OC Gurus need some advice.

[KnightStalker]

Righto guys, im hoping you can advise me on a few things, Today i got a QX6700 from a member here, and he had it running at 3.1ghz with 11multi on stock volts, but i tried that and didnt post, so im wondering if i need to something more to get it upto 3.2ish if i can.

For testing sake ive overlocked it to 3.2ghz already, using a multi of 10, and 320mhz i think it was and a little more voltage to 1.28/9 , But the system is not as snappy as before.
CPUID says my memory is running at a ratio of 2:3, which i imagine is bad...Pictures of my bios settings can be uploaded if need be Or if you need more info let me know.

Also can i keep the speed step and all that on when its stable, to lower idle temps when im just browsing watching movies.

QX6700 (temp overclock at present)
Gigabyte 965P-DS3 F14 bios
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 8500 C5 (has been verified to operate at 1066MHz at latencies of 5-5-5-15. confused by this)
600W OCZ modular PSU.

Edit..actually i can see this is bad, actually downclock than overclock i think...damn i thought i was close, but seems im no where near lol.

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[KnightStalker]

Actually ive confused myself well and truly, cant seem to get it to run 1:1 ratio, and i cant for the life of me work out how to get the ram to run at 1066mhz and in a 1:1 ratio..I added the +0.3v to the mem as i did in my previous overclock on the old chip - But this thing being a unlocked multi has me all confused, low/high, 1:1 ratios christ knows need some guidance here. Ive got the basic and i mean basic understanding, christ i had my E6300 from 1.86 to 3.2ghz for 3 years without any problems, but this one im either over complicating things or it is complicated lol.

 

[joeyjojo]

To run it at 1:1 with the memory would require a FSB of 533, which is totally unrealistic AFAIK.

Combinations which do work to maintain your mem at stock:

457*7 = 3.2, 5:6 divider (slight mem oc actually 1096. Also 457 FSB is right on the top end according to a review I just skimmed)
400*8 = 3.2, 3:4 divider
356*9 = 3.2, 2:3 divider
320*10 = 3.2, 3:5 divider

You'll get a large bandwidth boost by using the high FSB combos. I'd start with the first one and work down. Note: dividers and straps.

 

[KnightStalker]

Ahh see I misunderstood the 1:1 ratio it seems, ill give them a try later and see what happens. I think ill keep the thermal stuff enabled so when its browsing its not overclocked all the time..I'd imagine I'm going to need to pump quite a bit of vcore into it aswell, oh well all learning curve.

Think ill try for the 400/8 combo, nice and easy round numbers...any ideas on the Voltage...