E6600 overclocking

djh82uk

djh82uk

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Hi All

Finally got my new pc, I have:

P5Q Deluxe
OCZ flex 2 pc9200?
E6600
GTX260
Silent Knight II cpu cooler

Now I built this system based around having a quad core but could not afford it when I ordered and did not want to wait, so I thought I would use my existing lga775 cpu which was a Pentium D 2.66Ghz, did not work as the cpu runs at 533fsb, so swapped for my mates e6600

So far I have it running at 3.30Ghz with no voltage mods, just had to set the memory so it did not go over 1200mhz as it would not boot.

My question is, is how do I get it higher, what do I need to change, I have seen people hit 3.7ghz but I would be happy to hit 3.4 if possible. My temps are low at 38 degrees under semi load (playing cod4) and 39 degrees while running the vista cpu test,

also what sort of results have ppl had overclocking the GTX260 (zotac)

thanks

DJH
 
ok, just ran prime 95 and temps hit 52 degreesm at what point should I worry?

My old P4 3ghz used to run at 82 degrees :S but that was cos of crappy cooling
 
Yeah it must be auto, going from 2.4->3.3 without a voltage change is a lot to ask.. either on auto or you have one awesome chip there
 
52 degrees at load is fine. As the others say though, manually set your voltage. Leaving it on auto is a recipe for disaster as most mobo's typically supply more voltage than is usually needed.
 
pastymuncher said:
Leaving it on auto is a recipe for disaster as most mobo's typically supply more voltage than is usually needed.
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Well I wouldn't describe [auto vCore] as a disaster but it certainly does use more voltage than is necessary causing a hotter running processor and higher electricity useage.
 
Big.Wayne said:
Well I wouldn't describe [auto vCore] as a disaster but it certainly does use more voltage than is necessary causing a hotter running processor and higher electricity useage.
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You should see what my P5E thinks my cpu needs for 3.8Ghz. 1.725v. :eek: Really all it needs is 1.475v. It reckons it needs 1.6v for 3.6Ghz when it only needs 1.4v. This board really overvolts on auto even with the latest bios. It's still a good board though. It just has a couple of irritating faults.
 
Don't get all irritable, either see if you can work out the solution to these faults? or sell it and buy a P45 chipset based board! they are sweeet! :)
 
Big.Wayne said:
Don't get all irritable, either see if you can work out the solution to these faults? or sell it and buy a P45 chipset based board! they are sweeet! :)
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I'm not getting irritable and i am not complaining about my board. I was merely replying to your post. if you read my post properly you can see i don't have a problem. I think my P5E is the best board i have ever owned actually. Why would i want to downgrade to P45?
 
pastymuncher said:
It just has a couple of irritating faults.
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pastymuncher said:
I'm not getting irritable
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Oh sorry did I not read that correctly? :D
pastymuncher said:
I think my P5E is the best board i have ever owned actually. Why would i want to downgrade to P45?
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I don't think its a downgrade? The X38 is an older "enthusiast" chipset which holds one single ace and that is good Crossfire performance, sadly this feature is useless to anyone using a single nVidia 8800GT! :o

The P45 featuring a die-shrunk northbridge (65nm vs 90nm on X38) uses a lot less electricity and overclocks better, probably why overclockers around the world have dumped their X38 boards in favour of something better! :p

Still as long as your happy and the little irritations don't get too much for you then alls well thats end well! :)

 
To the op, i would also change the PLL, FSB termination and northbridge voltages to +0.02v and drop the memory voltage 0.08v as the p5q boards overvolt to much on auto or the lowest manual setting.
 
Hey setter,

I don't think that information is relevant to someone who is using the EPU btw?

I wish someone on OcUK who owns a P5Q series board and knows how to use a MM can confirm this stuff that came from one guy over @ XS
 
Big.Wayne said:
Hey setter,

I don't think that information is relevant to someone who is using the EPU btw?

I wish someone on OcUK who owns a P5Q series board and knows how to use a MM can confirm this stuff that came from one guy over @ XS
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Ahh my understanding was that the op was overclocking from within bios, as on my system which is oc'd the epu settings wont work.
 
Your understanding is correct and I am getting thread-confusion! :o

However EPU aside I'm still not convinced that all the boards over-volt as they did for jVidia @ XtremeSystems and I won't be happy until some clever person at these forums actually pulls out there Multimeter and does some testing!

We can't just believe what one user has informed us as gospel now can we, he could be right but then again he could be wrong! :D

gurusan knows how to use a MM and he owns this board, I'd better track him down and pester him a bit! ;)
 
Would be interesting to see this as well, i wouldnt know a multimeter from a millimetre:D but if it is the case, that they do overvolt by a signifigant margin. By changing them from auto or lowest manual helps keep things a bit cooler and use less power is a good thing i suppose:)
 
Ok, lots of replies

yes voltage is set to auto and it is supplying 4.12v atm, Where do i start in selecting a voltage to start at, then decrease it until it become unstable?

I am oc'ing via the bios btw as the asus utility sets the memory clock too high and it won't post.

tho i must say I really like this motherboard.

DJH
 
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