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Atomik

Atomik

Atomik

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Hi Guys.

Just built a new rig:

Asus P5B Deluxe
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
2 x Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5
Corsair HX 520W PSU
Thermaltake Xaser III case

Any opinions on what to expect from the E6600? What can I expect to clock it to with minimal effort? How far can it realistically be pushed in this rig? Any advice on configs for the first attempt?

Cheers. :D

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Apologies for the less-than-descriptive thread title. Note to self: composing threads in multiple tabs is a bad idea! :rolleyes:
 
Agreed, I have my fans all set to low and mine up to 3.015 (different mobo). You've got a good OC'ing board, so make sure you have plenty of airflow through you case and keep nudging up those FSBs...
 
Been running it at 3.2ghz tonight simply by pushing the FSB upwards. Orthos is peaking its temp under load at around 62 degrees. Is it worth enabling q-fan in the bios? I tried it, but it didn't appear to make much difference. If anything it was running slightly hotter, which seemed kinda odd.
 
Keep in mind theres a hole in the fsb scale from around 340 - 399Mhz where things are abit ropy. Won't explain it all now, but in short this is where the nothbridge and mem are seriously overclocked stressed and unstable.

No worries tho, when you go up to 400mhz, you can fall back to a 1:1 divider (800mhz DDR). The memory is at stock, and everythings hunky dory. You can change the multiplier down and get some nice combinations.

I'm at 400x8=3.2 stable :)
400x7=2.8 is a nice one too, and being a 6600 you could try 400x9=3.6, but be extemely cautious with that!!!

Also, when overclocking this board, set ALL voltages manually. Don't leave anything on auto, or the mobo will decide on ridiculously high voltages and overheat everything very very fast.

Have fun!
 
bfar said:
Keep in mind theres a hole in the fsb scale from around 340 - 399Mhz where things are abit ropy. Won't explain it all now, but in short this is where the nothbridge and mem are seriously overclocked stressed and unstable.
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Hi bfar,

would you care to elaborate on this statement? and is this something you've experienced first hand or did you read about it?
 
I've got a similar setup and I run mine at 360 x 9 = 3.24GHz (with everything on auto)

I have run it at 400x9 but the temps get a bit high and I needed to tweak the volts to get it stable.
 
Cheers for the pointers guys. I think I'm gonna try and get it up to 3.5ghz. Any recommendations on what voltage I'm likely to need? I could really use an answer on the q-fan question as well... enable or disable? And what should I regard as a safe temperature under stress when running Orthos?
 
Atomik said:
I could really use an answer on the q-fan question as well... enable or disable? And what should I regard as a safe temperature under stress when running Orthos?
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Hi Atomik,

Q-Fan is a handy feature and whether you use it or not depends on what fan u have attached, If you have a nice quiet 120mm fan then you will probably have it disabled but on the other hand if you have a noisy fan you would probably want it enabled.

When I first overclock anything I generally go OTT on the cooling (Fans full pelt!) as I don't want the temps to get too high and hold back an overclock, however a max overclock worked out with the fans at full pelt may not hold up once you re-enable q-fan and slow down the fans.

Its probably more work the way I do it but at least I know that the temps are not a problem and to look elsewhere, if you overclock with all your fans running slowly and u hit a problem its harder to know where to look.

I'm using Q-Fan on my case fans, works well!

Lastly try and keep your Dual-Prime/Orthos temps below 55°C if you can, (TAT Load 60°C) it does help the overclock. If your CPU gets too hot then work out a way to get it cooler, as long as its stable thats the main thing ;)
 
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