Overclocking Help - P5K-E, Deluxe and Premium Owners
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I didn't upgrade the bios, but I just lowered the ram timing to 6-6-6-18 @ 8.., then tweaked stuff. Then raised the ram back up again.
I will post the pics, or if you want me to email them to you, then thats cool.
Also just curious can you download "coretemp", (and in in vista right click run as adim first) run to see what your "VID" is.
Cheers
@parxuk, you might want to add a sig. as its easier for people to see what system you have when trying to help you
I will post the pics, or if you want me to email them to you, then thats cool.
Also just curious can you download "coretemp", (and in in vista right click run as adim first) run to see what your "VID" is.
Cheers
@parxuk, you might want to add a sig. as its easier for people to see what system you have when trying to help you
Any ideas how i should set the RAM??
It is Corsai XMS2 CM2X1024-6400 and Everest Ultimate gives me the following info about it:
DIMM1: Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-13 @ 270 MHz)
DIMM2: Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-13 @ 270 MHz)
DIMM3: Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-13 @ 270 MHz)
DIMM4: Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-13 @ 270 MHz)
If i am setting it up manually in the BIOS to i use the 5-5-5-18 timmings or 4-4-4-13??
Thanks again, i am determined to get this to 3.6 if it kills me (or more likely the processor!!!)
It is Corsai XMS2 CM2X1024-6400 and Everest Ultimate gives me the following info about it:
DIMM1: Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-13 @ 270 MHz)
DIMM2: Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-13 @ 270 MHz)
DIMM3: Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-13 @ 270 MHz)
DIMM4: Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-13 @ 270 MHz)
If i am setting it up manually in the BIOS to i use the 5-5-5-18 timmings or 4-4-4-13??
Thanks again, i am determined to get this to 3.6 if it kills me (or more likely the processor!!!)
lol, have you upped the N/B voltage as your using 4Gb of ram that may help, try 1.55.
With the ram I don't see how 800Mhz @ 5-5-5-15 2.1 will be fine. Once your cpu is stable; you should be able to tighten the timings to 800Mhz 4-4-4-12 @ 2.2v.
Then just input my settings, and see how they play out for you.
With the ram I don't see how 800Mhz @ 5-5-5-15 2.1 will be fine. Once your cpu is stable; you should be able to tighten the timings to 800Mhz 4-4-4-12 @ 2.2v.
Then just input my settings, and see how they play out for you.
Forgot to mention, just set your ram at slack timings and speed, something like; 6-6-6-18 sub 800Mhz. Then overclock your cpu to 3.6ghz and run prime95 small ffts for a couple of hours to test stability, then start to up the ram back to normal speed, and then test using blend ideallly passing 8 hours. 
Make sure have loadline calibration enabled, remember I maybe using a different bios version to you (somehow affects settings and their stablility) . Set the ram @ 6-6-6-18 sub 800Mhz and then try 1.50vcore.
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My bad, I thought you had the same Mobo as me, erm...... deffo update the bios then, try using google to check what other people have found to be the best bios overclocking quads on!
Have you got msn ([email protected]) /xfire (happy0802)- might be easier than using this thread?
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My bad, I thought you had the same Mobo as me, erm...... deffo update the bios then, try using google to check what other people have found to be the best bios overclocking quads on!
Have you got msn ([email protected]) /xfire (happy0802)- might be easier than using this thread?
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The N/B strap changes the the ram ratio of fsb to ram speed. Useful for finding the closest fit to your rams speed/overclocking/underclocking your ram.
Well i tried the settings as per photos/suggestions and it simply wouldnt boot.
With some experimentation about the best i have so far is 3.4ghz using the majority of your settings, but with the FSB set to 425 x 8. And the RAM at 5-5-5-18 2.10v (show DDR2 850), NB at 1.55v
Now what i am most worried about is that i have the CPU Voltage set to 1.55v (as it wouldnt start/BSOD, or wouldnt complete a 3dmark05 score at anything below this). With it set at 1.55 in the BIOS CPU-Z is reporting this at 1.480v idle in windows, running 3dmark this dropped to 1.44, but using stress test v6 this drops down as low as 1.384 at 100% load, which seems like quite a big drop.
