I just finished putting together my new system (in sig) and need some tips on tweaking OC.
I have it currently running stable at 9x333, but was wondering if there was a way to better optimize my settings:
1) How does the modifier affect the OC? Am I better to run at 10x300 or come up with an 8x setting or stick with my current settings?
2) Ram currently runs at 800MHz 4-4-4-12 2T (5:3 I think I hate Gigabyte's bios for ram settings): should I look to set a 1:1 ratio or does it really matter?
3) Currently the e4500 temps seem to peak at 72 degrees but average 65-68 at load (based on SpeedFan while running Prime95 torture test). Is this too hot? It seems to be stable.
4) Currently using "Auto" voltage setting on the MB, should I try to tweak these lower? Will that help much with heat?
5) Does anyone know how to set RAM to 1T on a Gigabyte P35 board? I don't think it can be done, but I thought I'd ask.
Answers to these questions and any other suggestions are welcome.
My target OC is 3.0GHz, RAM 800MHz and running stable, but if it's realistic to push a bit more I'll do it. I haven't used it in "real" applications and probably won't until I am certain I have a stable setting. Plans are to dual boot OS X, so I don't want to start putting anything my system that I am not afraid of losing.
