overclocking!!!

EdGey

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hey.

ok ive got a Q6600 and a tuniq tower and about 15C to play with.

ive been reading a lot on overclocking, and a lot of it just goes over my head:confused:

can someone tell me exactly what the settings would need to be to achieve 2.5GHz and 3GHz to give me something to work around?

mabye a formula to help me out?

what are the main things you need to change for an overclock?

i know theres very detailed threads telling you how to overclock, but i figured if i just ask a straight question and hopefully get a straight answer it would be more help to me.

thanks in advance, please reply.
 
EdGey said:
i know theres very detailed threads telling you how to overclock, but i figured if i just ask a straight question and hopefully get a straight answer it would be more help to me.
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The guide is going to be more help really, because there are lots of things. To talk about.

basically you turn up your frequency. Boot your computer, test it for stability, if it is stable, back to the bios and turn it up again. If it fails, back tot he bios, turn up the vcore, and try for stability again.

You really do need to read the guide though.
 
Every motherboard has different overclocking potential, it would help if you posted your motherboard make/model , cpu , ram and gfx card then someone with a simalar setup could tell you what settings they are using.:cool:

a Q6600 should overclock to 3.0Ghz on most motherboards by just adjusting fsb fequency and in some cases cpu voltage, but a full system spec would help someone help you ;)
 
okies:)

specs

Asus P5K-E
8800GT OC
Q6600
2GB PC2-6400 800mhz
rest per sig
i hear the motherboard is good for overclocking.

your saying a just need to increase the FSB frequency? that sounds easy enough. il give it a shot soon.
 
3Ghz should be avaliable on stock volts.

Set ram to 1:1 and just up FSB, by the time you get to 3GHz you should be running round about 800Mhz.
 
thanks a lot.

this is what ive come up with, if anything looks wrong? i dont really know what im looking for.

MYFIRSTOVERCLOCK.jpg


im happy with it:cool:
 
stress test it for 12 hours. if it passes at those settings, then you have a gem of a chip there =]
 
ok, i put it down to the 3GHz, changed the FSB to 339MHz if i remember correctly. will do a bigger stress test tonight.

if it doesnt pass do i just need to up the voltage a notch?

thanks again guys :)
 
EdGey said:
ok, i put it down to the 3GHz, changed the FSB to 339MHz if i remember correctly. will do a bigger stress test tonight.

if it doesnt pass do i just need to up the voltage a notch?

thanks again guys :)
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Stress test it, if it fails up the Voltage one notch, chances are you won't have to touch voltage at 3Ghz.

Good Luck.
 
JimAroo said:
Stress test it, if it fails up the Voltage one notch, chances are you won't have to touch voltage at 3Ghz.

Good Luck.
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and if you do be prepared to accept you have a crap chip, when I first got mine I tried for 3.2ghz at stock settings it failed, then I put the voltage up to 1.3825v BIOS and it still failed, I was starting to panic if it couldn't even do 3ghz I was gutted... luckily to did 3ghz at 1.3825v but I have been unable to get 3.2ghz stable right up to 1.45v.
 
would it be a bad idea to go on games etc when stress testing? or wont that be a problem.

im getting kinda bored you see lol
 
EdGey said:
would it be a bad idea to go on games etc when stress testing? or wont that be a problem.

im getting kinda bored you see lol
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lol, something i've never tried.. but if you did i'd imagine the FPS to be a little below normal. ;)

How longs it been going for so far?
 
nlel1975 said:
and if you do be prepared to accept you have a crap chip, when I first got mine I tried for 3.2ghz at stock settings it failed, then I put the voltage up to 1.3825v BIOS and it still failed, I was starting to panic if it couldn't even do 3ghz I was gutted... luckily to did 3ghz at 1.3825v but I have been unable to get 3.2ghz stable right up to 1.45v.
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Very, very few Q6600's will do 3.6GHz stable with less than 1.5V through them. Voltage isn't anything to be frightened of, just the heat which is a by-product of extra voltage.
 
ok, ive finished.

i did it for a good 9 hours or so and had no problems.

going to keep it like that for now until i get some extra cooling and new thermal paste:)

thanks again for help
 
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