OC is it worth it??

[JoeDredd]

HI all

Been away from the scene for a while and was going to upgrade to sandybridge, but after hearing the reports glad I didnt

Anyway my old set up decided to let go, but I had a few bits lying around from an old project, so now have the following installed;

ASUS P5Q deluxe
4mb of Corsair dominator PC2 8500
QX6800 b stepping version G0 running with vid of 1.1 (according to cpuz)
Vista Ultimate sp2

Is it worth OC as it has been so long since I have done this or just leave it as is?

Thanks for reading this.

George

 

[scrlk]

Give it a try, nothing can go horrendously wrong.

 

[JoeDredd]

Cheers Vinni3, any ideas where to start as this is my first ASUS MB, only ever used GB so pointers will be appreciated.

 

[Skellig]

Cheers Vinni3, any ideas where to start as this is my first ASUS MB, only ever used GB so pointers will be appreciated.

I don't recommend changing the stock voltage or anything. Just increase the FSB (multiplier at 9.5) and leave the rest on auto. See what's the peak with that then drop down 3 notches. Run Prime Mark or OCCT and see how stable it is.

Oh, and disable C1E.