Can someone recommend an OC profile for me?

djnforce9

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Nov 20, 2007
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Alright, first off, here is what hardware I have to work with:

Processor:
Intel® Core?2 Quad Q6600, 2.40-GHz @ 1066Mhz w/ 8Mb Quad Core (Socket 775)

Motherboard:
Asus® P5E3 Deluxe Wifi-AP, Socket 775, Intel® X38 Chipset w/ PCI Express x16 (ATX)

Video:
Asus® Extreme AH2900XT HTVDI/512M - Radeon? HD2900XT VPU w/512Mb DDR3 & PCI Express (Two in a crossfire setup)

Ram:
OCZ 2Gb PC-3 14400 DDR3 Dual Channel Platinum Edition (Four 1GB sticks)

Powersupply:
OPC Power & Cooling Silencer® 750 Quad 750W EPS 12V Power Supply, Crossfire Edition

Cooling:
Thermaltake® V1 Heatsink & Fan

Anyhow, I was reading through a blog from this site which described overclock settings for hardware very similar too mine (same RAM and motherboard at least):
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuch...howdoc.aspx?i=3156&p=7

However, trying that as is doesn't seem to work (I get an overclocked failed error). Can somebody suggest a working OC profile for me that's optimized for performance based on the above hardware? I'm quite new to this so a guided setup much like the one in the above URL would be most helpful. I basically just want to input the optimal settings and leave it at that.

Thanks in advance.
 

GuitarDaddy

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Nov 9, 2004
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Well the problem is no two chips are alike, so nobody can give you your optimum settings.
The only way to find your optimum settings is through testing your particular setup.

And since you have cutting edge mobo and ram, there is probably not alot of people yet experienced with your components.

Just follow the fundamentals and find your max cpu overclock first by running the lowest ram ratio and increasing the FSB in small increments and stability test with prime95 or orthos as you go up. When you run in to stability failures increase the cpu volts and/or chipset volts and retest for stability. MONITOR TEMPS CLOSELY AS YOU INCREASE VOLTS!!! You have found your max once increased volt don't make it stable or temps get out of control

Once you've found the max CPU overclock then you can begin to work on your ramspeed.