Q6600 on Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus OC help . . .

Aricin

Aricin

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Hi,

I would like to make my Q6600 last a little longer ideally until bulldozer comes out and I can make a real choice between Intel and AMD

The processor has never been OCed. Posting this from work, but I recall its G0
need to confirm the vcore. Doing some research its "agreed" the P5n32-E is a really crappy board when it comes to overclocking.

I would like to get the processor up to at least 3ghz, but never ever overclocked.

I got sweaty hands upgrading my old hard drives and installing a new gfx card. I know sad, but maybe that overclock will be easier to achieve then I think.

Any help here is greatly appreciated

Case: Antec P180 Silver
Power Supply: Antec True Power Trio 650W
Processor: Core 2 Quad Q6600 8MB cache
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Golden Orb Cooler
Graphics Card : HIS AT 6950
Memory: 4GB Corsair DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 Twin2X
Motherboard: Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus Socket 775
 
Dunno if I will be much help but:
Have a Q6600 B3 (The bad kind :P), after about four years with it I finally decided to have a real go at overclocking it recently.
3.0ghz should be more than easily reached with your G0, Firstly find your current stock CPU voltage at 2.4ghz under load.
Start by raising your fsb to 333/334 (assuming your multiplier is at 9x) in your bios, this will give you a clock of 3.0ghz.
Check your ram frequency to make sure it isn't too far over its default, if so perhaps drop it down now to match your fsb (so for 333 fsb have your ram at 666mhz) but you can fiddle with this later.
Leave your cpu voltage to auto for now and save/exit your BIOS. Stress your CPU with a program such as OCCT or prime95, you will quickly discover whether you are stable or not at 3.0ghz and if your temps are good.
If it seems stable for 15+ mins to anywhere up to an hour this is where the fun begins.
You go into your BIOS and lower your cpu voltage (The lower the voltage the cooler the CPU) so perhaps start at what you found your stock CPU voltage to be, go back and stress the CPU and see if you get a crash/error etc.
If so you need more CPU voltage so bring it up a notch and try try again! If you think you have found a stable CPU voltage and acceptable temperatures then leave your stress test program running for a few hours just to be totally sure.
I'm sure other members could give you a better guide for your specific motherboard and you should find many guides online but hope I helped a little.
 
Hi. take a look at this. http://www.overclock.net/2820311-post1.html

Even though it's says P5N-E SLI it may still help.

That guide should help you out. It did me many years ago.

The P5N-E SLI is not a very good board for overclocking quads. It has lots of FSB holes. So i'm sure it's the same for the P5N32-E.

Just raising the FSB to 333 does not always work. I had to lower the cpu multiplier to get my OC to work.
:)
 
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