How do I OC E4600?

[ojomow]

My Specs (Yes it isn't mainstream gaming rather then a budget rig)
MB: Gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2C -945GCM-S2C http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2668&ProductName=GA-945GCM-S2C
CPU: INTEL E4600@ 2.4ghz Default
Cooler: Corsair Hydro H50 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181010
RAM: 4GB DDR2-800MHZ 5-5-5-15 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122
GPU: 9800GTX

I'm looking forward for a help because I won't upgrade to an i7 for at least 2 years. I want my E4600 to stay stable @3ghz.
(I am ordering these parts on newegg so I literally don't have these components in front of me; just want to get a head start to know what I'm going to do when O/C E4600)

Well Since my MB max support is DDR2-667MHZ 4gb ram, I know the 800mhz will just clock downwards to 667mhz. And I'm not familiar with this Gigabyte MB bios.
It'll be cool if someone would help me.

They H50 cooler or Water cooler can compete with high end Air cooler and beats them!

 

[ojomow]

Here's what I want to do. To get @ 3Ghz I must increase the bus speed to 250mhz
x12=3Ghz, can I just bump the bus speed to 250 automatically without changing to 200,210,220 each time? What will my Vcore be? Mines currently at 1.15
By changing bus speed , what else do I have to change?
->Bus speed
->Vcore
that all I have to change right? What about the ram, will it be fine running at 667mhz with a cpu 3Ghz

 

[TonyLee]

Check out this article. I read it before purchasing my first Core 2 processor (which was an E4600).

http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=700

edit to add: That article uses RAM at 750MHz for the cpu at 3GHz. You can run your bus speed at 333MHz with a multiplier of 9 if you have to for the RAM to stay at 667 (with memory multiplier of 2 that is).

 

[jsc]

This should be your first stop.
HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - Guide v1.6.1
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/240001-29-howto-overclock-quads-duals-guide

Next stop should be a guide for your particular motherboard. Google is your friend.

Shadow's Gigabyte motherboard OC guide:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/page-245679_11_0.html
This was written for a P35 motherboard, but the Gigabyte BIOS's all seem to be similar.

 

[ojomow]

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[ojomow]

Here's what my bios is. Can you suggest me what to do?

and

What features should I DISABLE for Overclocking?
Here are the values in the 1s picture of each o/c setting. ( Can you help me choose which is best)
->PCI Express Freq Mhz: Values 90-200mhz. Should I put this at 100? and never above 100?
->System Memory Multiplier: Values 2.00, 2.66, 3.33 Which should I select?
->Dimm OV control: Values 0.1V , 0.2V , 0.3V , 0.4V Which should I select? My Ram volt is 1.8
->FSB OV control: Values 0.1v , 0.2v , 0.3v Which should I select?
-> Vcore: I don't know the value to maintain stable @3ghz or maybe 3.6GHZ

These are the only values available in my bios.
And can you answer this question guys 1) If I OC my FSB and CPU only; do I have to overclock my ram to run on the same speed? or can I leave my ram at 4GB DDR2-667mhz and have a stable 3ghz ?

 

[ojomow]

*Bump* Any suggestions?