Asus P5Q Deluxe + Q6600 Overclock advise

Johnny|lucidcomposure

Johnny|lucidcomposure

Johnny|lucidcomposure

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My last motherboard failed on me and I had to get a new one so I got this Asus P5Q Deluxe. It looks quite the performer and I would like to push my system upto 3.2ghz ish on air. I had it at 3 fine on the old board but that was an Abit and I dont really know what to adjust with this Asus. Its quite complex for a simpleton like me! lol.
 
I posted a similar thread ages ago when i first got my P5K and had a lot of good responses. Have a search of the forums here, lots of good info to be had. Here's a "Copy&Paste" of the initial o/c info I got from my thread, hope this helps ( yer BIOS should have similar options for your P5Q ) :-

Advanced --> CPU Configuration
CPU Ratio Control = Manual
Ratio CMOS Setting = 9 [7 should be the highest for yours, I think, so select that]
C1E Support = Disabled

Advanced --> JumperFree Configuration
Ai Overclocking = Manual
CPU Ratio Control = Manual
Ratio CMOS Setting = [See above]
FSB Frequency = 377 [I'd try 300 to start with]
PCIE Frequency = 101
DRAM Frequency = DDR2-905MHz [Choose the lowest one for now in order to remove it as a limiting factor]
DRAM Command Rate = 2T
DRAM Timing Control = Manual
CAS# Latency = 5
RAS# to Cas# Delay = 5
RAS# Precharge = 5
RAS# Activate to Precharge = 18
TWR...to...TRTP = Auto
DRAM Static Read Control = Auto

Transaction Booster = Auto
Clock Over-Charging Mode = Auto

CPU Spread Spectrum = Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum = Disabled

CPU Voltage = 1.4625 [You'll probably want to start with something a fair bit lower than this]
CPU Voltage reference = Auto
CPU Voltage Damper = Enabled
CPU PPL Voltage = Auto
DRAM Voltage = 2.15 [Set this to what's required by your particular RAM]
FSB Termination Voltage = Auto
North Bridge Voltage = 1.4
North Bridge Voltage Reference = Auto
South Bridge Voltage = Auto
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I've got my Q6600 sat at 3.2Ghz stable just now with really low temps so I'm happy. :)

What VID is your Q6600?.
 
Draeger said:
I posted a similar thread ages ago when i first got my P5K and had a lot of good responses. Have a search of the forums here, lots of good info to be had. Here's a "Copy&Paste" of the initial o/c info I got from my thread, hope this helps ( yer BIOS should have similar options for your P5Q ) :-



I've got my Q6600 sat at 3.2Ghz stable just now with really low temps so I'm happy. :)

What VID is your Q6600?.
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No idea.

Does this help?


Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache: 8 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MP31.006C.B05
SMC Version (system): 1.30f3
Serial Number (system): SOMESRLNMBR
Hardware UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-90E6BA69D6DE
 
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Those are the screens of my bios (pulled from a site)

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/p5q_deluxe/
 
Draeger said:
I posted a similar thread ages ago when i first got my P5K and had a lot of good responses. Have a search of the forums here, lots of good info to be had. Here's a "Copy&Paste" of the initial o/c info I got from my thread, hope this helps ( yer BIOS should have similar options for your P5Q ) :-



I've got my Q6600 sat at 3.2Ghz stable just now with really low temps so I'm happy. :)

What VID is your Q6600?.
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9.5 multi, not a Q6600 then

Perhaps as suggested a E8500
Sorry those screens are a dual core, you want settings for a P5Q Deluxe and a Q6600 , reply to thread I will template 3.2GHz settings, Hell I will template anything up to 4GHz settings
 
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Johnny|lucidcomposure said:
I would like to push my system upto 3.2ghz ish on air
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Johnny|lucidcomposure said:
Running OS X
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  • FSB Frequency [356]
  • DRAM Frequency [DDR2-712MHz]
  • CPU Voltage [Auto]*
  • Load-Line Calibration [Enabled]
*Try vCore on [Auto] to start, if it works then give it a good stability test (dunno how on Mac O/S?) . . . if it passes check in the BIOS health menu tab what the board is setting for vCore and then try to manually lower the vCore until its not stable anymore . . . if the computer is unstable with the chip at 3.2GHz on [Auto] vCore then you will need to manually boost it . . . starting a bit higher than what the [Auto] setting was and keep going up to about 1.500v until its running smooth . . . keep an eye on load temps . . . 65°C is a nice full load! . . .

Once you get the chip happy at 3.2GHz give us a shout and we can try and get the memory overclocked a bit too! :cool:
 
try and find out if it's a g0 stepping, if so it will overclock quite high, a lot of them overcock to 3.6ghz with a good heatsink and bumping up the voltage
 
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