Hi,
I just spent the last 5 hours trying to figure out the best settings to overclock my cpu.
MY SYSTEM SPECS :
Motherboard : ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo 6400 ( 2.13Ghz )
Ram : Kingston KVR667D2N5k2 2x1g DDR2 PC667/PC5300
Graphic Card : NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT (note : this was purchased 1.5 year ago, so not looking to upgrade this )
Hard Drives :
1 x WesterDigital WD2500JS ATA 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb
1 x WesterDigital WD2500KS ATA 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb
Power Supply : Antec Smart Power 2.0 SP500 ATX P4 500W 20/24Pin
Case : Antec NSK6500 Mid Tour
OS : Vista 32bit
RESULTS SO FAR :
After slowly upgrading the fsb little by little, i've been able to reach 2.9Ghz so far, fsb set at 363mhz ( x 8 multi).
I didnt have to play with the vcore voltage ( i couldnt do it even if I wanted to, because the setting is "locked" at auto in bios, i cant switch it to manual... )
I leave my ram setting to "auto" in bios and this gives me a 4:3 ratio ( using cpu-z to see that ). So this means my ram is underclocked right ?
The speed increase is very noticable, especially loading windows / startup apps.
STABILITY / TEMPERATURES
Right now I am using the stock cooling that came with the cpu, I use core temp to check my temps and while running about 30 minute of benchmarks ( 3dmark06 + pcmark05 + sisoft ) the max temp reaches 64celcius
After 6 minutes of Ortho's Stress CPU with Gromacs Core , my temp reaches 69Celcius. I let it run for 3 more minute and the temp stayed at 69Celcius.
I then stopped the gromac test, let the cpu cool down a little ( idle/internet browsing temps are in the 44-50 range ) and then started the regular ortho small FFTS stress cpu... Within not even 1 minute I get an error !!! Same things happen when I run the torture test from Prime95 , the small FFTs test fails, but the Blend test works.
I had tried these tests with my cpu at 2.8Ghz and 2.66Ghz and they were running fine. Temps were about the same.
NOW WHAT ?
So that is where I am at right now, not quite sure what to do next concerning the Ortho error . My goal would be to get to 3.0Ghz. I know i should be getting an aftermarket cooler, I will soon, along with 2x2gb ddr800 sticks.
I dont think the issue for now is the temperature since the test fails very quickly without temps getting high... maybe there is not enough voltage, but i dont know how to change it with my p5w dh deluxe bios...
Also, concerning the ram ratio, right now as stated before i think my ram is underclocked, is this an issue, what do I need to do about that ?
thanks for your help !
I just spent the last 5 hours trying to figure out the best settings to overclock my cpu.
MY SYSTEM SPECS :
Motherboard : ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo 6400 ( 2.13Ghz )
Ram : Kingston KVR667D2N5k2 2x1g DDR2 PC667/PC5300
Graphic Card : NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT (note : this was purchased 1.5 year ago, so not looking to upgrade this )
Hard Drives :
1 x WesterDigital WD2500JS ATA 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb
1 x WesterDigital WD2500KS ATA 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb
Power Supply : Antec Smart Power 2.0 SP500 ATX P4 500W 20/24Pin
Case : Antec NSK6500 Mid Tour
OS : Vista 32bit
RESULTS SO FAR :
After slowly upgrading the fsb little by little, i've been able to reach 2.9Ghz so far, fsb set at 363mhz ( x 8 multi).
I didnt have to play with the vcore voltage ( i couldnt do it even if I wanted to, because the setting is "locked" at auto in bios, i cant switch it to manual... )
I leave my ram setting to "auto" in bios and this gives me a 4:3 ratio ( using cpu-z to see that ). So this means my ram is underclocked right ?
The speed increase is very noticable, especially loading windows / startup apps.
STABILITY / TEMPERATURES
Right now I am using the stock cooling that came with the cpu, I use core temp to check my temps and while running about 30 minute of benchmarks ( 3dmark06 + pcmark05 + sisoft ) the max temp reaches 64celcius
After 6 minutes of Ortho's Stress CPU with Gromacs Core , my temp reaches 69Celcius. I let it run for 3 more minute and the temp stayed at 69Celcius.
I then stopped the gromac test, let the cpu cool down a little ( idle/internet browsing temps are in the 44-50 range ) and then started the regular ortho small FFTS stress cpu... Within not even 1 minute I get an error !!! Same things happen when I run the torture test from Prime95 , the small FFTs test fails, but the Blend test works.
I had tried these tests with my cpu at 2.8Ghz and 2.66Ghz and they were running fine. Temps were about the same.
NOW WHAT ?
So that is where I am at right now, not quite sure what to do next concerning the Ortho error . My goal would be to get to 3.0Ghz. I know i should be getting an aftermarket cooler, I will soon, along with 2x2gb ddr800 sticks.
I dont think the issue for now is the temperature since the test fails very quickly without temps getting high... maybe there is not enough voltage, but i dont know how to change it with my p5w dh deluxe bios...
Also, concerning the ram ratio, right now as stated before i think my ram is underclocked, is this an issue, what do I need to do about that ?
thanks for your help !