e6600 bottleneck ?

socreative · 8 Feb 2007 at 11:10

tried overclocking yesterday.. you can see the hardware specs in the sig

got it stable @ 3.42Ghz with 1.375V vcore voltage.. haven't touched the memory at all... any increase of FSB further than 380 renders the machine unstable and it fails within first seconds in Orthos test... temp are fine (35C idle in TAT) and forty something loaded..water does the job

I even tried increasing voltage up to 1.4 and when i raise FSB it falls over again

so 380 and 1.375V seem to be highest settings at which the PC is stable

How do I go further ? I really want to hit 4Ghz

and i also wanted to ask some advice on the memory OClocking. ec. hot to get it to work at 1:1 ratio

thanks for all your help guys!

w3bbo · 8 Feb 2007 at 12:03

You need more volts, on both the Vcore and most likely the chipset - especially if you are hoping for 4ghz. Your temps are well within the safety zone so a bit more vcore wont hurt much. Go up in small increments and keep testing using orthos BLEND (tests both cpu and RAM) and temps with TAT or core temp. I found that my old P5WDH wouldn't go any further than 421FSB, some don't even go past 400fsb so you may want to consider a better board if 4ghz is your goal to ensure it aint the motherboard holding you back.

socreative · 8 Feb 2007 at 13:18

shall i leave the memory on auto while playing with the CPU ?

w3bbo · 8 Feb 2007 at 13:47

If you're trying to find max cpu speed you should put the memory on a low divider so you are sure its the cpu causing any errors. Overclock one thing at a time - find its limits then move on

socreative · 8 Feb 2007 at 13:54

sorry to sound noobish but how do i set the divider ? i couldn't find anything in the bios, just the timings