C2D Overclocking Guide for Beginners

[daza]

Originally Posted by redddraggon

How do you monitor the northbridge temp?

I use everest and can't find the northbridge temp, I find an "Aux" temp but I don't know what that is.

I think its one of those temps you'll never know as I still cant find a piece of software to find the temp on my quad gt.

[redddraggon]

Reckon I'm on the right track with a lowly e6400?

Temps currently at ~53C

Hopefully Orthos will run fine over night.

[Clunk]

Looks good to me

How come the ram is at 5-5-5-17?

[redddraggon]

Originally Posted by Clunk

Looks good to me

How come the ram is at 5-5-5-17?

good question.

It should be 5-5-5-18@800MHz, but I left the timings on Auto in the BIOS. It seems stable at the moment, is it worth changing?

[Clunk]

5-5-5-18 on geil ultra? If its working ok you can always try it at 4-4-4-12 To be honest, the timings dont make a huge difference to speed.

[redddraggon]

After 17 Hours. Current load temp is 50 both cores. Reckon that's stable enough?

[Clunk]

Looks good enough to me

You going for higher next?

[redddraggon]

Originally Posted by Clunk

Looks good enough to me

You going for higher next?

I don't think I can reach 3GHz, might try about 2.95GHz.

Still got Orthos on, I think it finished all the tests and has started again.

[Clunk]

why cant you reach 3ghz?

Just restart the pc to get rid of it.

[redddraggon]

I tried 3000 and it wouldn't post

EDIT: Oh right you mean I left Orthos on? I wasn't using the PC so I just left orthos on, just wondering if it starts the tests again once it finished all it's cycles.

[Clunk]

No, it carries until you stop it or turn off the pc.

Hmm, have you got the mem voltage set right?

You may also be at an fsb hole, which is just a small part of the fsb range where its not stable, so you could always try higher, to avoid the hole, try 400fsb with the vcore set to auto and the ram voltage set to whatever it is supposed to be, and give the Northbridge a bit more voltage, but keep an eye on the temps and see how you go, or if you dont feel adventurous, try it at 380fsb or 390fsb.

[redddraggon]

got the voltage at 2.1V for the mem.

Got it to 2998MHz




Just started Orthos now.

[redddraggon]

oh and cant find anything at FSB 350Mhz or higher that is stable (so far)

[redddraggon]

Got past the first 30mins on Orthos. Normally fails straight away, so it's looking good so far.

[redddraggon]

It's made it over 15hours. I don't think I'll get it above 3GHz.

Thanks for all your help Clunk

[Clunk]

I cant see why you cant get over 3ghz, you arent near the rams limit, cpu should have some overhead left. Did you try giving the northbridge som extra voltage?