Advice Needed

decrypt3r

decrypt3r

decrypt3r

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I just ordered my 5870 1GB for £299.00

but my system = Q6600 @ 2.4ghz [STOCK, yes stock!]

i have never been able to overclock even to 2.6ghz with days and weeks of help

maybe a very unlucky mobo etc

i have a spare £600 and thinking wether its gona be worth biting the bullet and buying this? = http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-029-OB&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=1801

but if my q6600 @ 2.4ghz will do the job i wont

but many people are telling me the 2.4ghz stock will bottleneck my 5870 something rotten, it arrives tomorrow and i want to know wether to buy the kit before the weekends here
 
my q6600 is honestly haunted

if i leave my computer switched off all nite

it will try to boot up and takes 10mins worth of auto rebooting before powering up

this is with everything in BIOS @ stock

ive tried multiple OS's and even linux

if i overclock it to above 2.4ghz it crashes constantly

i hate overclocking and the option of being overlocked at 4.0ghz ready for me by a professional puts me at ease

if i leave my q6600 at stock will the card suffer?
 
ive changed it all back down to default

every single thing = default

i was sick of the crashes etc

i have decided to buy the i7 kit instead lol

i just want to buy a overclocked kit which i never have to touch lol
 
no i havent :(

but if you could tell me the exact settings to do to get 3.0ghz stable or higher i would test them right away

my previous topics/posts i think u can click my name to view em
 
and normally i can get like 3.2-3.6ghz running through prime

but 1-12 hours later, random reboot

thats the main problem i always had, it just random reboots for no reason, only when i overclock, tested on fresh formats also :(
 
3.6ghz the temps on prime go to like 70-76
but 3.2 they stayed below 70

i wouldnt really care since i never care about prime to much its never crashed on me ever

i just dont like seeing the temps float above 70c after 10mins of testing

if i could get 3.0-3.2ghz stable without the random rebooting i would be super happy

im currently looking through forums again to get the exact settings for my bios
 
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my core shud surely not be reading 1.40 after setting all to default?
 
Looking good this morning

now i have changed it to:-
speedstep disabled

9x400mhz = 3.2ghz
ram = 2.1v - 1:1 4-4-4-15
dram freq = 400mhz on cpuz
cpu volt = 1.44 on cpuz
NB = 1.2

and my 5870 should arrive anytime between now and 5.30pm :D
 
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