hi all need help with overclocking

rick fowler · 5 Oct 2008 at 20:55

hi all just finished my first ever build

and was wondering if someone would be so kind to help with getting my pc overclocked a simple step by step guide would be great as i am totally new to it and i dont want to blow her up :eek:

my specs are

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)

Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

HIS ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

not sure what else you need but if you go here this is my blog on my install

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17927553

i have read the guide but it went straight over my head :confused:

so if someone has the same sort of spec then a simple guide to it would be great help.

konam4 · 5 Oct 2008 at 21:19

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17925530

Here you go buddy, here's the jargen filtered into simple understandable rules etc

rick fowler · 6 Oct 2008 at 10:02

so do i copy this info and that will be alright anything else i need to do?

go to bios and increase the cpu fsb by 5-10 each time untill you get to 3.0ghz

once done, run prime on small ffts for 4hours, then prime blend for 8 hours

if all okay and stable good

you should get 3.0ghz on stock volts as i did

rick fowler · 6 Oct 2008 at 10:28

i got some software with mobo called asus ai suite and also has asus ai booster can these be used if so whats the recommened settings looks far easier than the bios screen any info on it woud be great

rick fowler · 6 Oct 2008 at 21:57

anyone regarding the mobo software is it worth using or is it crap!!

RJC · 6 Oct 2008 at 22:07

Use the BIOS to overclock.

zykan · 7 Oct 2008 at 19:49

3ghz on stock should be achievable as long as the q6600's vid isnt too high

rick fowler · 7 Oct 2008 at 22:35

how do i find the vid and also the settings for doing my overclock if someone dont mind helping a newbie out plz would be greatfull many thanks

zykan · 7 Oct 2008 at 23:35

download coretemp, it can be found in the useful overclocking applications sticky download that and you shall get your vid, a high VID for a q6600 is around 1.3250 and the best ones will be around 1.150.
what do you mean by settings? do you mean altering the voltages and the FSB etc?

rick fowler · 8 Oct 2008 at 07:52

here we go

yes the settings to overclock in simple terms if poss cheers.im a right newbie when it comes to this sort of stuff read the guides but confuses me even more i will get there soon lol

rick fowler · 8 Oct 2008 at 09:41

i had a noisey in bios didnt touch anything but everything is on auto so how do i get it all to manual and how do i change settings once i get it on manual which settings do i need to change as well plz sorry if i am being a pain but if someone can do me a step by step guide on how and where to go in bios, also how do you change the settings when you add the new one's ect what should my cpu fan be set at my case chassis fans which i have two off them which can be adjusted from low to high what should all that be on i allso have 1side fan and 1 front fan the case is a artec 300 just in case you wanted to know hope someone can help?

specs
mobo p5q pro
q6600
4gb corsair dominator with ram fan
ati hd4850

rick fowler · 8 Oct 2008 at 21:55

anyone really need the advice and would love to achive this thanks

kerrgreg · 8 Oct 2008 at 22:59

Its a hard thing to discribe really we need you to screenshot the power management tab (i think) and post that up and we can start from there

search the forum for people with the q6600 theres a few with p5q too so they might have screen dumps you can look at, look at the settings and maybe note them down and start from a low range and work your way up.

hope that helps

rick fowler · 9 Oct 2008 at 09:32

right i have upped the fsb to 3.02ghz i have not touched anything else at min what would be the next stadge of this overclocking not sure what to do next so heres a pic of the core temp and cpu-z please advise what would be next in lamens terms!!

rick fowler · 9 Oct 2008 at 10:11

what about the volts ect ram settings(4gb dominator with cooling fans)i have put my fans on meduim settings top and rear side cpu fan is on turbo im looking at the core temps at min they are 39c 37c 33c 35c idle so if someone can advise on whats next would be great cheers.

keogh · 9 Oct 2008 at 10:27

Your clock speed has gone down according to those screenies, the stock speed of the q6600 is 2.4ghz as you can see on ya first screenie, but its down to 2ghz now. And by looking at your screenie, you have uped the fsb, but your multiplier has gone from 9 to 6, hence the slower speed.

rick fowler · 9 Oct 2008 at 10:31

so what should i do now?? can you help im on msn [email protected] if anyone got the time to help

Pneumonic · 9 Oct 2008 at 10:33

Its just speedstep so wouldnt worry...

You need to run Prime95 small ffts and test that the clock is stable

rick fowler · 9 Oct 2008 at 10:35

how long do i run that for then so i am doing it right then do i need to increase anything else to get it going better

keogh · 9 Oct 2008 at 10:43

I'd disable SpeedStep though, wont get accurate reading with that running. It will be in your BIOS somewhere, Asus usually list it under Intel SpeedStep... have a gander thru your BIOS and disable it.

Pneumonic - You run Prime95 or Orthos to test your overclocks... been a while since I clocked, and was always Orthos for me... but that hasn;t been updated since I last clocked... and that was a few years back now!