My first overclock - can you check my figures?

Sarduk · 1 Dec 2007 at 17:12

Hardware:
Q6600 2.4GHz (not G0-stepping)
Crucial Ballistix RAM (PC-5300 667Mhz)
Asus P5KC

I have overclocked to this;

Multiplier (CPU) x8 (down from x9)
Bus 333 MHz (up from 266)
RAM 800MHz (up from 667) 4-4-4-12 (up from 3-3-3-12)

CPU-Z reports my rated FSB at 1335.7 Mhz.

Have I done anything crazy?

Best,

Sarduk · 1 Dec 2007 at 17:15

Forgot to add a question - I locked my PCIE bus to 100, just to be safe. What should it be at?

Sarduk · 1 Dec 2007 at 18:06

Hi there,

No - I am at 333x8 I believe (according to the BIOS). Temps seem fine right now.

Sarduk · 1 Dec 2007 at 18:24

You should be ok with getting 8 * 400 (3.2Ghz). Just watch out for your RAM and use dividers to keep the ram around 667Mhz.

I haven't spotted any dividers in the BIOS (anywhere!) - any idea what they are?

RAM is currently at 800MHz - PC-6200 iirc? From what I have read, this is fine for Crucial Ballisitx PC-5200 RAM

Sarduk · 1 Dec 2007 at 18:49

Hi ramsden,

I too am getting fairly poor temperatures. I have a Thermatake Ultra-120 and it is seated properly.

Currently clocked to 2.8GHz (ratio 7, FSB 400Mhz).

Core temps are 54 / 55 / 49 / 50 on idle.

Core Temp reports that my CPU frequency is 3300MHz (514*7) - how can this be, when it is set to 400Mhz in the BIOS and shows as 400MHz in CPUZ (with rated FSB 1600Mhz)?

Sarduk · 1 Dec 2007 at 19:58

I am really not sure - I think Core Temp is screwing up.

Sarduk · 2 Dec 2007 at 16:05

JimpsEd said:
Core Temp reports that my CPU frequency is 3300MHz (514*7) - how can this be, when it is set to 400Mhz in the BIOS and shows as 400MHz in CPUZ (with rated FSB 1600Mhz)?

Bump

Sarduk · 2 Dec 2007 at 17:15

iKettles said:
Is your heatsink seated correctly?

Pretty sure of that - also lapped it myself (very well) - it did oxidise a bit though.