I'm really new to overclocking, although the concept isn't new at all, 3 years ago when I bought my PC i bought it with OCing in mind (never did it until now, and boy is it tricky at first...).
I'm Running a Q6600 on P5E Asus board, OC'ed to 3.4 (9x378)
I had so many questions to ask but after taking a look through this forum (which is so god damned awesome >.<) most of them are answered, I have just a few last questions which I've been unable to find (at least not without spending ages... unable to find easily should be the correct term, as I'm sure its answered somewhere... but I must be blind...)
Question 1.
How reliable is [Auto], because I've OC'ed this system leaving so many things on auto, that I'm thinking its not such a efficient way to OC
Concerns: These are the settings which I've left on auto which I believe I may want to change (I left on auto because I really didn't know what to do with them)
D ram Frequency
D ram timing control
Dram command rate
Dram static read control
Transaction booster
CPU PLL voltage
FSB Termination voltage
The only settings which I've altered in the bios are:
9 x 378
Vcore voltage 1.42500
2.02 Dram Voltage
1.45 NB Voltage
1.075 SB Voltage
Upon loading on bios I can see that auto has put the Dram Frequency at 757
Actually, even tho I've read that increasing the FSB increases ram speed etc... and all that... but I never understood how ram speeds actually work when I overclock the FSB... is there more potential for me to overclock the ram?
(I'm assuming I'm at my OC'ing limit with my CPU as it runs rather hot at the moment, If i take everest's cpu temp, then at 60ish under load from what I've read is safe, but the problem is here in Queensland Australia... it get REEALLYYYYYYYYY hot during summer >.< so... better not to try push the upper limits)
I've read stuff like 2x400 = 800 mhz... (which is my ram)
and other stuff like 16 x number = pc 6400 kind of ram... (also my kinda ram)
as well as some other explanations all never made sense too me...
All I know is:
1. the speed of the ram 800 mhz, 1066 etc, the faster the better,
2. the clock speeds 5-5-5-15 or 4-4-4-13, the numbers are supposed to represent latency... and the lower means the better (are these concepts correct?)
Question 2.
How do I know the actual Temperature of my CPU which I should be concerned about? (I'm aware of the difference between core temps and cpu temps mentioned in the stickied guide) the many different cpu temperature sensors have this option [Set TJ Max] and when i set that to 90... my temperature is at for example 60... if i set that to 105... my temperature is 75 degrees Celsius.
Here is a screenie of me running prime and the reported CPU speeds between Real Temp 3.6 and Everest UE's
(whoops... I didn't know screen capture captures both screens... else I would have trimmed the screenie in half sorry)
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh117/donedoknow/Screenie.jpg
Also, the minimum figures on real temp 3.6 was skewered as I reset the meter AFTER i started prime.
Help answering my 2 questions would be awesome!
So right now what I've been doing in the past day (this whole journey has lasted me 4 days now... last couple of days just tinkering with voltages and prime testing)
I've found that going down 1 increment (that bios allows me) from 1.425 vcore voltage (prime stable for 6 hours) to 1.416 ish leads to prime to be unstable (almost immediately errors, no BSOD tho)
I've found that going down 2 increment from 2.02 dram voltage down to 2.00, results in prime errors in the 'Blend' Tourture test, however the Small FTTs test is still prime stable.
Right now I'm testing prime (just lowered my NB voltage from 1.45 down 1 increment to see what it'll do)
Am I doing the right thing? lowering each voltage and testing if its still stable? Might be silly question, but seems kinda logical to me (I'm completely new to overclocking, didn't even know it was done in the bios until just a few days ago)
I'm Running a Q6600 on P5E Asus board, OC'ed to 3.4 (9x378)
I had so many questions to ask but after taking a look through this forum (which is so god damned awesome >.<) most of them are answered, I have just a few last questions which I've been unable to find (at least not without spending ages... unable to find easily should be the correct term, as I'm sure its answered somewhere... but I must be blind...)
Question 1.
How reliable is [Auto], because I've OC'ed this system leaving so many things on auto, that I'm thinking its not such a efficient way to OC
Concerns: These are the settings which I've left on auto which I believe I may want to change (I left on auto because I really didn't know what to do with them)
D ram Frequency
D ram timing control
Dram command rate
Dram static read control
Transaction booster
CPU PLL voltage
FSB Termination voltage
The only settings which I've altered in the bios are:
9 x 378
Vcore voltage 1.42500
2.02 Dram Voltage
1.45 NB Voltage
1.075 SB Voltage
Upon loading on bios I can see that auto has put the Dram Frequency at 757
Actually, even tho I've read that increasing the FSB increases ram speed etc... and all that... but I never understood how ram speeds actually work when I overclock the FSB... is there more potential for me to overclock the ram?
(I'm assuming I'm at my OC'ing limit with my CPU as it runs rather hot at the moment, If i take everest's cpu temp, then at 60ish under load from what I've read is safe, but the problem is here in Queensland Australia... it get REEALLYYYYYYYYY hot during summer >.< so... better not to try push the upper limits)
I've read stuff like 2x400 = 800 mhz... (which is my ram)
and other stuff like 16 x number = pc 6400 kind of ram... (also my kinda ram)
as well as some other explanations all never made sense too me...
All I know is:
1. the speed of the ram 800 mhz, 1066 etc, the faster the better,
2. the clock speeds 5-5-5-15 or 4-4-4-13, the numbers are supposed to represent latency... and the lower means the better (are these concepts correct?)
Question 2.
How do I know the actual Temperature of my CPU which I should be concerned about? (I'm aware of the difference between core temps and cpu temps mentioned in the stickied guide) the many different cpu temperature sensors have this option [Set TJ Max] and when i set that to 90... my temperature is at for example 60... if i set that to 105... my temperature is 75 degrees Celsius.
Here is a screenie of me running prime and the reported CPU speeds between Real Temp 3.6 and Everest UE's
(whoops... I didn't know screen capture captures both screens... else I would have trimmed the screenie in half sorry)
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh117/donedoknow/Screenie.jpg
Also, the minimum figures on real temp 3.6 was skewered as I reset the meter AFTER i started prime.
Help answering my 2 questions would be awesome!
So right now what I've been doing in the past day (this whole journey has lasted me 4 days now... last couple of days just tinkering with voltages and prime testing)
I've found that going down 1 increment (that bios allows me) from 1.425 vcore voltage (prime stable for 6 hours) to 1.416 ish leads to prime to be unstable (almost immediately errors, no BSOD tho)
I've found that going down 2 increment from 2.02 dram voltage down to 2.00, results in prime errors in the 'Blend' Tourture test, however the Small FTTs test is still prime stable.
Right now I'm testing prime (just lowered my NB voltage from 1.45 down 1 increment to see what it'll do)
Am I doing the right thing? lowering each voltage and testing if its still stable? Might be silly question, but seems kinda logical to me (I'm completely new to overclocking, didn't even know it was done in the bios until just a few days ago)