Im an idoit help me overclock my E6600

Born_2_Kill_83 · 22 May 2007 at 11:08

O.k after 6 months of my E6600 sitting there stock Ive decided to overclock it, I know a little about overclocking but lets say I dont know anything.

First question is I need a cooler I dont want to spend much more than £20 what do you surgest I go for.

Second I dont want a link to another part of this forum telling me how to do it, would someone be so kind as to send me a list/pics of the settings which need to be changed in the Bios for an E6600 with a Asus P5B-Deluxe MB.( I've seen some people post bios pics on here)

Thirdly I want a stable clock should I go for 3.0GHZ or 3.2GHZ I dont want to put any strain on the CPU.

booyaka · 22 May 2007 at 11:35

Loowi_ashley said:
O.k after 6 months of my E6600 sitting there stock Ive decided to overclock it, I know a little about overclocking but lets say I dont know anything.

First question is I need a cooler I dont want to spend much more than £20 what do you surgest I go for.

Second I dont want a link to another part of this forum telling me how to do it, would someone be so kind as to send me a list/pics of the settings which need to be changed in the Bios for an E6600 with a Asus P5B-Deluxe MB.( I've seen some people post bios pics on here)

Thirdly I want a stable clock should I go for 3.0GHZ or 3.2GHZ I dont want to put any strain on the CPU.

you don't want much do you!!

Will_3rd · 22 May 2007 at 11:37

Read the overclocking sticky and learn your self, you can't go around demanding knowledge.

sidefxv1 · 22 May 2007 at 11:43

Loowi_ashley said:
First question is I need a cooler I dont want to spend much more than £20 what do you surgest I go for.

Hmm.. don't know about £20 but there are some extrmely good ones for around £32. You can overclock a fair bit on the stock cooler though.

Second I dont want a link to another part of this forum telling me how to do it, would someone be so kind as to send me a list/pics of the settings which need to be changed in the Bios for an E6600 with a Asus P5B-Deluxe MB.( I've seen some people post bios pics on here)

try these for size. Only thing I changed was to leave the pcie at 105 (I think - at work so can't check) and didn't put quite such high voltage onto the south and northbridges. Also, your RAM freq and timings will depend on your RAM.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=115217

Thirdly I want a stable clock should I go for 3.0GHZ or 3.2GHZ I don't want to put any strain on the CPU.

You'll probably want to gradually ramp it up, and do a bit of a stability test at each increment. Though 3.0GHz definitely should be fine. I think I started mine at about 2.6 and went in pretty big increments from there, then slowed down as I got to 3.0GHz. I'm a bit overcautious though and only a an E6420.

Overclocking is very dependent on your specific components though, so you'll need to do a fair bit of reading and tweaking to get something you're happy with I'm afraid. no one can tell you over a forum exactly how it'll all work on your system.

mattbill · 22 May 2007 at 11:54

You dont necessarily need a 3rd party cooler to OC. Ive got my E6600 @ 3.0ghz with the Stock Cooler

and the cpu temps are all fine (37c) . My system is running 100% stable.

Try googling 'overclocking with Asus P5B-Deluxe motherboard' or something along those lines. That how I found out about OC'ing mine.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 22 May 2007 at 12:39

can I use A.I N.O.S in the bios?

w3bbo · 22 May 2007 at 13:31

Its much better to learn what each individual setting in the bios does rather than do an 'auto overclock'. This will help you in the long term.

JoyPadJedi · 22 May 2007 at 16:28

Stock coolers may be sufficient at idle, but load temps won't be cooled as efficiently.

Jaffa_Cake · 22 May 2007 at 16:30

Loowi_ashley said:
can I use A.I N.O.S in the bios?

A.I.N.O.S out loud is funny teehee

On topic however: Please don't be one of those annoying people [ like people i know ] who invite me over then ask me to fix their pc. AGH.

