Ok, so i've been out of the overclocking game for ~5yrs now. And obviously things have changed. So, because i wanted a new system, i went out and bought an Asus P5n-e SLI mobo, Super Talent 5-5-5-15 ddr2-800 mem, and an e6600. I also bought a Tuniq Tower, but apparenly my measurements were off b/c it wouldnt fit by ~.5(too tall).
So anyways, i decided to see what i could do with stock cooling.
I looked up the Core 2 duo OC'ing guide, followed instructions to the T. Well as well as i could, most of the options were labeled differently. Anyways, First try was 2.8ghz, vcore at 1.4v, nb core at 1.56v, mem at 2.1v, and i couldnt find an FSBvoltage setting.
Either way, prime 95 hosed it pretty much on load up. So i tried backing it down to 2.6ghz, same problem though i actually got to click the button to start the test.
So, out of morbid curiousity, i just selected the "overclock 20%" option on the AI overclock, which put it at 2.87ghz, mem at ~480mhz (ddr-960), it has mem timings at 5-6-6-31, and it has been running prime95 for about 25 min now perfectly fine. Hell i've got Vanguard SOH downloading updates, and am typing this message while it runs. So it appears to be pretty stable though i havent done a burn in. Also, according to CPU-Z its got the vcore at 1.264v(???). CPU temp is at 47C under full load.
I was curious if anyone might shed some insight as to why i wasnt able to get the overclock to work at with manual settings?
So anyways, i decided to see what i could do with stock cooling.
I looked up the Core 2 duo OC'ing guide, followed instructions to the T. Well as well as i could, most of the options were labeled differently. Anyways, First try was 2.8ghz, vcore at 1.4v, nb core at 1.56v, mem at 2.1v, and i couldnt find an FSBvoltage setting.
Either way, prime 95 hosed it pretty much on load up. So i tried backing it down to 2.6ghz, same problem though i actually got to click the button to start the test.
So, out of morbid curiousity, i just selected the "overclock 20%" option on the AI overclock, which put it at 2.87ghz, mem at ~480mhz (ddr-960), it has mem timings at 5-6-6-31, and it has been running prime95 for about 25 min now perfectly fine. Hell i've got Vanguard SOH downloading updates, and am typing this message while it runs. So it appears to be pretty stable though i havent done a burn in. Also, according to CPU-Z its got the vcore at 1.264v(???). CPU temp is at 47C under full load.
I was curious if anyone might shed some insight as to why i wasnt able to get the overclock to work at with manual settings?