E6600 on 680i @ 3.6ghz, can I do more?

[johnd200]

I am new to overclocking so beyond the basics not really sure how to get the best out of my system. I bought the memory first (OCZ 1GB DDR2 1000 PC8000 CL4.0 Titanium Alpha VX2). I then decided to go with the E6600 and bought an EVGA 680i SLI board. Video card is Nvidia 8800GTX.

Anyway I am running this at 9x and 400Mhz FSB. CPU voltage @ 1.39 which gives a stable overclock at 3.6ghz (12 hours prime 95 test without errors). Memory clock is @ 1080 but dont seem to be able to push this any higher. I dont know where to go in terms of memory timing (as I dont truely understand them) so I have it set at optimised defaults. Oh cooling system is Artic pro 7 hsf and I am at 41 degrees idle and 55 under load.

Anybody have any ideas as to whether I can get anymore out of it (particularly the memory).

 

[brock01]

is that with coretemp? or something else

 

[Roguestar]

3.6 seems to be where most people's E6600s cap out at.

 

[johnd200]

Yes that is with coretemp. Maybe 3.6 is as fast as I can go but I am more concerned about getting the best out of the memory.

 

[Elfear]

Was that dual Prime95? If not try dual Prime95 or Orthos (same thing in one nice package) as one core is generally stronger than the other.

 

[Roguestar]

By the way, try the Intel Thermal Analysis Tool. I'd trust it a little more than a third-party app, and even though I still prefer Orthos for stress-testing, its own stress-test thing gets my CPU very hot.