Cupra · 22 May 2007 at 16:36

Jaffa_Cake said:
On topic however: Please don't be one of those annoying people [ like people i know ] who invite me over then ask me to fix their pc. AGH.

do what i do and show them what to do

well tell them if they say no charge em

when u tell them £40 an hour they soon have a try

melbourne720 · 22 May 2007 at 16:44

paul_64l said:
when u tell them £40 an hour they soon have a try

LOL

I think my family would pay tbh

@OP: Turn off any settings that reduce the speed or voltage of your CPU, set the vcore at stock and increase the FSB etc as in the sticky. It really is the best way to learn.

Participant · 22 May 2007 at 17:17

Will_3rd said:
Read the overclocking sticky and learn your self, you can't go around demanding knowledge.

Yes the OP has the wrong attitude for getting help from this forum, though he seems to be doing ok. Whatever happened to please and thank you?! Lol @ idoit in the title

Born_2_Kill_83 · 22 May 2007 at 18:46

Robbie G said:
Yes the OP has the wrong attitude for getting help from this forum, though he seems to be doing ok. Whatever happened to please and thank you?! Lol @ idoit in the title

Pretty please please a cherry on top and iceing sugar too...hows that?

Participant · 22 May 2007 at 19:28

Better, now kiss my feet.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 22 May 2007 at 21:42

Robbie G said:
Better, now kiss my feet.

o.k anything else you gaybod

Chris Beard · 23 May 2007 at 11:42

If you don't want to bother reading anything and just want a quick fix you could always just try upping the voltage and test in desktop mode to see if it feels faster, if it doesn't you might need more voltage. Don't worry about which voltage setting you change as they all make the voltage higher.

Of course, as with any of these ideas that involve running your kit out of recommended specifications, if you follow my advice I am in no way responsible for the outcome.

Edit: Ok, since your an idiot I'll just add this is not serious and don't do it!

Born_2_Kill_83 · 23 May 2007 at 15:05

Chris Beard said:
If you don't want to bother reading anything and just want a quick fix you could always just try upping the voltage and test in desktop mode to see if it feels faster, if it doesn't you might need more voltage. Don't worry about which voltage setting you change as they all make the voltage higher.

Of course, as with any of these ideas that involve running your kit out of recommended specifications, if you follow my advice I am in no way responsible for the outcome.

Edit: Ok, since your an idiot I'll just add this is not serious and don't do it!

oh chris why do people like you even bother writing a post, dropped as a baby?

simonnance · 23 May 2007 at 15:27

there isnt really an "easy" way to OC. Each mobo/CPU/ram are different, and need sometimes wildly differing settings to get stable.

Some E6600s cant even HIT 3Ghz, while others go way past that.

A max stable overclock can be more than a couple weeks worth of tweaking and stability testing. Sometimes less if you are lucky finding good settings, or are prepared to settle for less than max, but often you have to go back to the drawing board on an OC that failed after 5hrs+ ORTHOS because otherwise it isnt "stable". Of course, some may be prepared to settle for less than 8hr ORTHOS + multiple MEMTEST pass stable, but any decent OCer looking for a 24/7 OC will generaly strive for that or more.

An understanding of the principles behind the process will serve you a lot better than a bunch of settings for you to use, as if sometihng goes wrong, at least you know what to do, rather than having to wait around for people to tell you.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 23 May 2007 at 15:38

simonnance said:
there isnt really an "easy" way to OC. Each mobo/CPU/ram are different, and need sometimes wildly differing settings to get stable.

Some E6600s cant even HIT 3Ghz, while others go way past that.

A max stable overclock can be more than a couple weeks worth of tweaking and stability testing. Sometimes less if you are lucky finding good settings, or are prepared to settle for less than max, but often you have to go back to the drawing board on an OC that failed after 5hrs+ ORTHOS because otherwise it isnt "stable". Of course, some may be prepared to settle for less than 8hr ORTHOS + multiple MEMTEST pass stable, but any decent OCer looking for a 24/7 OC will generaly strive for that or more.

An understanding of the principles behind the process will serve you a lot better than a bunch of settings for you to use, as if sometihng goes wrong, at least you know what to do, rather than having to wait around for people to tell you.

o.k very helpful thanks