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someone please help me overclock

Soldato
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Hi

I have read numerous "how to" guides and on overclocking in general, but for some reason - I just don't get it, pure and simple :(

Even the most simple of guides, doesn't get me through it at all.
I followed this guide posted by monstermunch on the motherboards sub-forum, but again, I got half way through and got lost.

Would someone be so kind, as to do an IDIOTS guide on how to overclock the following system

C2D 6300
Gigabyte DS3P (revision 2 i believe)
GeIL 2GB PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency

The cooler should do a ok job - I dont want to push it to the max anyways, up to something like 2.8 and I'll be stoked.

Now - I used the "how to" below , but around number 9 I was lost. The options in my motherboard doesnt EXACTLY say VDIMM etc - so I'm at a loss.
If it doesnt say exactly what my mobo's option says - I'll start to panick :p
Anyone here kind enough to help me out?

Edit: or is it just worth I only use Easytune 5 ?

Code:
Clocking
1. Make sure that you have the latest chipset drivers and flash the board to the most recent bios version
2. On the main bios screen press Ctrl+F1 to open the advanced options within the menus
3. In the Advanced Bios Features Menu, Disable all of the following: CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E), CPU Thermal Monitor 2(TM2), CPU EIST Function
4. In the PC Health Status menu, set the FAN Speed Control Method to "Legacy" & FAN Speed Control Mode to "PWM" to maintain highest speed
5. Go into the MB Intelligent Tweaker (MIT) menu at the bottom of the page, set the System voltage control to "Manual"
6. These boards have a default VDIMM of 1.8v, set the VDIMM to co-ordinate with your ram. The Geil I have is specced as 2.1v so I have mine set to +0.3v
7. Set the MCH Voltage to +0.1v
8. Set the FSB Voltage to +0.1v
9. Set the VCORE to 1.45v - Please be aware that this will increase temps!
10. Set the CPU Host Clock Control to "Enable"
11. Set the System Memory Multiplier to "2x"
12. You're set to go, just increase the System bus Frequency to Overclock
13. I would reccommend that you use Intels TAT to monitor temps
 
Thanks for the effort gary, but like I said, all that is way above my overclocking ability - info overload.
Ideally im looking forsomeone with exactly the spec I have just to spoon feed me every single setting - as it says on the bios - otherwise it aint gonna happen :p

Just tried some of the above - but the mobo just gave me one long horrible beep.
 
Wheres the fun in that.

I suggest you get off your lazy backside and learn like the rest.

Its not hard or difficult.

A bit of reading is all thats needed.

The DS3 is a simple bios and the DS3 overclocking thread is simple enough for a monkey to do it.

well this monkey can't, so thanks for the snooty reply. Overclocking isn't fun for me, i just want my CPU to run a bit faster, since I'm saving for a new one.
 
Just annoys me that I think you have your head in the sand TBH.

Its not hard.

Follow thos steps ONE by ONE and you cannot go wrong!

Christ - is it so hard around here to ask for help?
Do you think I'm lying when I say I just dont get it?

@ Jutin = thanks dude, will keep that in mind
 
No,

But You haven't even triedto followthe steps have you?

What don't you get about the steps?

They seem very clear on concise.

Clocking
1. Make sure that you have the latest chipset drivers and flash the board to the most recent bios version
2. On the main bios screen press Ctrl+F1 to open the advanced options within the menus
3. In the Advanced Bios Features Menu, Disable all of the following: CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E), CPU Thermal Monitor 2(TM2), CPU EIST Function
4. In the PC Health Status menu, set the FAN Speed Control Method to "Legacy" & FAN Speed Control Mode to "PWM" to maintain highest speed
5. Go into the MB Intelligent Tweaker (MIT) menu at the bottom of the page, set the System voltage control to "Manual"
6. These boards have a default VDIMM of 1.8v, set the VDIMM to co-ordinate with your ram. The Geil I have is specced as 2.1v so I have mine set to +0.3v
7. Set the MCH Voltage to +0.1v
8. Set the FSB Voltage to +0.1v
9. Set the VCORE to 1.45v - Please be aware that this will increase temps!
10. Set the CPU Host Clock Control to "Enable"
11. Set the System Memory Multiplier to "2x"
12. You're set to go, just increase the System bus Frequency to Overclock
13. I would reccommend that you use Intels TAT to monitor temps

Thanks for the copy and paste of my original post.
I followed the steps- got a horrible long beeping noise and the PC reset, so i'm OBVIOUSLY doing something wrong - hence asking the good people of OcUK to help a man out.
Then I get you in stead being an arse.
 
Right - here we go.
Have I made some obvious mistakes (this is pre-actual clocking just volts etc)
How do I now overclock it - do I just increase the multiplier

myclocknr0.jpg
 
Temps will be slightly higher purely due to increased clock rate. If you increase the voltage(s) then temps will go up slightly more still. Up to 2.8Ghz from 1.8GHZ is more than 50% increase in clock rate, so I'd expect a non-trivial increase in temps (but it should not be too excessive.)

Thanks a bunch for your help mate - im off to do some stability testing :)
Think I'm finally kinda getting to grips with the basics :D
What kind of temps - on relatively crappy air should be ok , or moreso, when should I be concerned?

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Some experimentation, and got it to 3.2!
Well happy about that :)

Orthos only ran for 2 hours - will do a propper session at some point this weekend.
Arctic silver only applied a day ago, so want that to settle a bit first, might clock back to 3GHZ while the silver settles :)
 
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