My First overclock, what next?

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Here is the result of my first overlock. Spec in Sig, key stats on screeny:
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Comments and opinions welcome :) If anyone thinks I should be getting more out of my spec please let me know! :cool:
 
is your memory not overclocked? - i ordered the same memory, and it says it runs at 1ghz stock. Unless you tightened your timing instead :confused:
 
The memory is overclocked to 1000Mhz 4-4-4-12, as you can see i needed to push the voltage to 2.2V but it's stable as. Survived Orthos for over 4 hours and memtest the same :)
 
Swiftech Apex Ultra. Can't fault it really, it was easy to install is is keeping those temps down well enough :) Though at full sustained load the nvidia monitor would be showing the CPU at ~51'C and the GPU ~53'C I can't push the GPU any more without a volt mod, and i'm not that desperate yet :p I would like to ask some questions if I may? ^^
1. Does anyone think the the CPU is too hot for this clock?
2. Should I overclock more than I have done already?
3. What's a safe temperature for sustained load?
4. Do you think I should be getting away with using fewer volts on the CPU core?
5. How to I adjust PCI-E Voltage? I don't remember changing it but it has changed.
6. Would a raise in PCI-E voltage solve my problem of getting my graphics OC stuck at 657/2200?

That is all, an answer to any of these questions would really help me out. Ta'!
 
1. You have high vcore, try to reduce it without hitting stability, 51 load for water is high, my 6300 is 53 max under load (normal room temp), and that's air cooling with a TT Sonic tower and a slow spinning 1300rev 120mm fan. Then again my vcore is only 1.31v under load, compared to your 1.4v something.

2. 6600 is fast, and 3.6Ghz isn't shabby at all, but if you have good contact, good chip and good mobo (your ram is obviously a killer), aim for 4Ghz since you are with water.

3. Anything below 60 load is "safe" in my dictionary (yes I'm accustomed to air cooling), for water users, look at sub-50 high 40s.

4. Number 1 answered it :P

5. No idea since I don't have a 680i mobo.

6. Have you tried raising PCI-E frequency first? If not try it before stepping into voltage adjustments, 100-120 Mhz should be fine, higher than that can cause SATA drives to malfunction.
 
blknoel said:
3. Anything below 60 load is "safe" in my dictionary (yes I'm accustomed to air cooling), for water users, look at sub-50 high 40s.
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Anything below 60c applies to watercooling as well. If your cpu is running at ~50c under load under water then you're not pushing it far enough.
 
thanks for the replies guys. I'll play around with this overclock tonight and re-post with how I get on. Wish me luck! :D
 
Ok, here's what i've found. I can't get past 3.75Ghz clock speed! However much I raise the voltage on any FSB higher than that it'll just boot up in 'Bios safe mode' and revert back to the most recent successfull settings :o. What should I do to get past this barrier? Long Cpu tests only get my core temp to 51'C max, I still have so much more temp to play with! :( What should I do?

edit: I'm currently @ 3.75Ghz at 1.48V, I can SuperPi for ages at ~52'C but I fail Orthos straight away! What can I do about this also?

edit: i just realised how ineffectual SuperPi is for stress testing. @ 3.7 1.48V I was getting readings of over 66'C in Orthos Small FTT stress test. After testing, I’m now back @ 3.6Ghz 1.425V which gets only ~59'C in the same test. I'll do a long stress test tomorrow but it looks like temperatures are going to be my main constraint after all. Still, i don't feel bad about it. This is my first overclock and a 66% is something I’m quite proud of. I’m not sure I need to tune my system any more now unless anyone can give me any pointers of something I might have missed. Time to play some serious games at last :D
 
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