A couple of newbie questions for you re. ocing

zero-one · 18 Nov 2007 at 13:51

Hi All

This is my first post here, long time lurker though!

I recently built a new pc a have a few questions for you. Full spec of rig:

Processor: Intel Core2 Duo E6750 w/ Thermalright Ultra 90 + Arctic Silver 5 & Coolink SWiF 92mm Fan
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R (Northbridge w/ Zalman ZM-NB32K + Arctic Silver 5 & Southbridge w/ Stock Heatsink + Arctic Silver 5)
Memory: Kingston KVR800D2N5 4x 1GB
Graphics: Triplex ATI Radeon X1950 pro 512MB w/ Stock HSF + Arctic Silver 5 & Zalman VF1000 RAM Heatsinks + Akasa Thermal Tape
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium Retail 32bit
HDD 1: Seagate ST380815AS 80GB SATA 8MB Cache
HDD 2: Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB SATA 8MB Cache
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-S203B SATA DVD/CD Burner
Case: Antec 900
Case Fans: 5x Coolink SWiF 120mm (4 intake & 1 exhaust) & Antec Tricool 200mm exhaust
Thermal Materials: Artic Silver 5 & Akasa AK-TT12-80 Thermal Tape & Artic Silver Arcticlean

I haven't touched the MIT options in the BIOS yet. It's all set to auto. Does that mean the RAM is running at 800mhz and the FSB speed will be the full 1333?

Also, whats the best way to start overclocking it. As i'm a beginner I don't really fancy doing too much. Maybe just a little to start with!

Many thanks for taking the time to read.

Gunther · 18 Nov 2007 at 14:22

Normally your cpu will be running at an FSB of 333 x 4 = 1333 FSB
only your ram wil be underclocked at 333 X 2 = 667 Mhz
you can set the FSB of the cpu to 400 so that you get an 1600 FSB, and the ram will follow to 400 X2= 800 Mhz.
In the bios check the ram timmings and voltage in order that they're ok meaning i think standard for kingston, 1.9Volt and timming 5-5-5-15

zero-one · 18 Nov 2007 at 15:48

Thanks mate. How would i go about doing that? The only thing i've overclocked before is a graphics card and that was just using Nvidia Control Panel!

Is it easy?

NoobieOCer · 18 Nov 2007 at 17:19

Gunther said:
Normally your cpu will be running at an FSB of 333 x 4 = 1333 FSB

errrr FSB = FSB x 4 ??????
how can something be itself 4 time bigger....

w3bbo · 18 Nov 2007 at 17:23

Because its quad pumped.

NoobieOCer · 18 Nov 2007 at 17:25

w3bbo said:
Because its quad pumped.

oooooo so i guesss x4 = fsb and then x by multiplier for overall speed?

cool!! i thought just multiply by multiplier

zero-one · 18 Nov 2007 at 19:26

I have done a bit of checking and downloaded CPU-Z. According to this the memory is running at 400mhz (presume 800 ddr) at a ratio of 5:6 with the FSB.

Is that right? Can someone also explain what that means?

Thanks again.

CPU-Z screenshots below.

http://hidebehind.com/B5899A
http://hidebehind.com/7E322D

Gunther · 18 Nov 2007 at 19:57

its the divider meaning if your FSB is running at 333, your ram running at 400
tables of multiplication. 83 * 4 = 333 and 83 * 5 = +/- 400