Quite dissapointed with OC results..
I am quite a newbie when it comes to overclocking, but I did expect greater things from my E6600, first of all, here is my rig:
Windows XP Pro
C2D E6600
Thermalright Ultra-120
4GB PC2-6400
ATI X1900XT
ENERMAX 535W
320GB HDD
ASUS P5W DELUXE WIFI
Temps @ 3.1Ghz -
Idle -
CPU: 26
CORE 0: 35
CORE 1: 37
Load (prime 95)
CPU: 33
CORE 0: 42
CORE 1: 42
It's running prime 95 Small FFT's test as I type this and seems fine at the moment, but haven't been running for long. I will be watching a few films in my room and letting this run, while checking to see how it goes every so often.
I just started overclocking and got myself up to 3.1Ghz on the E6600, vcore - 1.35V, all other voltages are on auto, all power savings / unnecesary things all disabled. PCI-E Frequency - 100Mhz, PCI Clock Synchronization -33.33Mhz, these are basically all what I was told to set. Now, my RAM is running in 1:1, so is currently at 345.5Mhz, which later on I'll definetely want to get back up to 400Mhz+, and the timings are extremely bad at the moment, but I'll fix those later: 5-6-6-18 (btw, where do I find the settings in the bios to adjust timings?)
Anything past 3.1Ghz and my system just wont POST, so I can't even test if it would work, it will just keep rebooting itself until I change it lower and I have found that this is the highest I can get to without it not POSTing.
OK, I was wondering what I need to do to get my overclock higher, as I have heard many people reaching MUCH higher with just stock COOLING! and originally I was hoping to get up to and even beyond 3.6Ghz with a 1:1 from my 400Mhz RAM (PC2-6400). What do I have to do to increase my overclock without it not POSTing? I know I'm quite a newbie to this, is it just me being a newb or is this the highest physical overclock I can reach? (I doubt this though) I'm actually guessing it's most likely that because all my voltages apart from vcore are on auto and not set well?
So, please help me reach a good overclock speed with my E6600 and my RAM, I'll greatly appreciate any help/tips or anything.
I am quite a newbie when it comes to overclocking, but I did expect greater things from my E6600, first of all, here is my rig:
Windows XP Pro
C2D E6600
Thermalright Ultra-120
4GB PC2-6400
ATI X1900XT
ENERMAX 535W
320GB HDD
ASUS P5W DELUXE WIFI
Temps @ 3.1Ghz -
Idle -
CPU: 26
CORE 0: 35
CORE 1: 37
Load (prime 95)
CPU: 33
CORE 0: 42
CORE 1: 42
It's running prime 95 Small FFT's test as I type this and seems fine at the moment, but haven't been running for long. I will be watching a few films in my room and letting this run, while checking to see how it goes every so often.
I just started overclocking and got myself up to 3.1Ghz on the E6600, vcore - 1.35V, all other voltages are on auto, all power savings / unnecesary things all disabled. PCI-E Frequency - 100Mhz, PCI Clock Synchronization -33.33Mhz, these are basically all what I was told to set. Now, my RAM is running in 1:1, so is currently at 345.5Mhz, which later on I'll definetely want to get back up to 400Mhz+, and the timings are extremely bad at the moment, but I'll fix those later: 5-6-6-18 (btw, where do I find the settings in the bios to adjust timings?)
Anything past 3.1Ghz and my system just wont POST, so I can't even test if it would work, it will just keep rebooting itself until I change it lower and I have found that this is the highest I can get to without it not POSTing.
OK, I was wondering what I need to do to get my overclock higher, as I have heard many people reaching MUCH higher with just stock COOLING! and originally I was hoping to get up to and even beyond 3.6Ghz with a 1:1 from my 400Mhz RAM (PC2-6400). What do I have to do to increase my overclock without it not POSTing? I know I'm quite a newbie to this, is it just me being a newb or is this the highest physical overclock I can reach? (I doubt this though) I'm actually guessing it's most likely that because all my voltages apart from vcore are on auto and not set well?
So, please help me reach a good overclock speed with my E6600 and my RAM, I'll greatly appreciate any help/tips or anything.