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Does anyone know anywhere I can find a guide to help me overclock the above? I want to get to the 3.2Ghz mark to be safe. I'm using an Thermalright Ultra 120 extreme cooler.

So I plan to set
fix cpu multiplier to 9
what should I set the memory multiplier?
set FSB to 355MHz (355 x 9 3200)
lock PCI Express freq to 100

Where is a good starting point with the below voltages?
FSB OverVoltage Control
G MCH Overvoltage control
CPU Voltage control

Where I could also do with some help with the timings
My memory is 2Gb of Corsair 6400 800mhz 4-4-4-12.

Many thanks in advance for your help.
 
try 400x8 to be honest PCI E to 101 these boards tend to set the slot to 1x when set to 100 ;)
 
Just up the cpu volts to 1.400 and test for stability.
If it's ok, try lowering the voltage to drop temps or, if your happy with the temps, try clocking higher.
My ram is ok at 855, so i use 356 FSB x9 multi with the 2.4 multiplier on the ram.
To gat the extra options in the M.I.T, press ctrl+f1 on the main bios screen.
 
Katoom said:
Just up the cpu volts to 1.400 and test for stability.
If it's ok, try lowering the voltage to drop temps or, if your happy with the temps, try clocking higher.
My ram is ok at 855, so i use 356 FSB x9 multi with the 2.4 multiplier on the ram.
To get the extra options in the M.I.T, press ctrl+f1 on the main bios screen.
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The problem with that is that it doesn't actually cover the basics;

1. Get rid of all the energy saving stuff;

DS41.jpg


2. Adjust the motherboard timings

DS42.jpg


You don't need much because the board is designed to run at 1333MHz anyway, so another few hundred FSB won't make much difference.

By all means start off at 1.4V - I'm running 1.35 because I have a passive air cooler and I overheat at 3.6GHz, but 1.35 is all I need for 3.3GHz. With your Ultra 120 Extreme you may be able to handle 1.4V, at which point I'm sure you could get to 3.6GHz.

Depending on what RAM you have, you can see if it's overclocked or not (SPD figure on the left is the stock speed). You may be able to tighten the timings once you know your CPU is stable, but until then I strongly recommend you leave your RAM alone.

3. Leave the RAM alone until your CPU overclock is stable

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Once you have the CPU stable then come back and we can discuss honing the RAM timings - but I need to know what RAM you have.

I'm running the F6 BIOS on the Rev 1.0 board and at these voltages both the Northbridge and Southbridge coolers are slightly warm to the touch.
 
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So what is the very first step?
My thoughts are:
1. Up the CPU core to 1.35V then stress test
2. Raise the FSB from the 267 and try to get as high as I can. Stress test each time

Is my reasoning correct that 267 x 9 (the multipler) = the standard 2.4G? So you dudes who are up at 3.6G are running a FSB of 400?As this been done with air cooling? What is this 1:1 people are going on about?
 
I wouldnt bother stress testing after the first voltage bump, volts alone wont make a chip unstable (unless you start putting something silly into it like 1.7v on air).

Those Thermalright coolers are supposed to be pretty good, you should be able to go to 3.6ghz without too much trouble if you want :)

WD
 
Your plan is basically good. 1.35V VCore should take you to about 3.3-3.4GHz.

The motherboard is set up to run at 1333MHz/333FSB out of the box, so until you hit 3GHz you shouldn't need to mess with the Northbridge or Southbridge settings.

I'd be tempted to go straight in at 333MHz after locking everything else down and upping the VCore. What you're really looking at is the CPU core temperatures and the Northbridge temperature.

Once the CPU cores start to approach 85C under load, you're approaching the limits of the CPU cooler. I'd back off to a bit less than that so you're running 70-75C under load maximum. On my system that's 1.45V so you should be safe enough at 1.35V.

If it's all cool and stable at 3Ghz then try for 3.3GHz. You should find that's still stable at 1.35V but you may need to adjust up the chipset voltages as shown in the screenshots. Once you are stable at 3.3GHz then go up in 100MHz/33FSB jumps until it fails to boot or is unstable.

Depending on how the instability shows itself we can make further adjustments if you really want to push the envelope.
 
Hmmm,

I set the CPU core to be 1.35V, upped the CPU host frequency to 300Mhz, and,

CRASH !!! Would not POST, just got stuck in a loop - power comes on, tries to boot (nothing on screen), power goes off, comes back on agaib, tries to boot, ad infinitum

I cleared the CMOS (real pain BTW located right under the graphics slot). Rebooted with defaults and fine and dandy.

I did not change the other paraetrs that you have on your "adjust the motherboard" screeny.

Anyone wired up a switch to the back of the case to clear the CMOS without the kerfuffle of taking cards out etc...
 
Same question, my spec is as follows

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
Seagate Barracuda ES 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500630NS)
Thermaltake VB5001SNA Tai-Chi SuperMidi Tower - Aluminium 1
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA1065)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail 1
Gigabyte GA_P35_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail


Gonna try the above suggestions and see what happens

:D
 
Nope,not tried 333, will try later when baby in bed....

However, only tried two parameters on your screeny, the FSB frequency and the Core CPUvoltage. You think we should try ALL *** voltages on your picture? Also got power save thingy-mi-jigs turned off.
 
kirkster said:
Nope,not tried 333, will try later when baby in bed....

However, only tried two parameters on your screeny, the FSB frequency and the Core CPUvoltage. You think we should try ALL the voltages on your picture? Also got power save thingy-mi-jigs turned off.
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Well, I know that that setup works with my system at 375FSB so theoretically I should definitely work with yours at 333FSB.
 
Dr Who,
When you say "until BIOS reset itself", does that mean the BIOS automatically did this, without you having to manually reset it?
 
DID IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Got 333MHz running. Just followed what you said on your screenies WJA96. All works. I just wimped out by only setting the DDR to 2.1 instead of the 3.0 you've done.

I have got prime runing now. I will then try to up it to 375.

What next ????
 
My RAM is running at 2.1V - that's 1.8V (stock) [+0.3V] = 2.1V

It's horribly confusing though. I don't understand why 333MHz doesn't work for you at the stock N/B and S/B settings. Never mind, so long as it's working!

You definitely need to try for at least 375FSB, preferably 400 depending on your cooling. I only have to back off because I'm running semi-passive on that system and I need 1.5V to get FSB400 stable and that's VERY hot.
 
Yes I am. 2.0.

The cores are running at 70C after one hour of Prime 95 with all cores at 100% CPU with Zalman 9700.

That seems a lot but i donlt really know if its OK :confused:. Also, roof of case above the CPU cooler is quite warm, implying to me that the cse fans are not blowing the air out sufficiently. I think I need better case fans.

Any comments?
 
Ran fine for two hours @ 69 - 70C. Will do a bit of gaming now and perhaps fiddle a bit more on Wednesday. No rush is there and I want to keep it stable.
 
What volts are you running? You're probably way over what you need for 3GHz if you're following my screenies. That'll cut your temps straight away.
 
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