N00b questions about OCing Q6600 softly

[chshwong]

Hi, I just wanna try OCing my Q6600 with the least effort. Meaning, without spending more money.

And I'm a N00b at this.

Can I just simply rise the clock speed from Bios?

The OC 101 said that if there's no AGP/PCI lock, the mem might have trouble keeping up. How does that apply? How do I avoid trouble with this issue?

From those that are experienced with OC q6600, how much can i raise the clock speed by, without having to go water cooling? I have a thermaltake V1 cpu fan btw.
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/444

Beside the heat of the CPU, what else should I be worried about?

Thank you very much!

 

[oscaryu1]

Overclocking too much and burning out something.

I would first recommend AS5, Arctic Silver 5, Its only $6 or so.

Then, and aftermarket cooler.

You stock is fine if yuo doing SOME overclocking. Just raise the clock and watch the temps.

 

[oscaryu1]

Forgot:

OC around 10-25MHz each time, save, restart. Too much of an jump will = crash.

 

[chshwong]

so what the OC101 say about the memory speed, i need not to worry right?

 

[pslee]

so what the OC101 say about the memory speed, i need not to worry right?

you already have a top of the line machine. don't need to overclock unless for benchmark purposes.

 

[oscaryu1]

Heard of the Q6600 reaching 4GHz ?

OVerclocking is FINE. You can always turn back when you've done it.

 

[chshwong]

hahaha, unless it gets fried