Help to overclock my Q6600

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hi guys, brand new to overclocking, so be gentle with me :D

i got the asus p5n-d mobo i heard its not the ideal OC'n mobo but all help is needed

also got a standard 550W psu its HEC or something it came with the pc from mesh.

i got the artic 7 freezer pro on my cpu the 8800gts (512) gpu and 4gb crucial ballistix pc 8500. and on vista 32bit.

i got a 80mm fan in the front of my case blowing air in andother 80mm fan blowing air onto the mobo from side and obviously the 120mm on the back.
also got the NB fan on supplied with the mobo.

i had my cpu at 3gig for a bit but kept on BSOD every so many hours of gaming, i ran prime95 and it would run for like 10 - 20 secs b4 BSOD.

so i just dont know what to do when it BSOD if i need to lower something or raise something or what. how do you find out?. i obviously know there are no set voltages to get you to 3 gig but i read differentt hing that people tried and started from there. but i think the setting i had was vcore at 1.4V dram on 2V ht 1.38V NB 1.4 and the sb auto fsb was 1335 and the ram was set to sys linked i think.

i was considering on getting a new psu as i dnt know if this 1 inside is stable with the voltages ect.

hope some of you guys can direct me in the right direction, i was really just wanting 3gig anything else will be a bonus. pc is used for gaming cheers guys
 
Sorry to say mate, but your motherboard is one of the worst possible to try to overclock a quad on, 3 ghz is probly the best youll manage on that board.
 
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is that SLI? think it is, they are not the most loved chipset ^^

it is possible but you gotta devote a lot of time trying to get it past it, not sure if it was with that mobo through I think it was with a ROG SLI I seen with a good overclock :o

edit your ram...is 2volts the proper voltage for the set...you can find out on a sticker on the side of the heatspreader or on the memery makers website(as long as you get he right model)

and have you got GTL ref or multipler and FSB term volts set ? that would help if these you won't need high voltage ^^...I can't give you setting off mine through I m on a totaly different chipset and its not Nvidia
 
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You need to take the RAM out of the equation first of all as leaving it set to linked will put it on a 1:1 divider with the FSB and make it run too fast (1335 vs 1066).

Change it to unlinked so that the memory reverts back to stock speed (1066) then try doing another stress test. (Setting it to unlinked makes the BIOS work out the divider automatically for you so you don't have to keep getting your calculator out, lol)

2v is the correct standard voltage for that memory so leave that as it is.

You'll probably find that this will go a long way to solving your problem as you don't want to be overclocking your memory while you're still trying to get the CPU stable. You shouldn't really need to overclock your memory at all though to be honest as it sounds like you're not trying to break any overclocking records anyway.

Post back with how you got on.

Steve
 
cheers guys, am not running sli just got the 1 gpu.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-265-AS this is my mobo.

also in my bios when i set my fsb it gives me what my ram speeds are also so i left it as linked and set it to like 3:2 ratio so the ram was running at like 600mhz. but was no where near the 800 that my mobo does or the 1066 that the ram can do so thats why i though it must just be my voltage settings of the cpu.

also AMG what is the GTL ref? i know i set my fsb to 1335 and multiplier to 9 but its the voltages that i am not sure of, like whats the limit to the voltage you can apply?

can a crap psu make the pc BSOD when overclocking? as this is the only oold thing left in my pc atm.

thanks a lot guys your help is much apreciated
 
also where can i find out all my stock voltages i got cpu-z and other temp monitering programmes but i cant see the likes of my NB SB HT.
i take it my VID is the Vcore? as cpuz says my vcore was 1.264 where as core temp puts my VID as 1.3250.

also seen people reveiw this board on e****r and overclockers saying they get 3 gig easy, i would love to know how :D


thanks guys
 
Hi,had a Q6600 on one of these @3.6gig (it was under water)
1. iirc you don't need the NB fan if you're air cooling the CPU as ASUS claim the CPU's fan should cool the NB heatsink (Iwas sceptical but then I didn't design the board)
2. The Vdroop on this board is bad and you can't compensate for it other than to run your default core voltage higher than your Vid.Coretemp will tell you your Vid and CPUZ will tell you what you're actually getting so vary your Vcore setting in bios until you can maintain Vid under full load.
Don't worry about front side bus termination or GTL ref voltages 'cause you can't access them anyway but you should be able to achieve 333fsb with unlinked memory using dafault settings on the chipset and HT voltages unless you've got the worst clocking quad in the world.
Hope this helps
 
so your saying just leave everything on auto and just adjust the vcore till it works?.

whats the most i should go up to though like untill i risk blowing something?

thanks that sounds simple :D
 
With a VID like 1.325, and if it's a recent chip I'd suggest that you won't be able to go very far above 3ghz.

My 1.3 VID chip needs 1.4vcore in BIOS (1.45v actual idle, 1.40 after vdroop on load) for stability at 3.2ghz.

3.6ghz is out my reach until I go water cooled. My chip needs nearly 1.6v for operation at 3.6ghz. Which is very nasty.
 
Hi,as your'e on air i'd settle for making your load voltage and Vid as close as possible and see how it goes (you may be pleasantly surprised but there's no guarantees in this business),I wouldn't be tempted to go above 1.4v without better cooling than you've got.
Usual Caveats apply
Best of luck:)
 
cool, at least if i have any probs i can just post on ere and might find an answer

cheers guys i let you know how it goes after i get my thermal paste and new exhaust fan :D
 
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