Temps at idle are 40 degrees C, under 100% load this goes up to a maximum of 57, and the motherboard at 40. My not particularly well ventilated room is 26 so feeling quite warm, hopefully it wont get too much warmer in the summer.
Does all this seem quite reasonable, or at those volts/temps am i in danger of toasting something. Even more so, are there any suggestions for trying anything else to either try and lower the temps, or better still try and get this to the magical 3.6.
Thx in advance
Craig
Intel Q6600 G0
Asus P5kc
4 x 1GB Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-13 @ 270 MHz)
Processor water cooled in Thermaltake VE2000BWS
Nvidia 9800GTX
3 x 500GB 7200.11
With some experimentation about the best i have so far is 3.4ghz using the majority of your settings, but with the FSB set to 425 x 8. And the RAM at 5-5-5-18 2.10v (show DDR2 850), NB at 1.55v
Now what i am most worried about is that i have the CPU Voltage set to 1.55v (as it wouldnt start/BSOD, or wouldnt complete a 3dmark05 score at anything below this). With it set at 1.55 in the BIOS CPU-Z is reporting this at 1.480v idle in windows, running 3dmark this dropped to 1.44, but using stress test v6 this drops down as low as 1.384 at 100% load, which seems like quite a big drop.
Temps at idle are 40 degrees C, under 100% load this goes up to a maximum of 57, and the motherboard at 40. My not particularly well ventilated room is 26 so feeling quite warm, hopefully it wont get too much warmer in the summer.
Does all this seem quite reasonable, or at those volts/temps am i in danger of toasting something. Even more so, are there any suggestions for trying anything else to either try and lower the temps, or better still try and get this to the magical 3.6.
Thx in advance
Craig
Intel Q6600 G0
Asus P5kc
4 x 1GB Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-13 @ 270 MHz)
Processor water cooled in Thermaltake VE2000BWS
Nvidia 9800GTX
3 x 500GB 7200.11
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Can someone please show me the settings for a first ever attempt at overclocking ?.
I have a Q6600 go on a P5K-E mobo, I only want to go to maybe 2900 for a start & without altering voltage if possible.
My memory is Corsair Dominator 8500 1066Mhz
I have a Q6600 go on a P5K-E mobo, I only want to go to maybe 2900 for a start & without altering voltage if possible.
My memory is Corsair Dominator 8500 1066Mhz
Speaking first from personal experience and then from retrospectively checking on the internets I can say that I would absolutely avoid Asus Update in the same way one might trying to avoid stabbing yourself in the face with a pointed object.
It seems like using it on Vista 64 (as I did) is almost guaranteed to brick your mobo, and in general loads of people have had terminal issues caused by it.
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"Can someone please show me the settings for a first ever attempt at overclocking ?.
I have a Q6600 go on a P5K-E mobo, I only want to go to maybe 2900 for a start & without altering voltage if possible.
My memory is Corsair Dominator 8500 1066Mhz"
The easiest way i overclocked mine first time was to go to the Jumper free settings in the BIOS, set AI overclocking to manual and i increased the FSB frequency to 355 which gave me 3.2GHZ. Everything else was left at auto and this gave me a stable system with no issues.
Overclocking any further than that has been another issue altogether for me though. Every setup seems slightly different and 2 apparently identical systems might give different results, so good luck. Just suggest you try everything in small doses first, reboot, check then go up an increment. Very new to this myself though so am open to flaming (quite literaly)
I have a Q6600 go on a P5K-E mobo, I only want to go to maybe 2900 for a start & without altering voltage if possible.
My memory is Corsair Dominator 8500 1066Mhz"
The easiest way i overclocked mine first time was to go to the Jumper free settings in the BIOS, set AI overclocking to manual and i increased the FSB frequency to 355 which gave me 3.2GHZ. Everything else was left at auto and this gave me a stable system with no issues.
Overclocking any further than that has been another issue altogether for me though. Every setup seems slightly different and 2 apparently identical systems might give different results, so good luck. Just suggest you try everything in small doses first, reboot, check then go up an increment. Very new to this myself though so am open to flaming (quite literaly)