E6850 OC'ing

speedyj · 25 May 2009 at 11:28

Hi all, my rig is as follows.

C2D E6850 with Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Asus P5K premium wifi AP
8GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (4x2GB sticks)
Corsair TX650 PSU
XFX Geforce 8800GTX
WD Green 1TB
Asus Xonar Essence

I have not really tried to OC this up to now but have decided to give it a go.

What would be a good realistic overclock with this setup bearing in mind the memory rating and the 4 sticks being used.

Any advice on bios settings would be helpful also.

Thanks.

speedyj · 25 May 2009 at 12:31

What is the best utility to monitor temps with for accurate readings?

speedyj · 25 May 2009 at 13:06

Thanks a lot guy's, thats very helpful.

I think a better cooler may help things, especially with summer coming.

speedyj · 25 May 2009 at 13:21

Just tried 9 x 370 for 3.33

VID = 1.3

Ran Sisoft benchmark

core 0 temp = 64
core 1 temp = 61

speedyj · 13 Jun 2009 at 19:33

Running at 3.6 for now, waiting for a TRUE black and Noctua NF-P12's to arrive.