First overclock - pre-oc advice needed :)

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Hey all, sorry about this thread, know you must get a lot each day, I've been looking over the tutorials and just wanted to make 100% sure I know what to do with mine, and te increments I need to take it up in!

Asus P5N-E SLi - Default bios
E6300 - Stock w/ Noctua NH-U12P
Corsair Modular PSU 620W
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2

All is currently running fine and normal at stock, current cpu temps of 29-31c idle, about 47-48 full load.

I'd be looking to just start with a gradual OC, i'm not really looking to get speed records or anything overly high end, even if I can start by pushing it up to 2.2 and then 2.5/2.8 would be nice, I know a lot of people have pushed them a lot further, but I'm not sure if I'm one of the people with the mentality to do that! :D

From what I can see, the basic steps i'd need to take in the bios would just be unlinking cpu & ram, and then setting the FSB fromthere (Currently 1066 I believe) :)

Sorry about the noobishness of this, a friend tried the other day and blew his motherboard he thinks (He posted it on here I believe).

Any other advice/tips would be welcomed, would the voltage need adjusting at all? Cpu Voltage is currently hovering at 1.296/1.312 in cpu-z.

Thanks!
 
List a Full system spec.

Download CPUz:

http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpuz_148.zip

and coretemp:

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/CoreTemp.zip

Useful tools for monitoring .

Also, a newer updated BIOS may have fixes for more stable/ higher overclocks:

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

Your boards BIOS history:

BIOS (14) [BIOS History]
Version 1301

Description P5N-E SLI BIOS 1301.
Enhance compatibility with certain VGA cards at SLI mode.



File Size 446.29 (KBytes) 2008/10/16 update



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Version 1201

Description P5N-E SLI BIOS version 1201
1. Fix sometimes it will show incorrect frequency of FSB 1066MHz CPU during POST.
2. Remove CPU Multiplier option for ratio locked CPU.
3. Fix incorrect L2 cache info. Of certain CPU in the BIOS setup.
4. Support new CPUs, please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5N-E SLI



File Size 445.88 (KBytes) 2008/08/22 update



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Version 1101

Description P5N-E SLI BIOS 1101.
1. Modified "SCSI:" string to "RAID:" on the Boot menu for RAID device.
2. Support new CPUs, please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5N-E SLI
3. Enhance system stability when applying SLI mode built of nVidia 9600GT VGA cards.
4. Fix it shows incorrect CPU frequency under "Properties" of "My Computer" when the following conditions are met:
-Using multiplier-locked Merom CPU
-Using Windows Vista OS
-EIST in the BIOS is enabled
5. Now system would no longer halt upon showing keyboard error message.
6. Fix it might be unable to update BIOS from Internet by Asusupdate under Windows Vista 64bit OS.



File Size 440.46 (KBytes) 2008/07/07 update



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Beta Version 1002

Description P5N-E SLI Beta BIOS version 1002.
Fix CPU Multiplier item help string doesn't support Chinese (Trad.) language.



File Size 448.73 (KBytes) 2008/05/04 update



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Version 0901

Description P5N-E SLI BIOS Release version 0901
Enhance compatibility with certain memory modules.



File Size 445.12 (KBytes) 2008/02/20 update



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Beta Version 0803

Description P5N-E SLI BIOS Release version 0803
Support new CPU, please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5N-E SLI



File Size 444.93 (KBytes) 2008/01/07 update



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Beta Version 0801

Description P5N-E SLI beta BIOS 0801
1. Fix system hangs when using Razer Copperhead USB Mouse.
2. Improve compatibility with Creative X-Fi sound card.



File Size 457.52 (KBytes) 2007/11/05 update



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Version 0703

Description P5N-E SLI BIOS 0703
1. Enhance compatibility of certain memroy module.
2. Support new CPUs, please refer to our website at:
http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-
us&model=P5N-E%20SLI
3. Add support for SLP 2.0.



File Size 454.32 (KBytes) 2007/08/16 update



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Version 0608

Description P5N-E SLI BIOS Release Version 0608
1. Fix it fails to change ratio by EIST when using certin Conroe CPU.
2. Reduce S3 resume time.
3. Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5N-E SLI
4. Add USB 2.0 support under DOS.
5. Enhance memory compatibility.
6. Enhance USB device compatibility.
7. Fix it shows incorrect L1 and L2 cache size when using Conroe-L CPU.



File Size 452.5 (KBytes) 2007/06/29 update



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Beta Version 0607

Description P5N-E SLI Beta BIOS 0607
Latest beta BIOS.



File Size 451.18 (KBytes) 2007/06/26 update



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Version 0505

Description P5N-E SLI BIOS Release version 0505
1. Add C1E function support for Conroe-L A-1 stepping CPU .
2. Support new CPU, please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5N-E SLI
3. Support FSB 1333 CPU .
4. Fix CPR might fail when overclock too much.



File Size 460.63 (KBytes) 2007/03/16 update



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Version 0401

Description P5N-E SLI BIOS Release Version 0401.
1.Reduce S3 resuming time.
2.Change CopyRight year from 2006 to 2007.



File Size 458.8 (KBytes) 2007/01/24 update



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Version 0307

Description P5N-E SLI BIOS Release version 0307
Enhance compatibility with certion memory.



File Size 458 (KBytes) 2007/01/22 update



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Version 0202

Description First release.



File Size 451.35 (KBytes) 2007/01/04 update



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Make sure your drivers are up to date too.

Your PSU is excellent which is the first step on the path to successful overclocking :)
 
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Right, I'll grab the new drivers for my sound and gfx, and get bios Version 1301, if thats the best one you'd recommend?

Full spec:

Asus P5N-E SLi
Intel C2D E6300 - Cooled with Noctua NH-U12P
4gb OCZ Gold Dual Channel PC6400
Corsair Modular 620W PSU
Creative X-Fi Music
ATi x1950xt 256MB @ 1680x1050 on Belinea 102035W 20"
1 x 300gb SATA HDD
1 x 80GB SATA HDD
1 x IDE DVDR+/-W

All housed in an Akasa Eclipse w/ Noctua 120mm front and back.

Anything I can do to help you help me? :D

Thanks for taking the time out to help mate.
 
11.43am!!!:eek:

Some of us have to go to work mate.:D

Let me know what clock you've achieved so far and we'll take it from there mate :)
 
hehe, oops, yeah, starting a new job next week I hope :D

Was basically just wanting to check what I said was correct really, upgrade drivers/bios, unlink ram & cpu and set FSB in the bios from 1066 to say 1200 for a starting point?
 
TimBrad said:
hehe, oops, yeah, starting a new job next week I hope :D

Was basically just wanting to check what I said was correct really, upgrade drivers/bios, unlink ram & cpu and set FSB in the bios from 1066 to say 1200 for a starting point?
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Yep - try that. If it crashes, knock the voltage up to the CPU by just a couple of increments and make sure the RAM is set using the dividers/ FSB ratio :)
 
The most pathetic, nooby OC ever! But hey, it worked (Would have been a VERY sorry state of affairs, had it not!)

nooby-1.jpg


Set the RAM to 5-5-5-18 from 6-6-6-31 and its now at 391mhz?
 
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