Core 2 duo 6600 OC question

[lariz]

I'm trying to figure out how to OC this thing since you can't touch the FSB. I tried the AI overclock option and OCed it to 15%, seems to work out, but it seems way too easy. Is this the sport people were talking about with processors?

 

[PCTC2]

no. AI overclocking is awful. What board do you have?
All good OCing boards have manual OC settings to set the FSB, Memory bus speed, voltages, etc, and disabling EIST, C1E, and other settings like Linkboost.
To OC properly, everything has to be manually done.

 

[lariz]

I have an ASUS 650i.

 

[PCTC2]

there should be an EXPERT OC setting in the auto OC menu so you can manually set the FSB and Memory.
Set it to Unlinked, set the FSB to 333-401 and set the RAM to your liking. Then disable EIST and C1E, Virtualization Technology, and Linkboost. Also, you may have to up the vCore and vFSB (voltages).