C2D Overclocking Guide for Beginners

[Jinsu]

Wonderfull guide!

Tommorow after Ive recieved my 2 gig 6400 ram from the mail ill have a shot at it.
My goal is 3.2 Ghz meaning a FSB of 356.
My temps at 2.4 ghz are 38 C idle and 48 C under load, pretty nifty.
Holding the 62 C- 64 C line as a maximum temp for the overclock though, wish me luck!

[Sticky]

ok...
I'm up to 3.2 ghz.on my E6600 ...fsb 350 ...stock voltages....

Done a 12 hour stress test....

idle 24c .....57-58c under load.....sound about right gents?

Sticky

[Jinsu]

Ive clocked my e6600 to FSB 356 now. Under full orthos my max temp is 62/64 C. Is this good or a little too much? Its stable for the rest.

[moogle]

Originally Posted by Jinsu

Ive clocked my e6600 to FSB 356 now. Under full orthos my max temp is 62/64 C. Is this good or a little too much? Its stable for the rest.

temps seem ok. what cooler? ideally you'd want it at 60 max but 65 isn't that bad.

[Jinsu]

Originally Posted by moogle

temps seem ok. what cooler? ideally you'd want it at 60 max but 65 isn't that bad.

Yeah that was my goal too. but hey ill settle for 64c . Ive got the zalman cnps9500 Led.

[Sticky]

Ive noticed that now Ive overclocked...in the boot up screen......my ram is now pc4200 interleaved...instead of pc6400...is this normal....

Thx in advance..

Sticky

[Jinsu]

Originally Posted by Sticky

Ive noticed that now Ive overclocked...in the boot up screen......my ram is now pc4200 interleaved...instead of pc6400...is this normal....

Thx in advance..

Sticky

I was going to post about the same, just noticed that too..

[fortune2k]

im looking at getting a Q6600 and 4 sticks of
BL12864AA1065 - 1GB, Ballistix 240-pin DIMM , DDR2 PC2-8500 from Crucial.com
and a 8800gt
will i be able to overclock nicely and get some good performance out of it enough to run latest games ect ect

[moogle]

Originally Posted by fortune2k

im looking at getting a Q6600 and 4 sticks of
BL12864AA1065 - 1GB, Ballistix 240-pin DIMM , DDR2 PC2-8500 from Crucial.com
and a 8800gt
will i be able to overclock nicely and get some good performance out of it enough to run latest games ect ect

get it from Redstore.com - Crucial 2GB (1 GB x 2) Ballistix Tracer 240-pin DIMM (with LEDs), DDR2 PC2-8500 Memory Module
I posted it in my bargain post and 3 of us already have our ram
its cheaper than from crucial.
my bargain post has the black tracer ones with led's but its only about £2 more.
this is the 2 x1 gb packs though.

[fortune2k]

Originally Posted by moogle

get it from Redstore.com - Crucial 2GB (1 GB x 2) Ballistix Tracer 240-pin DIMM (with LEDs), DDR2 PC2-8500 Memory Module
I posted it in my bargain post and 3 of us already have our ram
its cheaper than crucial.

ok will this ram with a q6600 and 8800gt work nice together and be able to overclock nicely

[madmando]

Originally Posted by fortune2k

ok will this ram with a q6600 and 8800gt work nice together and be able to overclock nicely

Nope

[moogle]

Originally Posted by madmando

Nope

why not? it's top notch ram...
spam mr first 1 word post?

[madmando]

Originally Posted by moogle

why not? it's top notch ram...
spam mr first 1 word post?

No motherboard

[jtso]

Hey ppl.
I am back due to a bios upgrade.
Eight month ago, I had a e4300 + p5n-e sli + ocz pc6400 2x1 gb plantium rev 2. And I was able to oc to 3.0GHz from reading this guide, but after I update the bios to the 0703 version, I was only able to go up to 2.75GHz stable. So I wanted to bump up the cpu more since I got some free time in the Christmas holidays. Any help would be appreciated.

Heres my stable setting so far:
1220(cpu's fsb) / 800(ram's fsb 4-4-4-15).
vcore:1.43x
vRam: 2.1x
nbcore:1.4x
vcore offset: auto

I tried to go back to (3.0GHz) 1333/ 800 fsb
But it just froze in the bios logo screen, and it wont even allow me to set bios settings when I press del(Had to reset cmos). So I tried (3.195Ghz)1420 / 800, and it passes throught the bios logo and bios posts messages, but stuck in loading window(black screen). I have tried increased the vcore by a notch each time(i bumped up to 1.5v), but it still doesnt boot. Hope fully someone can help me. Thank You.

[Chunter]

hows this.all i did was get my ram running 1:1





question.my ram is rated to run at 1.8 - 1.9 v which should i take and why ?

and yes i am a complete and utter n00b, at the age of 37 ,to overclocking.

btw Clunk i've been looking at lots of overclocking posts\threads\topics and your is the easiest on the eye and brain by far.Thank you.

[moogle]

1.8v i assume is for the same speed with lax timings, for example 5-5-5-15 and 1.9 might be for 4-4-4-12 timings. it's how it is on my ram.