Help trying to overclock a E4500 on a X48 Rampage

[Mr. May]

Hello there ive just bought the following

Asus Rampage Formula x48 bought for good oc's

E4500 2.2ghz 200x11 VID 1.325v bought for the high multi

OCZ Platnium pc6400 800mhz 4-4-4-15 bought for low latrancys

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 1 Took from old machine

Running with x-fi 8600gt 512 (soon to be 4870) and 4 hd's,2 dvd's off a hiper R 730w



Okay i would like to be able to get 3.6ghz on this chip maybe 4ghz but straight away i've got some problems

1. The bios iam totally confused by it all

2. The multi keeps changing from 6-11 even though ive disabled intel speed step

3. What are safe oc voltages for this chipset and cpu ? as ive serched the web and found people using the E4500 1.4v+ but what is the safe max ??and any serch for the rampage formula X48 comes up with the x58 versions

4. I am not a total noobas ive overclocked my i7 past 4.2 and my old amd 3700 to 2.7 but i dont know where to start with this please help been trying for the last 2 nights

If ive missed any thing just let me know and ill post it up thank in advance for any help

Mr. May

 

[Mr. May]

any one ? as i really am stuck and its just randomly crashing on auto settings

 

[deusexlumina]

Bios wise what you need to worry about are your core voltage, fsb, and ram divider. Ignore everything else for the time being if you;re new to this.

Double check speedstep is disabled, check CE1 is disabled as well, and make sure you save/exit BIOS.

I wouldnt fiddle with chipset voltages for the time being, overwise things will get confusing. Up to maybe 1.4/1.45 on that chip though is ok.

Start by reducing your ram divider to either 1:2 or 1:3.33

Now up your fsb in 10mhz increments and boot into windows, keep increasing until the pc no longer boots. Then go back and stability test at the last stable configuration.

If its unstable, reduce the fsb further until it is stable.

When its stable, up the voltage a notch or two and continue as before. You should stop when your load temps are around 65 degrees, or your voltage is around 1.45.

With that chip 4ghz is possible, but the arctic freezer isnt the best cooler in the world.