Q6600 Asus P5Q PRO OC Help

[ruster87]

hi im new to ocing,i want to overclock it to 3.0ghz, can anyone advise me on the settings?these are the hardware i have

Intel Q6600 2.4ghz GO
Asus P5Q PRO
OCZ 2g ddr2 800 sli ram timings 4-4-4-15

should i raise my fsb to 333 and 9xmultiplier and clock my ram to 667mhz?

 

[fisshy]

Read Here First

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/240001-11-howto-overclock-quads-duals-guide

Get some After market cooling http://www.frozencpu.com/




Nice Ram timings. I would Leave the Ram where it is.

I would Advise you to buy Some Aftermarket cooling before changing the FSB/Multiplier

Choose one int the top 8 And start saving

http://www.frostytech.com/top5heatsinks.cfm

Those clocks sound like a good idea, cant really suggest anything else

Good Luck Man

Oh and welcome to Toms Hardware Newcomer

 

[jonpaul37]

To hit 3.0 with that Q6600 you will not require an aftermarket CPU cooler. If i were you, i would just raise the FSB to 333, turn off C1E & Speedstep in the BIOS, lower the RAM frequency to 667 and leave the Vcore at default.

If the overclock does not hold (which it should), i would just raise the Vcore in small increments until it holds.