New Build, Overclocking Help Needed

Bony Maloney

Bony Maloney

Bony Maloney

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Just got my new build set up:
Q6600, Abit IP35 Pro, 4 gig GeIL 6400c4 800mhz Low latency ram. Oh and behemoth that is the Tuniq 120 house brick:D I've never had a pentium chip and I am completely green with the new bios details. Guys/gals could you talk me through a small o'clock for starters.
I am running Vista x64, Uguru is installed and other than my ram voltage all other settings for the cpu,fsb etc are at default. Oh and I am on bios 11.


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OK I've upped the fsb to 296 and left the multi @ 9, giving me 2.66Ghz. I've left the Vcore @ 1.22v (according to cpu-z my fsb:dram ratio is 2:3). Should I set this to 1:1 ? Wouldn't 2:3 make my ram overclocked already. Any advice on the divider settings for this board would be great. I have Core temp installed and my temps whilst running prime 95 average 52c across 4 cores. How long do I need to run prime for to say it's stable?
Thanks
 
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OK, figured out the ram divider. I've upped the fsb to 333 and set the ram divider to 1:1 so running at 3.0Ghz. Running prime now, temps about 50--54c. I haven't altered the vcore at the moment. Voltage in cpu-z is showing 1.21v -- 1.23v. If I encounter any prime errors or instability, what is a safe level to take both the voltage and the temps up to. My ram is still set: 5,5,5,18 @ 2.1v.
 
1.35v is the Intel max guideline for Q6600 G0, but many here (including myself) are running 1.4+ on air, 1.5+ on water. This *may* reduce your cpu lifetime, but the jury seems divided on that.

you'll likely hit a temp limit before you get to serious volts in any event, I prefer to stay below 70c, but I'm flexible for prime95/stress-testing. Others prefer <60c, but its up to yourself.
 
mk17 said:
1.35v is the Intel max guideline for Q6600 G0, but many here (including myself) are running 1.4+ on air, 1.5+ on water. This *may* reduce your cpu lifetime, but the jury seems divided on that.

you'll likely hit a temp limit before you get to serious volts in any event, I prefer to stay below 70c, but I'm flexible for prime95/stress-testing. Others prefer <60c, but its up to yourself.
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Thanks mk17. Prime has been running for a few hours now and Core temp is showing 57c. As said I haven't touched the vcore yet. I am made up with this chip. My last cpu was an FX-53 and it would not budge above defaults without instability.
 
very nice mate, :). its a great mobo/cpu combo, imo. I think you should aim for 3.0GHz, which you should get easily, maybe even on Auto volts. If you have to come off auto, record what Auto is giving your cpu, start from there plus one bump. I use Everest Ultimate for monitoring, but there are other choices.

1:1 on the ram might be a good next step, but a lengthy run on memtest86+ beforehand (and afterwards for that matter) wouldn't go astray.
 
mk17 said:
very nice mate, :). its a great mobo/cpu combo, imo. I think you should aim for 3.0GHz, which you should get easily, maybe even on Auto volts. If you have to come off auto, record what Auto is giving your cpu, start from there plus one bump. I use Everest Ultimate for monitoring, but there are other choices.

1:1 on the ram might be a good next step, but a lengthy run on memtest86+ beforehand (and afterwards for that matter) wouldn't go astray.
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Ok I made 2 loops of memetest86 when my ram was set 2:3 giving me 442mhz, the cpu was @ 2.66 ( 9x296). I now have the divider @ 1:1, with the cpu @3.0Ghz (9x333:) The cpu voltage is still in auto between 2.21--2.23. Prime has been running for about 3 hours now. Temps max 57c.
 
BillytheImpaler said:
Do you have the 250 GiB 7200.10s in RAID 0? I'm interested in some hdtach numbers. :D
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I don't Billy no:( I had a game getting Vista installed on the Sata drive as it was. Is raid something I can set up now, or is that only when you are initially setting up the drives before you install the OS. But they are nifty compard to my old ide drives.
 
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