Need help to overclock

[algirdasam]

Hi, i'm building budget LGA775 based pc to play games. Spec are:
Motherboard Name: Asus P5Q Pro
CPU Type : Quad Core Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, 3166 MHz (9 x 352) G0 Kentsfield
Memory :
DIMM1: Patriot Memory PSD22G80026
DIMM2: A-Data DQVE1B16
DIMM3: Patriot Memory PSD22G80026
DIMM4: A-Data ELQVE1B16
Graphics card: PCI Express 2.0 x16: Sapphire Radeon HD 6870
PSU: Antec 500W
I've currently bought Cooler Master Seidon 120V water cooling kit for my cpu and im not happy with what im getting. I oc'ed from 2.4 up to 3.16 (1.368V) but im going quite hot, under prime 95 load it goes 62C. Idle is good 28C room temp is 22C.
If anyone could help me tweaking my pc as much as it could get ocing my cpu, rams etc?
Setting timing of rams, does my rams not fighting each other?
And does my psu need upgrade?

 

[amd4lif3]

psu is more than enough

 

[Eximo]

62C is quite cool (For Prime95 anyway, you won't see that temperature doing practically anything else)

Going to be difficult to overclock with two different sets of memory. It will be tricky to identify which sticks are causing the problem. Testing the sets individually might be more revealing, then you can try the settings of the slowest set.

9 x 352 seems a little odd. Doesn't give you much fine tuning capability. Might want to try a lower bus speed with higher multipliers. I have seen a few 3.6GHz clocks out of Q6600, but on the average 3.2 is where most people stopped.

Depends on the total load of the computer whether or not you need a better supply. If you aren't having difficulties now you are probably fine. Overclocked wattage is hard to figure without direct measurement.

 

[amd4lif3]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JJr2Vnfs1w

 

[Eximo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JJr2Vnfs1w

Can't use that for daily usage, chip won't last that long under that voltage.

 

[algirdasam]

i've done psu calculation and it says 750W.. pretty odd.
9x is biggest what i can get..
im thinking for upgrading to q9xxx series, cause they can go lot hotter up to 72C without throttling down + q6600 is 65nm and for example 9300 is 45nm
you see problem is that 60c+ and that cpu looses power, still can not figure out how people reach 3.4 on air cooling, this cpu is campfire

 

[Eximo]

Not sure what calculator you used that seems very high. DC Clamp meter bundled around all the 12V is a reliable method, but not easy to pull off without a custom harness, or some modifications.

All chips are not created equal. Some just happen to run at higher frequencies at lower voltages. There are some massive air coolers out there. They can outperform most of the All-In-One coolers.