HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - Guide v1.6.1 - Page 8

what your memory..DDR2 or DDR3

My pc DDR3-1068MHz,CPU-Voltage 13375V
DDR-Voltage 2:1v

Quiescence-X, it may simply be that the temperature reading on your processor is a little dodgy. If there's less than a 10*C difference between load and idle, then I suspect that the temp node can't measure below 40. So long as the temps aren't high, you needn't worry about it.
The only other thing is that perhaps 41*C is the best you'll get, and that changing the cooler won't help because the previous one wasn't at full capacity.

And for everybody asking how to overclock, read the first 3 or 4 posts. They explain everything.

Anyway, I'd just like to say thanks for the excellent guide:

I've got everything on my GA-P31-DS3L to normal etc. save FSB (333), RAM timings (5,5,5,15) and RAM voltage (+0.2V (to give 2V)). That's E4300 @ 3GHz (66% Overclock) and RAM at 1GHz.
It's been running Prime95 for >12 hours now, with the CPU at 1.36875V. All is perfect - load temps averaging 65*C, an 8*C decrease on my pre-voltage adjusted overclock. Not to mention the motherboard barely above 50*C, a much less worrying figure than before.

8*C - that's more of a difference than I got from replacing the Intel reference heatsink with a Scythe Ninja Rev. B and Arctic Silver Ceramique, so I make that great value for money.

(I'm going to continue testing to see if I can't get that CPU voltage down a little more by upping something else, but otherwise I'm pretty astounded with the results so far).

Just a not to all the Gigabyte motherboard owners out there - it seems that the BIOS doesn't have any options to lock off the PCI frequency on mine either, so with the number of posts I've seen asking about it we can probably assume that Gigabyte didn't include it, and as such it doesn't matter. (I don't use PCI anyway, but I expect some people do).

Hello, thanks for replying to my question.

How do you know if the temperature node is faulty? Is it something to do with my motherboard not being P45 chipset? Will changing to a newer motherboard help me get more accurate temp settings?

Or could it be that the TJmax temp/Core temp using Realtemp & Speedfan cannot go below 40 degrees? That should not be the case but basically changing my cooler from Cooler master Hyper Tx to Noctua + Artic Cooling MX-2 should sure damn bring about a difference in temps!

Absolutely great article, the details are brilliant! Certainly going to bookmark this for future reference. A+ work!

You got a good system there. Did you build that by yourself or someone helped you build it? If you did built it from scratch, I'll be suprised if you don't know how to overclock.

I think it's best if you go to your BIOS and make a screenshot of every page and sub-page and post it here so we can check the settings. The idea of overclocking is already in this thread. I think what you need are the exact details.

If you cannot make a screenshot, then you can instead write them on a piece of paper and post it here.

If it's auto then your motherboard will adjust automatically. I've read that it's best to set it to manual (if you know your values) because the motherboard often chooses a higher voltage than the appropriate voltage.