Hey all, this is the first time i've posted on here so be gentle =)
I'm attempting a first time overclock, i have read the guide on the forum and a previous article on gaining 81% performance for £20 and am still confused on a few issues (not really that hard tbh =P)
Here are my system specs:
Chassis: Thermaltake Tsunami Dream
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3P Rev 3.3 Bios F4
CPU: C2D E6600
RAM: Patriot PDC22G6400LLK x2 (4GB in total)
HSF: CNPS9700 LED
GPU: XFX Geforce 7900GS 256MB
PSU: Coolermaster iGreen Power 500W
HDD: 320GB Seagate Barracuda SATA II x3
Optical Drives: DVD/RW
When i built this rig i bought all my components with overclocking in mind so hopefully this setup will overclock well!
At first i had read up on the C2D overclock guide here, but there was an article which specifically used my board so i decided to use that instead: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/overclocking-guide-part-1-uk,review-2058.html
Following the guide i disabled unused CPU features and those that would otherwise contradict my manual frequency and voltage selections.
I then set the system memory multiplier to 2.00 (which as i understand is the 1:1 ratio which i want to achieve?) changed my ram timings to 4-4-4-12 (which is what my memory is rated at)
Ask the guide asked i then increased CPU core voltage to 1.45V, DIMM voltage to +0.4V (2.20V), and Northbridge voltage to +0.3V (1.55V).
I set my CPU Multiplier to x9 (which i think it was already at) and then changed my FSB to 333 which gives me a overclock of 3Ghz.
It all passed the POST process and has been running stable, no issues, one of my friends has the same setup as me apart from the graphics card and has the same overclock settings as me and knows this is a very stable setting as he's run numerous stress tests.
Core temp reports: idle temps as: Core0 32c and Core1 28c
stess temps as: Core0 53c and Core1 53c
Speedfan also reports the same temps at idle and stressed
Here is what CPU-Z shows:
Here is what CoreTemp shows:
Are the temps normal? i know with the setup i have i should be able to overclock it further without issues, but im not sure how to proceed? what do i change to get a higher overclock? what do i change voltages by and for which component? Any advise, changes etc would be very welcome! I really want to get the best bang for my buck as such! (or power for pound in my case!)
Oh and i just noticed cpu-z displays my core voltage as 1.424v and Core Temp displays my vid as
Thanks for helping guys!
nox
I'm attempting a first time overclock, i have read the guide on the forum and a previous article on gaining 81% performance for £20 and am still confused on a few issues (not really that hard tbh =P)
Here are my system specs:
Chassis: Thermaltake Tsunami Dream
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3P Rev 3.3 Bios F4
CPU: C2D E6600
RAM: Patriot PDC22G6400LLK x2 (4GB in total)
HSF: CNPS9700 LED
GPU: XFX Geforce 7900GS 256MB
PSU: Coolermaster iGreen Power 500W
HDD: 320GB Seagate Barracuda SATA II x3
Optical Drives: DVD/RW
When i built this rig i bought all my components with overclocking in mind so hopefully this setup will overclock well!
At first i had read up on the C2D overclock guide here, but there was an article which specifically used my board so i decided to use that instead: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/overclocking-guide-part-1-uk,review-2058.html
Following the guide i disabled unused CPU features and those that would otherwise contradict my manual frequency and voltage selections.
I then set the system memory multiplier to 2.00 (which as i understand is the 1:1 ratio which i want to achieve?) changed my ram timings to 4-4-4-12 (which is what my memory is rated at)
Ask the guide asked i then increased CPU core voltage to 1.45V, DIMM voltage to +0.4V (2.20V), and Northbridge voltage to +0.3V (1.55V).
I set my CPU Multiplier to x9 (which i think it was already at) and then changed my FSB to 333 which gives me a overclock of 3Ghz.
It all passed the POST process and has been running stable, no issues, one of my friends has the same setup as me apart from the graphics card and has the same overclock settings as me and knows this is a very stable setting as he's run numerous stress tests.
Core temp reports: idle temps as: Core0 32c and Core1 28c
stess temps as: Core0 53c and Core1 53c
Speedfan also reports the same temps at idle and stressed
Here is what CPU-Z shows:
Here is what CoreTemp shows:
Are the temps normal? i know with the setup i have i should be able to overclock it further without issues, but im not sure how to proceed? what do i change to get a higher overclock? what do i change voltages by and for which component? Any advise, changes etc would be very welcome! I really want to get the best bang for my buck as such! (or power for pound in my case!)
Oh and i just noticed cpu-z displays my core voltage as 1.424v and Core Temp displays my vid as
Thanks for helping guys!
nox