Overclocking Q6600 to 3.0Ghz - Page 2

EssoOil · 04-21-2008, 03:47 AM

Hi C-Trinity, I also have a Q6600 on an Asus P5K Premium MB.

I've overclocked mine to 3Ghz and its only ever crashed once. I think I have it pretty stable. I'm at work right now but will post my settings here later.

One thing I can say is that you are missing a trick only using 800 RAM. I use OCZ DDR2 8500 Dual Channel which gives a DRAM frequency of 1066. Having fast memory helps greatly when overclocking. Its pointless having a super fast CPU if the memory cannot keep pace with it.

You are correct to have the FSB at 333 but you MUST listen when people tell you the CPU Voltage does NOT need to be anywhere near 1.4v. For 3Ghz you just need to increase it by two notches to around 1.368. This will make the CPU run cooler which will greatly help stability.

I notice on your CPU settings screen you have "CPU ratio setting" on "Auto". I have mine to 9. Auto might be 9 but change it anyway.

Also, are you using the DRAM timings shown on your RAM? The label on my DIMMS show 5-5-5-15 which is exactly what I set it to on my motherboard. Again, you have yours on "Auto".

I have also picked a few more stable settings up from various forums. Like I say -I'll post them here tonight.

Regards, EssoOil.

**smz** · 04-23-2008, 05:52 AM

agreed. first rule of thumb is to eliminate as many "auto" settings as you can and ram is necessity to enter the key numbers in manually and set voltage to 2.1V if it applies to your ram.

Multiplier 9x and you should give the board a chance to change it. As far as voltage being raised. I am up only two notches and I finally passed my previous limited of 3.22 and am running stable at 3.30ghz again same voltage as 3.22 and no adjustments to any other voltage setting. My ram does run at 4-4-4-12 but abit overrides my "12" setting and bumps it up to 18. It does that on all three of my abit boards even though one of the other systems is using Kingston HyperX. For the record I am running PC-6400 @ 880mhz without a hitch. surprisingly enough still getting 4-4-4-12 even that high.

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Originally Posted by EssoOil

Hi C-Trinity, I also have a Q6600 on an Asus P5K Premium MB.

I've overclocked mine to 3Ghz and its only ever crashed once. I think I have it pretty stable. I'm at work right now but will post my settings here later.

One thing I can say is that you are missing a trick only using 800 RAM. I use OCZ DDR2 8500 Dual Channel which gives a DRAM frequency of 1066. Having fast memory helps greatly when overclocking. Its pointless having a super fast CPU if the memory cannot keep pace with it.

You are correct to have the FSB at 333 but you MUST listen when people tell you the CPU Voltage does NOT need to be anywhere near 1.4v. For 3Ghz you just need to increase it by two notches to around 1.368. This will make the CPU run cooler which will greatly help stability.

I notice on your CPU settings screen you have "CPU ratio setting" on "Auto". I have mine to 9. Auto might be 9 but change it anyway.

Also, are you using the DRAM timings shown on your RAM? The label on my DIMMS show 5-5-5-15 which is exactly what I set it to on my motherboard. Again, you have yours on "Auto".

I have also picked a few more stable settings up from various forums. Like I say -I'll post them here tonight.

Regards, EssoOil.

04-21-2008, 03:47 AM	#21 (permalink)
EssoOil Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 15 OS: Xp SP2	Re: Overclocking Q6600 to 3.0Ghz Hi C-Trinity, I also have a Q6600 on an Asus P5K Premium MB. I've overclocked mine to 3Ghz and its only ever crashed once. I think I have it pretty stable. I'm at work right now but will post my settings here later. One thing I can say is that you are missing a trick only using 800 RAM. I use OCZ DDR2 8500 Dual Channel which gives a DRAM frequency of 1066. Having fast memory helps greatly when overclocking. Its pointless having a super fast CPU if the memory cannot keep pace with it. You are correct to have the FSB at 333 but you MUST listen when people tell you the CPU Voltage does NOT need to be anywhere near 1.4v. For 3Ghz you just need to increase it by two notches to around 1.368. This will make the CPU run cooler which will greatly help stability. I notice on your CPU settings screen you have "CPU ratio setting" on "Auto". I have mine to 9. Auto might be 9 but change it anyway. Also, are you using the DRAM timings shown on your RAM? The label on my DIMMS show 5-5-5-15 which is exactly what I set it to on my motherboard. Again, you have yours on "Auto". I have also picked a few more stable settings up from various forums. Like I say -I'll post them here tonight. Regards, EssoOil.