It's started...

S.T.F.U · 10 Jun 2008 at 18:42

...I've got the overclocking bug. I want to do it but don't know how. Thats where you guys come in

My Specs:

Motherboard: Asus P5W DH Deluxe
Processor: Intel Core2Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Graphics Card: Asus NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX Series GPU
Memory: Geil Ultra DDR2 PC6400 (4 x 1GB) 800MHz (4-4-4-12) (4GB)
PSU: Coolermaster eXtreme Power 650W
HDD: Western Digital 500GB (x2)
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate

I've just ordered a "Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler" to replace my stock cooler, Good start?

My Bios and all the different settings I should change are confusing me

Help!!! What should I do?!?

Thanks for the help ppl.

S.T.F.U · 10 Jun 2008 at 18:55

Strife212 said:
CPU Frequency 226 is all you need to change at first

What would I be changing it to? :confused:

S.T.F.U · 10 Jun 2008 at 20:42

nokinidea said:
a higher number usually in steps of five 300 > 305 > 310 etc until the pc falls over

And thats all I have to change? The CPU Frequency? :eek:

S.T.F.U · 11 Jun 2008 at 12:20

Admiral Huddy said:
Give these a read.

Overclocking Q6600 from stock to 2.7 GHz
Overclocking Q6600 from 2.7 GHz to 3 GHz
Overclocking Q6600 from 3 GHz to 3.2 GHz

Thanks m8, Greatly appreciated. Let's see how I do

S.T.F.U · 11 Jun 2008 at 21:17

Okay, So I've finaly got my CPU @ 3Ghz YAY!

Now here's where Im a little stuck. My FSB is set as 335x9, VCore @ 1.35, DRAM is set as 670MHz yet my memory is supposed to be 800MHz.

"to make full use of the DDR2-800, I've applied a memory ratio of 5/6 which means the memory will be running at 804MHz."

I have two options in the BIOS, I can have my memory set as 670MHz or 836MHz. What does the memory ratio mean? I cant find any options in my BIOS for memory ratio....

....Thanks for all your help so far gents

S.T.F.U · 13 Jun 2008 at 13:10

So should I leave the DRAM at 670MHz or change it to the higher value of 836MHz? That artical you posted confused me aswell lol, Im not really a technical person. At the moment my DRAM is set to 670MHz, I dont want to change it to 836MHz incase something goes wrong and my computer explodes into 3.4 million pices. Please Help...