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High guys,

Thanks in advance for your input.

Have been looking throughout the forums and think i have all but done my best.

Dont want to push it too far, but could you all put some input for me with your thought on the spec im running and if you think anything is wrong or if i can put a little more into overclocking.

Like i say, i dont want to puch it too far.

Full Spec or a little one anyway

Q6600 2.4 @ 3005 fsb 333 (core idle 37) (stress = 61)
Arctic Freezer Pro 7
Asus P5K-E/WiFi
Crucial Ballistix 2x1gb DDR2 8500 - Dual Channel Inter(something or other)

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I know that the chipset dosen't officially support 1066, however they do say that it will run it. (something like that anayway).

As you can see some of the proggy's state that the ram is running at 800, but mosts tests show 1066.

My main concern the the ratio, fsb, and the clock timings on the ran.

Can i tighten, can i higher. Or are my setting looking all okey dokey?

Most topics i have read state about 9000 odd read speed.

And in sisoft the top machine states over 10000 with an AMD, an i get this with what i have, are my timings out???

Many questions i know, but i feel maybe i have done something wrong.

Once again, thanks :)
 
Hi and welcome :)

Well firstly the memory is definitely running at 1068mhz. Both the Memory tab of CPU-Z and the Everest benchmark read-out confirm this (you need to double the 534.3mhz reading as it's Double Rate Rate memory).

Everything else looks fine. You can certainly run the memory faster (the PC8500 Ballistix can hit as high as 1200mhz at 5-5-5-15 and 2.2v), tho whether its worth your while is debatable. And you've plenty of clocking left in your Q6600, tho you won't want to make it run too much hotter.

The main reason that the AMD system achieves a higher memory rating in Sisoft is because AMD systems have the memory controller on the CPU. They don't have to work through a northbridge like Intel systems. But your system will be faster than any AMD system despite this.
 
Thanks very much cob.

Some say that sometimes its better raising the latancy rather than the fsb?

Whats your thoughts on that?
 
I assume you mean tightening the timings rather than raising the memory speed?

If so, then it's a case of finding a happy medium by benchmarking different settings. I'd expecy you to be able to tighten the timings to maybe 5-4-4-12 at the curent speed, maybe even 4-5-5-12.
 
Thats exactly what i mean.

Are my speeds on the memory ok, do they seem normal? or average for the fsb i am using?

And temps in everest,

What do i really look at when i am at load, and what temp is too much?

CPU ?
CPU C1
CPU C2
CPU C3
CPU C4

Never crashed yet
 
Your memory speed looks normal for the settings. Even with a little tweaking it's not going to get all that much better tbh.

You need to be looking at the four 'CPU C' temps under load. Anything below 70c under stress if fine for a Q6600.
 
so the overall CPU temp is not what i am looking at then?

Just the cores, which usually Core 1 is normally the hottest out of the 4.

Cheers
 
Yip just the cores. And it's normal for them to give slightly different readings.
 
There is no need for the Memory to be higher than the FSB.

Keep your Memory's DDR speed same as the Quadpumped FSB speed.

Example : Your CPU is 1066FSB, Memory only needs be 553mhz

Overclock CPU 1600FSB, Memory 800mhz.

Do that and get Timings as tight as possible, may even do 4:4:4:12 with 2000FSB and Memory 1000mhz depending on the Memory.
 
helmutcheese said:
There is no need for the Memory to be higher than the FSB.

Keep your Memory's DDR speed same as the Quadpumped FSB speed.

Example : Your CPU is 1066FSB, Memory only needs be 553mhz

Overclock CPU 1600FSB, Memory 800mhz.

Do that and get Timings as tight as possible, may even do 4:4:4:12 with 2000FSB and Memory 1000mhz depending on the Memory.
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But my memory is running slower than my fsb.

FSB = 1336 ish

Memory = 534.4

Do you think the memory will go up to same as fsb?

mame said:
Thats probably one of the best first posts i've seen on here. Welcome
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Cheers :)
 
Divide the quad-pumped FSB by four to get the 'real' FSB.

Ie - 1336 / 4 = 334 (which is what CPU-Z shows as the FSB)

To run 1:1 you would have to drop the memory to 334mhz. But that's PC5300 speed, and there's little point in doing that if you've bought PC8500. You could drop down to 334mhz 3-3-3-10 (which is the Ballistix PC5300 speed), but your current 534mhz 5-5-5-15 will be a tiny bit faster.

You may as well get your monies worth out of your PC8500.
 
His CPU is only a 1066FSB so work from there.

Set your FSB to 1600(400x4) and Memory to 800mhzDDR (CPU-Z will say 400mhz as its x2) and see if you can do 3.6GHZ, may need up CPU volts.
 
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