noob overclock e6600 & 1066 memory

[floyd19]

First oc attempt so dont be too harsh :?

p5b deluxe
e6600 @ 2.4ghz
corsair 2GB 2x1GB ddr2 1066 pc28500
arctic 7 cooler

Ok so i followed wusy's directions (which were a great help)

The auto set up on the memory was originally 5-5-5-18 400mhz
the memory is rated for 5-5-5-15 @533mhz 2.2v

I put the voltage of the cpu at 1.4v and 333mhz x 9 as per wusy.So i knocked down the timings of the memory to 5-5-5-15 and 333mhz to match the cpu fsb of 333mhz.

CPU now at 3.0ghz with temps of 48 running orthos, no problems.

Don't I want to get the memory up to 533mhz? And would I still care about the 1:1 cpu:dram ration?

Do i put both the cpu frequency and the dram up to 533 and drop the cpu multiplier? A cpu fsb of 533 and a multiplier of 6 would give me 3.2ghz correct?

Is it possible to go 533 and a multiple of 7 to get 3.7ghz without destroying things?

Thanks in advance,
Floyd

 

[kwalker]

The closest your going to get to 1066 is 2:3 DDR2 1000 at 333 FSB
you have to be at 266FSB 1:2 or 400 FSB 2:3 to achieve your goal
and if you can post 533FSB on the P5B My hats off to you 8)

 

[butcher]

yeah 533 fsb would be insanely hard to get to on any board

i would go with 333 fsb and 2:3

 

[floyd19]

Ok so maybe a dumber question.

So if i have to drop it to 266mhz and end up with a processor of 2.4ghz in this case why would you bother with 1066 memory?

Or is this just a silly question and i should be trying to go lower timings instead? Say 4-4-4-12?

Floyd

 

[butcher]

you would only drop the fsb to 266 if you wanted a 1:2 ram ratio other wise 333 and 2:3 would be fine