Overclocking Q6700 with 750i SLI Issues

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Dice2121

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First, some back story.

In an attempt to prepare myself for upgrading some of my computer, I am "practicing" overclocking with my current hardware. Unsuccessfully I might add. And I am pretty new to this.

I'm aiming for something simple, a slight overclock from the default 2.66 GHz to 2.75 GHz. I've done my research, and discovered that it's not that simple. But from what I can tell I've done everything right so far.

As I've said, this is with an Intel Q6700, XFX 750i SLI, and some OCZ RAM.

So, 1100 / 4 = 275. 275 * 10 = 2750 which also equals 2.75 GHz. That I believe I've done correctly. I increased the VCore slightly as well. (Sorry for bad quality on this one) Shown Here.

My memory operates at 800 MHz and has timings of 5-4-4-15 and has a maximum voltage of 2.1 volts. Shown Here.

The problem is that it will POST successfully and upon entering the BIOS again I can verify that my CPU is overclocked. Shown Here.

However, Real Temp and CPU-Z think otherwise. Shown Here. And Here.

I have a feeling I'm missing something obvious, but I can't find it. Google suggested that it is a power saving feature that downclocks when idle, which I believe is Intel EIST which is disabled. BIOS is updated.

I'm at a loss.
 
mikeb2817 said:
What are your temps before the overclock? Idle and load?
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After 5 minutes of idle: 44 44 42 42 C.

After 10 minutes of Prime95: 63 63 60 60 C.

I know that overclocking increases temps and due to my less than stellar cooler I shouldn't go very high. However, that's why I only want to overclock it slightly. If 2.75 GHz is too high, then I can change it. The whole purpose of this is to become familiarized with overclocking, not necessarily to overclock my CPU. If I successfully overclock it, great. I'll know how to do it again when I get better hardware. I don't plan on keeping it overclocked.

I also forgot to mention that it might be reverting back to default settings if the overclock is to aggressive. What I want to know is how do I know when it does this.
 
Aastii said:
Check for Intel Speed Step and make sure it is disabled
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I believe that is disabled. For me, it seems to be called Intel EIST and a quick Google search later I learned that it is Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology. I'm assuming that it's what you're referring to.

According to this picture, it is indeed disabled.
 
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