Overclcoking noob

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Hi guys wandering if you experts can help me overclock my cpu and mem, anyhow here is my rig details

Antec Performance TX1050B(Black) with a 500W SmartPower 2.0 psu
Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard(latest bios installed)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT667D2)
and a single stick of 1gb Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300, i have got the dual chan kit in the rite slots so i can use it in dual chan mode, from what i can see both the dual chan kit and the single 1gb stick use the same timings, ie CAS 5-5-5-15 Timings, 1.8v VDIMM.
OcUK GeForce 7900 GS 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
SoundBlaster Audigy 2 for sound
x1 pioneer limited ed DVR-109(x16 dual layer, with ally bezel)
x1 aopen dual layer DUW 1608(x16)
x2 250GB Maxtor Sata in raid 0
x1 120gb sata(cant remember the name lol
x1 usb 2 250gb western digital external hd
x1 matrix orbital usb x2 lcd.
x1 1 usb 2 x4 ports
x1 ms sidewinder freestyle joypad(not plugged in, not used that ofton)
x1 Logitech® MOMO® Racing wheel, yes it is very good.
Os is Windows Xp home sp2 all updates applied

all hooked up to a nice viewsonic VA2012w widescreen tft
for speakers i have got a set of Creative GigaWorks® S750 (7:1)
and finaly for typing i use a Saitek PZ08AU Gamers LED Backlit Keyboard
and im old skool for a mouse i use a microsoft intel trackball.

anyhow thats my rig not the best i know, but its all paid for, wish i could afford better, anyhow now to my problem or rather questions.

i have or can rather overclcok the the cpu i prob do it wrong i do it via the bios and use overclcok profile then i set it to 5%, it will go higher i can do a 10 or even 15% overclcok but it changes the memorey from ddr 5300 to 4300 ram, i know you can overclcok each seperate but im realy new to this so i have no idea,, any help would e great
thank you, alo another prob i have had is trying to use motherboard monitor v 5, it doesnt support my board, is there a way around this?
 
lol thank you already have not much use to a) noobs and b) intels to be honest its mostley geared towards amds, not to mention i was hoping someone with a similar set up would have just pointed out a few of the bios settings for me, sorry if i apear to of offended you not my intention
 
Heaven Can Wait said:
Looks to me like your doing the auto overclocking?
Manual is the way to go
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yes im doing the auto overclocking like i isad im very new to overclcoking but not computers
thank you for the replies so far
 
first overclock

well guys here is my first overclock, not sure what to make of it but here is a screenshot of it

click me
not sure what to make of the idle temps, i was thinking of trying to get it nearer a e6700 than having it go full pelt at 3ghz, after all i do not want to blow anything.
btw now how do i do a slight overclcok of the ram i know i wont be able to overclcok it much ?
hope i did the image rite lol
anyhow comments and sugestions welcome
again many thanls for the replies
 
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Not bad for a first attempt :) Your idle temps do however seem pretty high, you should really be concentrating on your load temps. Run Orthos, a program which will load both cores to 100% to get an idea of your load temp which will be significatly higher than your idle. I take it you are using the stock intel heatsink which is fine for stock speeds but is dire for overclocking I'm afraid so you may want to consider updraing you heatsink. The best way to overclock is by NOT using the auto settings. Its not what you wanted to hear but the best way is to use the bios which means you should really do a little reading up on what the different bios options do. The memory and cooling solution you are using will hamper your overclocking progress so it maybe the time to get the chq book out.

There are a few forums that have a good guide for the P5WDH, my personal favourites for the P5WDH were :

Making P5WDH ready for Conroe: An Illustrative Guide

and

Asus P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

Happy clocking :cool:
 
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w3bbo said:
Not bad for a first attempt :) Your idle temps do however seem pretty high, you should really be concentrating on your load temps. Run Orthos, a program which will load both cores to 100% to get an idea of your load temp which will be significatly higher than your idle. I take it you are using the stock intel heatsink which is fine for stock speeds but is dire for overclocking I'm afraid so you may want to consider updraing you heatsink. The best way to overclock is by NOT using the auto settings. Its not what you wanted to hear but the best way is to use the bios which means you should really do a little reading up on what the different bios options do. The memory and cooling solution you are using will hamper your overclocking progress so it maybe the time to get the chq book out.

There are a few forums that have a good guide for the P5WDH, my personal favourites for the P5WDH were :

Making P5WDH ready for Conroe: An Illustrative Guide

and

Asus P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

Happy clocking :cool:
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hi thank you for the advice,btw if you check my first post it will say that im using an artic freezer 7 pro, im also now not using the auto option, i hav3e used the bios, a link to a guide posted by Variohttp://forumz.tomshardware.com/hard...pict197995.html
this helped a great deal i followed it to the letter changing the options it sugested, im not intested in overclcoking it to a 3ghz though, was just trying to get it to a e6700 clcok speed, and was hoping to ramp up the ram a little bit, and i do realise i wont be able to do a great overclcok on the value ram im using, but atm the ram is the best i can afford at present. so i will have to manage with what i have got, worse luck
anyway thank you for all of the help and comments so far
 
does anybody know th eoptimum settings so i can take it from a 3ghz to a 2.8 please, i have used the guide supplied wich i found very usefull, here is a link to it, http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hard...pict197995.html
i followed it to the letter and can get it to 3ghz quite easy, a bit overkill as i seems to be a bit hot, so i was thinking of trying it at 2.8 to see how hot that is.
many thanks in advance
 
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