help overclocking q8200

Danny Butler · Aug 26, 2014

hoping somone can help me overclocking this cpu heres the spe

Mainboard : Gigabyte P35-DS3L
Chipset : Intel P31/P35
Processor : Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33 ghz
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
memory 2 x 2gb ddr2 667 ,1x 1gb 533, 1x 512mb 553
power supply alpine 500w

with me previous cpu the e8200 2.66ghz i had that overclocked at 3.4ghz but this cpu wont go past 2.66ghz i havent messed with the voltage as im un sure what to do with that so hoping to try get around 3.0 to 3.2ghz
my temps idle around 40s and max out at around 60

4745454b · Aug 26, 2014

Going from memory, hope I don't have any specs wrong.

2330 / 333MHz = 7x CPU multiplier. 3000 / 7 = 429FSB. The big problem here is your ram. 429 x 2 = 858, which 533MHz ram isn't likely to hit. So you'll need to lock the ram multiplier to 1:2(? or is that 2:1, can't remember.) and run the ram WAY underspec. The chip and board should be able to do this, but that slow ram is going to hold you back a lot.

And the PSU isn't good, but I'm assuming you know that.

Danny Butler · Aug 26, 2014

the memroy divider is set to 2.1 ...do you think i should just leave the 2x 2gb 667 in and remove the 533mhz ram sticks ... yeah im aware off the psu but it will have to do for the time being .. also will i see a perfomance increase going from 2.33ghz to 3ghz or is it not worth the hassle

4745454b · Aug 26, 2014

Depends on what you use it for. 4GBs of DDR2 @667 isn't the end of the world. Can try it both ways and see which is better. I'm not sure 667 can hit 858MHz either. If you drop the CL down a notch or two it probably can. Again, you'll have to try it both ways and see what works for you.

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