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Let me start by saying I am probably one of the worst overclockers on the planet. My first OC was a 550MHz P3 to 622, then a Duron 800 to 1000, anyway my latest attempt was a Conroe 1.86 which I managed to overclock to a whopping 1.96, LOL.
Anyway I just got hold of a Q6600 (for free) to replace my old Conroe E6300.
I heard that you can in some cases get these things to 3.6GHz.
Right now I have some odd RAM, 2GB in 2 sticks of 1GB Geil 6400, and 2gb more in 2 sticks of ultra-cheapo Nanya RAM which I took out my brother's computer, which I thought were both 5300 but one turns out to be 6400 so for the moment that gives me 3gb of 6400 to play with.
So anyway, I need someone to clear this up for me - what sort of speeds do you think I can get for the FSB with that mixed not-so-impressive collection of RAM? What's the best FSB you can expect with 6400 RAM? (and not particularly expensive RAM at that) Also I have a P43-DS3L board, is there anyone that could explain how to set the RAM dividers in the BIOS as the settings seem a little confusing? Also do these "RAM dividers" allow me to run the CPU/FSB at say, 400 FSB and the RAM at say 266 or something completely independent to achieve an OC with my slightly crap RAM? I didn't entirely understand the forum guide on that one. My system appears to be automatically running the RAM at 333 just now, should I worry? Or should the fact that it hasn't exploded mean that I can run 9 x 333 without problems for a modest overclock to see me through? Can I push the 5300 a lot past 333 or would I be better just taking that stick out and trying to get the FSB to 400 with just the 6400 in?
I see that you can get 4GB of Kingston 1066MHz stuff in the store for £40, if I shelled out for some of that would I be well on my way to 3.6? The chip is G0, I believe that's the crap one for overclocking?
Hope you can clear all my noobish questions up. Thanks.
Anyway I just got hold of a Q6600 (for free) to replace my old Conroe E6300.
I heard that you can in some cases get these things to 3.6GHz.
Right now I have some odd RAM, 2GB in 2 sticks of 1GB Geil 6400, and 2gb more in 2 sticks of ultra-cheapo Nanya RAM which I took out my brother's computer, which I thought were both 5300 but one turns out to be 6400 so for the moment that gives me 3gb of 6400 to play with.
So anyway, I need someone to clear this up for me - what sort of speeds do you think I can get for the FSB with that mixed not-so-impressive collection of RAM? What's the best FSB you can expect with 6400 RAM? (and not particularly expensive RAM at that) Also I have a P43-DS3L board, is there anyone that could explain how to set the RAM dividers in the BIOS as the settings seem a little confusing? Also do these "RAM dividers" allow me to run the CPU/FSB at say, 400 FSB and the RAM at say 266 or something completely independent to achieve an OC with my slightly crap RAM? I didn't entirely understand the forum guide on that one. My system appears to be automatically running the RAM at 333 just now, should I worry? Or should the fact that it hasn't exploded mean that I can run 9 x 333 without problems for a modest overclock to see me through? Can I push the 5300 a lot past 333 or would I be better just taking that stick out and trying to get the FSB to 400 with just the 6400 in?
I see that you can get 4GB of Kingston 1066MHz stuff in the store for £40, if I shelled out for some of that would I be well on my way to 3.6? The chip is G0, I believe that's the crap one for overclocking?
Hope you can clear all my noobish questions up. Thanks.
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