Core 2 Duo E6600 Over Clocking Help!!

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sjtangb21

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PSU APEX|SL-8600EPS 600W RT
Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400 2GB Kit DDR2-800 XMS2-6400 Xtreme
Intel?Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe Processor 2.4GHz, 1066FSB,
LGA775, 4MB Cache
ATI RADEON X1900XT 512M PCIE RTL
Zalman CNPS9500 LED CPU Cooler
GigaByte GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard

Can anyone help me to find out if this setup will work well together for over clocking? and I read the "OC-101" seems like my MB have a lot more option than the OC101. I need someone to help me to complete this task. Thanks guys. I am trying to oc my cpu and memory and the video card to the MAX with stable performnce.
 
It's hard to say for sure, but alot of people on this forum have that motherboard, and they seem to overclock pretty high with it. The rest of the setup looks good as well (for overclocking purposes).
 
[-0MEGA-];439900 said:
It's hard to say for sure, but alot of people on this forum have that motherboard, and they seem to overclock pretty high with it. The rest of the setup looks good as well (for overclocking purposes).
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I started oc a little by .025 on cpu, and the .10 on the memory. The computer restart, but it wont boot. I had to reset the BIOS. I don't want to mass anything up, so someone with a lot of experience of the simlar setup help walk through this? Please help guys.!!

cg
 
[-0MEGA-];439933 said:
Don't raise the memory right away, just raise the FSB of the CPU.
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When should i start raise the memeory? like at what point?

can someone else give me a step to step guide line so i can start from somewhere?
cg
 
before you do anything check cpu temps (should be between 25C and 35C idle if you plan on overclocking) and make sure your memory has a heatspreader on it.
then, raise fsb 3-5mhz until it doesnt boot. use a memory divider (or raise memory timings) until it does boot. this processor should overclock to nearly 3.4ghz quite easily.
also, note how the cpu frequency is calculated. for an e6600 its 266mhz*9 = 2.394ghz. if you raise the fsb to 270mhz, the cpu frequency will raise to 2.430ghz, because you just changed the equation to 270*9.

good luck! also, reading overclocking 101 will do you a lot of good too. its a sticky on the forum.
either way, tell us what temp readings you get in the bios. are you using aftermarket cooling, or just stock?
 
fade2green514 said:
before you do anything check cpu temps (should be between 25C and 35C idle if you plan on overclocking) and make sure your memory has a heatspreader on it.
then, raise fsb 3-5mhz until it doesnt boot. use a memory divider (or raise memory timings) until it does boot. this processor should overclock to nearly 3.4ghz quite easily.
also, note how the cpu frequency is calculated. for an e6600 its 266mhz*9 = 2.394ghz. if you raise the fsb to 270mhz, the cpu frequency will raise to 2.430ghz, because you just changed the equation to 270*9.

good luck! also, reading overclocking 101 will do you a lot of good too. its a sticky on the forum.
either way, tell us what temp readings you get in the bios. are you using aftermarket cooling, or just stock?
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the cpu temps is at 34C idel with the Zalman CNPS9500 LED CPU Cooler. How much of the Voltage should i raise by? .025? are you saying i should top out the cpu before i work on the memory? I am still little confussed. Sorry if I sound like a Noobie, Because i am :P
 
dont raise voltage until the system won't boot and you've eliminated memory as the problem.
always remember voltage = heat and heat = dead cpu.
how much have you overclocked it so far? u can use cpu-z, and also run two instances of prime95 to test for stability. chances are if it wont boot at 3ghz, but it'll boot at 2.99ghz its still not stable, unless you raised voltage or implemented a memory divider.

a little explanation:
my x2 3800+ could overclock from 2ghz to 2.4ghz without any overvoltage. but, at 2.41ghz it would boot, but fail a dual (dual because its dual core) prime95 test. raise the voltage a bit, and it would pass the prime95 test. i had to overvolt from 1.35V to 1.55V to get to 2.6ghz.
 
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fade2green514 said:
dont raise voltage until the system won't boot and you've eliminated memory as the problem.
always remember voltage = heat and heat = dead cpu.
how much have you overclocked it so far? u can use cpu-z, and also run two instances of prime95 to test for stability. chances are if it wont boot at 3ghz, but it'll boot at 2.99ghz its still not stable, unless you raised voltage or implemented a memory divider.

a little explanation:
my x2 3800+ could overclock from 2ghz to 2.4ghz without any overvoltage. but, at 2.41ghz it would boot, but fail a dual (dual because its dual core) prime95 test. raise the voltage a bit, and it would pass the prime95 test. i had to overvolt from 1.35V to 1.55V to get to 2.6ghz.
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when i get home tonight, i I will post the detail of what i did. thanksfor your help so far guys.

cg
 
not to whore this thread but im kinda curious my self

so i up my fsb till i cant boot, go back into bios play with my memory till it boots? if it still dont boot after playin with memory, up the voltage?
 
Also disable any features that you won't use such as Legay USB storage and such so you can lessen the burden on the north bridge.
 
ok so here is what did so far! cpu 355 MHZ at 1.4000V memory . that's at 3.20 MHz. I didn't mass around with memory at all. it was set on auto. I still don't really understand the whole divider and such. What do you guys think i should do at this point. My goal is to get the most of the cpu,memory, video card with out shorten the life of my units too much. So what is the good point to stop at?
 
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sjtangb21 said:
ok so here is what did so far! cpu 355 MHZ at 1.4000V memory . that's at 3.20 MHz. I didn't mass around with memory at all. it was set on auto. I still don't really understand the whole divider and such. What do you guys think i should do at this point. My goal is to get the most of the cpu,memory, video card with out shorten the life of my units too much. So what is the good point to stop at?
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Check this sticky out. It's a guide to overclocking. Helped me a LOT. :P
http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/Core2Duo-Overclocking-Guide-v1-ftopict197995.html
 
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