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Vipernitrox

Vipernitrox

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This is my first oc so bear with me if i'm talking complete BS and please correct me. I know got a stable oc at 2.6ghz. I've set my ram timings to the correct speed. Manually set the voltages (didn't raise any) and the only thing i raised is my fsb (currently at 1300). I've checked my oc for stability every time by running prime95 over night. And the last time for 4 hours.

A couple of things i need to know:

1. I've got an option in my bios which is called "sli ready memory". Which i can set to a XX% oc, disabled or expert mode. What is this? I can time and set the speed for my ram somewhere else. I do have a little piece of ram (looks like laptop ram) in between my 2 pcie slots. Can anyone confirm that this is it. Coz i won't care about it then. Not running sli and not going to anyway probably.

2. These are my temps and voltages after running prime95 for 4 hours.
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I'm mainly concerned about my mobo. This is probably my northbridge i take? I'm stuck with the stock cooler on that because there simply won'fit anything else on it due to my video card cooler and cpu cooler. Is this temp still acceptable? I mean what can a northbridge take?
About my voltages they seem reasonably within limits. Any comments?

3. What about oc'ing my memory? What can it handle you guys think? I've got it 800mhz with 4-4-4-12 timings right now.
 
Looks like a good start, dont stop !! Your temps look great too, northrbidges can take a lot of heat, i think ive seen one @ 83 C before, try to get soem case fans or manage your cables, maybe try to put a 40mm or 60mm fan on your northbridge (i havent seen it, but if might fit)
 
I'm not willing to sacrifice more sound for a better oc. Right now he's deadsilent in his current configuration. Like you said my temps look great and it's silent, what could i possibly want more :).
Here are some pics of my build, not really much room for improvement (the fan on the northbride really wouldn't fit as you can see :P) i think. Any improvement suggestions are always welcome though.

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Vipernitrox said:
1. I've got an option in my bios which is called "sli ready memory".
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Don't worry about that. ;)

Vipernitrox said:
Is this temp still acceptable? I mean what can a northbridge take?
About my voltages they seem reasonably within limits. Any comments?
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The temps are great. Considering your cooling, I'd jack up the VCore to 1.4 and raise the FSB to 1350. That'll give you a little above 3GHz. Keep raising the FSB until your PC will no longer boot. Decrease it a little and run Prime95. Does that make sense?

Vipernitrox said:
3. What about oc'ing my memory? What can it handle you guys think? I've got it 800mhz with 4-4-4-12 timings right now.
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You can OC the memory. You may want to give it more voltage. I had the XMS2 @ 935 MHz 4-4-4-12 with a voltage of 2.2.
 
thnx for the reply

The temps are great. Considering your cooling, I'd jack up the VCore to 1.4 and raise the FSB to 1350. That'll give you a little above 3GHz. Keep raising the FSB until your PC will no longer boot. Decrease it a little and run Prime95. Does that make sense?
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but ehh if i raise my fsb with 50 my clock speed will be raised by 100... At least that's what i've noticed up until now. I started with something in the 10xx and now i'm at 1300fsb - 2600mhz.
Come to mention it. How do i calculate from the fsb to the clock speed? I mean mine is simply times 2 right now. But i'm guessing there's some formula for it?
 
Vipernitrox said:
thnx for the reply



but ehh if i raise my fsb with 50 my clock speed will be raised by 100... At least that's what i've noticed up until now. I started with something in the 10xx and now i'm at 1300fsb - 2600mhz.
Come to mention it. How do i calculate from the fsb to the clock speed? I mean mine is simply times 2 right now. But i'm guessing there's some formula for it?
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FSB/4 * Multiplier = Clock Speed.

In your case, you have 1300/4 = 325. Your multiplier is probably set at 8, giving you 8 * 325 = 2600 (2.6 GHz). I think that's correct. :o

You should be able to raise the multiplier to 9, if needed.
 
mep916 said:
FSB/4 * Multiplier = Clock Speed.

In your case, you have 1300/4 = 325. Your multiplier is probably set at 8, giving you 8 * 325 = 2600 (2.6 GHz). I think that's correct. :o

You should be able to raise the multiplier to 9, if needed.
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thnx i'll remember that
but ehh isn't your multiplier locked or something?
I just tried setting it to 9 again and it simply resets itself.
No change in cpu-z or the bios what so ever ever rebooting.
 
i just set the fsb to 1500 and it's running at 3ghz now.
i didn't set the voltage higher coz i'm a little scary about setting that higher...

but it went through superpi 1m calculation and the 2 3dmark cpu tests.
Going to try and get it as high as i can at stock voltage.
 
The multiplier can't be raised higher then stock, although you should be able to run it at the stock setting and 1x or 2x lower.
 
Nevakonaza said:
wheres that system stability test in everest? :cool:
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i've got ultimate but it's under the tools menu. Don't use it to stress my cpu but it's a nice program for monitoring temps, volts and fan speeds. It can also really easily export them.

The multiplier can't be raised higher then stock, although you should be able to run it at the stock setting and 1x or 2x lower.
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thnx omega. I heard about it already but wasn't sure... to bad intel doesn't make black edition cpu's like amd.


And i've actually got it running with stock volts at 3.3ghz right now :D
Never expected i could get this high on stock volts. Just have to check if it's stable. It does superpi 1m in 16.219 :D:D:D.
Never knew oc'ing was this easy :D
damn my post looks happy :D
 
ok my pc just froze and restarted and then froze in the bios again.
when i powered him down and started back up the bios was reset.
Is this possible? never seen it.
 
Vipernitrox said:
i've got ultimate but it's under the tools menu. Don't use it to stress my cpu but it's a nice program for monitoring temps, volts and fan speeds. It can also really easily export them.
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yeah i also have ultimate...thanks i got it ;)
 
OK. Your stock multiplier is 8. The Q6600 is 9. Sorry about that. Intel Extreme Edition CPUs give you an unlocked multiplier, hence the higher price. It looks like 3.3 is too high without raising the voltage. That's why your PC restarted...you're lucky it booted. :P
 
Ok i'm pretty much done oc'ing right now. Got it stable at the settings you see below here. I'm at 1.4 volt right now.
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Now I may oc my memory. But will this do any good to me? I've heard that your bus speed should be equal to your dram frequency (at least it should be the fastest that way) And right now bus speed is still slower than my dram frequency (settings below).
Will oc'ing my memory give me any performance increase?
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Try both methods.

First, set your ratio @ 1:1. That'll give you a memory speed of 750MHz with the CPU clock speed unchanged. You may see better performance with that configuration. If, for some reason, you don't like that setup, unlink the memory and CPU, give your memory some more voltage (2.2-2.4), and set the frequency at around 900-910. If the computer boots, you can continue to raise the frequency until the machine is no longer stable (doesn't boot). That's what I do, anyway. :)
 
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