Overclocking q6600

atnas666 · 25 May 2013 at 16:06

Hay guys a mate has an old asus p5n-e sli and q6600.

His never overclocked and he would really like to know where to start..
could any of you guys help

( i no its old lol)

monkeys · 26 May 2013 at 20:12

do a search, q a few threads on it.

atnas666 · 26 May 2013 at 20:46

lol i did but im crap at finding stuff lol

monkeys · 27 May 2013 at 16:44

here you go...

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18506146&highlight=q6600

monkeys · 27 May 2013 at 16:50

There are more info but the trick is to increase incrementally and run the 2 tests to check stability.

atnas666 · 27 May 2013 at 21:04

Thanks guys but does any one have experience in doing on a p5n-e sli?

andy_mk3 · 28 May 2013 at 10:50

Way I do it is up the FSB a bit at a time, then up the voltage until it doesn't boot or freezes. Once I'm happy with the speed I'll do some stress testing to make sure the temperatures are good, sometimes needs a bit more voltage to keep it stable.

There's a lot more to it than that to get it spot on, but it's how I start off! My Q6600 will sit at 3.6GHz nicely. I'm currently at 3.2GHz due to folding 24/7 though

andybird123 · 28 May 2013 at 11:01

for the Asus P5N boards you will need to do the pencil mod to prevent Vdrop and bump up the northbridge voltage

there are plenty of overclocking guides for the P5N boards