E6600 overclock help plz

ASH1982 · 13 Mar 2007 at 18:25

EVGA nForce680i board

Have I set this correct for an overclock?

FSB memory check mode - linked (normally set to auto at stock)
FSB memory ratio - sync mode (normally set to auto at stock but fails to boot in 1:1 mode even at stock)
FSB (QDR), mhz - 1111

Thats at 2.5ghz
Yup i know thats only a 100mhz overclock but Im just working things out at the moment being a noob to this whole thing

oh yeah sorry memorys also at 4-4-4-12 T1

ASH1982 · 13 Mar 2007 at 19:16

What is the max safe temp and voltage for this chip on air?

quantumisation · 13 Mar 2007 at 19:27

i think its around 60c that most people say , thats after stress tests

ASH1982 · 13 Mar 2007 at 19:53

Im currently running prime95 at 3ghz clock speed with no voltage increase

temps have gone from 40oc idle to 50oc idle.... 44oc load to 54oc load
thats with the windows in the room shut and central heating on full blast lol

peoples opinions?

unde4d · 13 Mar 2007 at 20:11

Sounds like your doing pretty alright. What are you using to cool it?

ASH1982 · 13 Mar 2007 at 20:16

ThermalRight Ultra-120 with a 120mm YS-TECH fan

unde4d · 13 Mar 2007 at 20:17

whats your ambient temps?

ASH1982 · 13 Mar 2007 at 20:19

unde4d said:
whats your ambient temps?

system is at 39oC
CPU 53oC
GPU 57oC

well thats prime and memtest both ran for an hour and no problems... im very impressed for no voltage increase

Dare i push it to 3.2ghz? or will the temps be to high?

unde4d · 13 Mar 2007 at 20:27

Care to tell us you full spec?

ASH1982 · 13 Mar 2007 at 20:29

unde4d said:
Care to tell us you full spec?

Intel Core DUO E6600/ThermalRight Ultra-120 heatsink and YS-TECH120mm fan
EVGA nForce 680i motherboard
G.skill 2GB HZ PC2-6400 RAM currently at 4-4-4-12 T1
Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATA-II 16MB cache
BFG GeForce 8800GTX OC
OCZ GameXStream 850W PSU
NEC Dual layer flash rewriter
Sony floppy
Thermaltake shark case
Creative X-Fi Xtreme music soundcard
22" 226BW Samsung screen

ASH1982 · 13 Mar 2007 at 21:13

Ahhhh it appears ive made a mistake

I thought I had not changed the voltage on the CPU but it was infact set to auto in the bios. I only noticed it had been going up when I checked CPU-Z and was just over 1.4v in windows
That explains why the temp under load was approching 55oC

Ive manually set it to 1.4v for the moment in the bios and thats reporting as 1.35v in CPU-Z... now clocked at 3.2ghz running prime at 51oC :eek:

Passed memtest so im just waiting to see if it falls down on prime now

What should I not go over for voltage?