I have built my new gaming PC a few months back. I struggled a bit with trouble shooting blue screens. I finally resolved them by removing 2 of the 4 gigs of ram I have and I loosened up the timings a bit. It has been stable for a couple months. I tried tinkering a bit with suttle overclocking, I even tried Gigabytes over clocking software. I did not get very far without lock ups or booting problems. I have spent countless hours reading thru forums about overclocking, and I can tell you my head hurts. I am wondering if I can get a fresh simple start here? I am not looking to get crazy, I just want to get a better bang for my buck. I know I have the hardware, I just don’t seem to grasp all these voltage settings and which ones to really start with? The only benchmarking utility I have is 3Dmark06. That at least gives me some idea if I am heading in the right direction. Like I mentioned, I am currently only using (2) 1 gig sticks of ram. I do have 2 more of the same, but I don’t really think I need them, at least at the moment. Can anyone help me out as to where to start? I don’t need to do this over night, but perhaps you can look at my current specs and bios settings and suggest some simple changes I should start with first? I do have CPU-Z and Core Temp utilities installed for monitoring. Thanks in advanced,
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Tower = LIAN LI PC-61
Mobo = GIGABYTE GA-X38-DQ6 LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Ultra Durable 2(BIOS F7)
Power Supply = Thermaltake Purepower TWV 500W
CPU = Intel Core 2 Q6600 GO Stepping (9 x 266)
CPU Heat Sync = Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler Model U-120E
CPU Heat Sync Fan = Scythe S-FLEX 120mm Case Fan, 1600 RPM Model SFF21F
CPU Heat Sync Thermal Paste = Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
Memory = Crucial Ballistix 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 (PC2 6400) (4-4-4-12 @ 2.2v)
Hard Drive = Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB WD5000AAKS SATA 2
GPU = EVGA GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0
DVD/CD Burner = Asus DVD Burner DRW-2014L1T SATA 2
Sound Card = Razer Barracuda AC-1 Gaming Sound Card
Monitor = Gateway XHD3000 30" Widescreen
OS = Win XP Pro 32 Bit SP2 w/ current updates
Fantom G-Force GF500EU 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache USB 2.0 / eSATA External Hard Drive
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MB Intelligent Tweaker (MIT)
Robust Graphics Booster:Turbo
CPU Clock Ratio: 9x
CPU Frequency: 2.4 Ghz (266 x 9)
CPU Host Clock Control: Enabled
CPU Host Frequency(Mhz) : 266
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) : Auto
C.I.A.2: Disabled
Performance Enhance : Extreme
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) : Auto
Memory Frequency(Mhz): 800
DRAM Timing Selectable : Manual
Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time: : 5 [5]
DRAM RAS# to CAS# : 5 [5]
DRAM RAS# Precharge : 5 [5]
Precharge Delay(tRAS) : 18 [18]
Advanced Timing Control
ACT to ACT Delay(tRRD) : 3 [Auto]
Rank Write to READ Delay : 3 [Auto]
Write To Precharge Delay : 6 [Auto]
Refresh to ACT Delay : 42 [Auto]
Read To Precharge Delay : 3 [Auto]
Static tRead Value 4 [Auto]
Static tRead Phase Adjust 0 [Auto]
Command Rate (CMD) 2 [Auto]
Clock Driving and Skew Control
CPU/PCIEX Clock Driving Control : [800mV]
CPU Clock Skew Control : Normal
(G)MCH Clock Skew Control : Normal
System Voltage Control [Manual]
DDR2 OverVoltage Control : +0.40v
PCI-E OverVoltage Control : Normal
FSB OverVoltage Control : Normal
(G)MCH OverVoltage Control : Normal
MCH Reference Voltage Control : Normal
DDR Reference Voltage Control : Normal
DDR Termination Voltage Control : Normal
Loadline Calibration: Normal
CPU Voltage Control : Normal
Normal CPU Vcore : 1.28750v
Advanced Bios Features
Limit CPUID Max to: 3
No-Execute Memory Protect: Enabled
CPU Enhanced Halt(CIE)isabled
CPU Thermal Monitor 2: Enabled
CPU EIST Function: Disabled
Virtualization Technology: Enabled
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Tower = LIAN LI PC-61
Mobo = GIGABYTE GA-X38-DQ6 LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Ultra Durable 2(BIOS F7)
Power Supply = Thermaltake Purepower TWV 500W
CPU = Intel Core 2 Q6600 GO Stepping (9 x 266)
CPU Heat Sync = Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler Model U-120E
CPU Heat Sync Fan = Scythe S-FLEX 120mm Case Fan, 1600 RPM Model SFF21F
CPU Heat Sync Thermal Paste = Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
Memory = Crucial Ballistix 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 (PC2 6400) (4-4-4-12 @ 2.2v)
Hard Drive = Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB WD5000AAKS SATA 2
GPU = EVGA GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0
DVD/CD Burner = Asus DVD Burner DRW-2014L1T SATA 2
Sound Card = Razer Barracuda AC-1 Gaming Sound Card
Monitor = Gateway XHD3000 30" Widescreen
OS = Win XP Pro 32 Bit SP2 w/ current updates
Fantom G-Force GF500EU 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache USB 2.0 / eSATA External Hard Drive
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MB Intelligent Tweaker (MIT)
Robust Graphics Booster:Turbo
CPU Clock Ratio: 9x
CPU Frequency: 2.4 Ghz (266 x 9)
CPU Host Clock Control: Enabled
CPU Host Frequency(Mhz) : 266
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) : Auto
C.I.A.2: Disabled
Performance Enhance : Extreme
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) : Auto
Memory Frequency(Mhz): 800
DRAM Timing Selectable : Manual
Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time: : 5 [5]
DRAM RAS# to CAS# : 5 [5]
DRAM RAS# Precharge : 5 [5]
Precharge Delay(tRAS) : 18 [18]
Advanced Timing Control
ACT to ACT Delay(tRRD) : 3 [Auto]
Rank Write to READ Delay : 3 [Auto]
Write To Precharge Delay : 6 [Auto]
Refresh to ACT Delay : 42 [Auto]
Read To Precharge Delay : 3 [Auto]
Static tRead Value 4 [Auto]
Static tRead Phase Adjust 0 [Auto]
Command Rate (CMD) 2 [Auto]
Clock Driving and Skew Control
CPU/PCIEX Clock Driving Control : [800mV]
CPU Clock Skew Control : Normal
(G)MCH Clock Skew Control : Normal
System Voltage Control [Manual]
DDR2 OverVoltage Control : +0.40v
PCI-E OverVoltage Control : Normal
FSB OverVoltage Control : Normal
(G)MCH OverVoltage Control : Normal
MCH Reference Voltage Control : Normal
DDR Reference Voltage Control : Normal
DDR Termination Voltage Control : Normal
Loadline Calibration: Normal
CPU Voltage Control : Normal
Normal CPU Vcore : 1.28750v
Advanced Bios Features
Limit CPUID Max to: 3
No-Execute Memory Protect: Enabled
CPU Enhanced Halt(CIE)isabled
CPU Thermal Monitor 2: Enabled
CPU EIST Function: Disabled
Virtualization Technology: Enabled