) three times over the last couple of days. Each run takes well over an hour and I scored 6656 PCMarks which I guess is not too bad.

i would guess you could also go to 3.2 without upping voltages aswell.

I just managed to scrap in at 3.4ghz with a voltage increase but thats the wall (for me anyway)

[CooperXS]

For stability testing I'd recommend Linpack

BTW 333FSB was peace of cake on Q6600 B3 and IP35-E which has less advanced layout. And all this with 8GB RAM too
With IP35 Pro you could aim at 400FSB, but it will require additional tweaking of voltages for Vtt, Vnb and GTL Ref.