noob overclocking E6600 and Gskill HZ

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Ok, never overclocked, just purchased an E6600, Gskill 6400 HZ on an Asus P5W DH Mobo.

I have a thing about the number 3.3 :D , basically I want to overclock to 3.3 (which I presume is a pretty mild clock on air using a Scythe Ninja).

Now I can read all about upping volts and FSB's and probably getting it all the wrong way round, so if someone would be really really kind and post what settings I should set in the Bios to make it work that would be grand ;)

and as not really having much of a clue will need it spelt out for me.
Also the same for the Ram, Ive read a lot about 4,4,4,15, 5,5,5,X, 3,2,1,T and so again whats the best timings to match the 3.3 Ghz if you see what I mean?

forever hopefully, Am
 
I've got E6600 and Gskill 6400 HZ RAM and I've wanted to overclock but not by that much just yet...

I read through some of the sticky overclocking guide but found it a bit confusing for somebody who doesn't exactly understand the implications of upping the voltages and multipliers etc...

Anyway, for now I just wanted to up my processor by about 200Mhz and then go on from there if I want to in the future.
 
Hi mate, actually your right it is a little too much as I have been reading some benchmark stuff.

OK, wha tI would like to do is maybe push it to as much as an X6800 speeds - around 2.8-9 would be better I think as Im worried about blowing it up :eek:
 
Same here, I spent a lot on this conroe rig so I'm a bit hesitant about overclocking it... it hasn't been as fast as I expected it to be so I just wanted to overclock it gradually by 100-200mhz or so until I get a speed that I'm happy with and that seems to be balanced with temperatures and the sorts.

I've got EasyTune5 which came with my DS3 motherboard but I'm not sure how safe it is to use the overclocking utility on it.
 
Its possible that you could damage components. But from my own experience and what Ive seen, you wont. But keep in mind that it is "possible".

I think with these super high fsb speeds and the motherboard chipsets getting very hot, if any component is likely to go it will be the motherboard.

For what its worth Ive never had a cpu go bad on me and I've overclocked every one I've ever had, to its limit.
 
Yeh I'm pretty disappointed with the heatsinks on the Asus tbh Id of thought they'd work really efficently giving its design and being copper. I guess it'd pay off to swap the heatsinks for some fan cooled efforts. I'm getting about 52-54'c on the mobo which isn't good. Luckily my 6600 stays nice and cool ;D 28'c idle
 
If you're afraid of doing it and don't know how to, then you're only going to wind up in tears when something goes wrong. I would tell you not to bother. It's not as if the E6600s need clocking anyway.

The overclocking sticky is a very comprehensive guide to ramping up the performance of one's computer but as with tuning anything for more speed/etc., it will potentially entail some risk. If that risk is more than you are prepared to pay, then DO NOT indulge in it.

On the flip-side, overclocking in this day and age is pretty much a very safe hobby with the hardware itself telling you when it's getting close to having enough: fried CPUs are increasingly rare, borked installations of Windows are become scarce... however, BOTH are risks that are part and parcel of overclocking your CPU.

If you have no idea about doing it, read the sticky again with the one in the RAM section and together iwth reports on benchmark sites. It's all well and good having somebody explain everything to you, but there is nothing like understanding the black art that is overclocking for yourself: this way, when a problem strikes, you'll know what it is and why it popped it's head up.

If you have read the sticky, then you'll know that as the FSB of the Conroe you've got sitting there is 266MHz and it's multiplier is (presumably, therefore) set at 9x (which = 2394MHz or 2.4GHz), what should your FSB be set at to give you 3.3GHz? I get an answer of about 366.67MHz.

Should you set your FSB to that value without doing anything else? You could, but be prepared for your computer to show some reluctance to boot up again.

I apologise if I come across as patronising but you should only overclock if:

1) You need to.
2) You are prepared to accept the consequences of your actions.
3) You know what you are doing.
 
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I agree, that's why I want to overclock by incriments of 100-200mhz, the first time I overclock I want it to be easily within limits and as I'm getting used to all the techno stuff I can gradually increase it more by incriments of 100Mhz.

Call it anal or obsessive but at least the chance of me blowing up my computer will be minimized while I'm learning to overclock.
 
Amadeus said:
I have a thing about the number 3.3
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I think 3.6 is a much nicer number :D

Generally as long as you keep an eye on temperatures and don't massively overvolt anything, the worst that will happen is it will reset to 2.4 and you'll need to start again.

First thing is to get the bios updated, either the latest or the one considered to be the most stable. I've not seen any problems with the 1101 for the P5W.

There may be some relevant settings/info I've posted in this thread (P5W/P5B same settings to get it going). If you have any specifics just ask.
 
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hey fornowagain thanks

im reading all the nitty gritty details about overclocking and started to get my head around it, just trwaling through ram timings and affects on fsb etc which is doing my head in so ive opened a bottle or red wine :D

Once i get my system ill take my time and no doubt ask lots ;)

bottoms up :cool:
 
As said before it's increasingly rare for CPU's to fry but of course there are risks involved for overclocking.

Most motherboards revert back to stock settings if an overclock fails, if you in windows you will experience blue screens etc which protect you pc from becoming "damaged" as they say...
 
I am new to this myself I just used the ausus utility tools ai booster set to 30%

E6600 running at
cpu3.1 (346.40 * 9)
fsb 1385
mem 1.8v
pcie 1.5v
I am not sure if this is the way to go but when using cpu-z the oc throttles back to *6 when cpu is idel so its not running full on all the time

note when i oc my old 3800*2 amd 939 when it crashed it buggered the win sys drivers up and i ended having to re install xp many times which is a pain. As I use loads of software it used to take 6 man hours to re load all my gear and back ups.
I now use max blast to mirror a second sata drive to avoid this problem although
xp will ask you to reg the mirror copy.
 
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Ok with the speed stepping thing, surely its a good thing and here is my thinking:

You overclock the cpu by say 50%. When the cpu is idle, it throttles back and slows the cpu down, using less energy in the process. Then when you need more power it unthrottles and gives you the full speed of your cpu. In the case where you have overclocked by 50%, it will give you the full 150% of the cpu.

In otherwords, when you overclock, even when you use the speedstep feature, you will still have access to the full overclocked speed of the cpu, when you need it. The throttling effect shouldnt affect the overclock.

Am I correct?
 
I hope you are correct, I like the idea of my processer being less stressed when it isn't needed. Would also be nice to control the speed of the processor myself, so when browsing the web I can kick it down to 1ghz or so, then when gaming, kick it up to 3ghz, any software that will do this? (thinking about Core 2 Duos) here

Sorry for going a wee-bit of topic.
 
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