Have me e6600 up and running... how to go about overclocking?

[Jumpem]

I am using a P5B Deluxe. Should I use the Asus windows utilities or go through the BIOS? Is the Asus utility that monitors CPU temperature fine to go by?

 

[WHipLAsh13]

Originally posted by: Jumpem
I am using a P5B Deluxe. Should I use the Asus windows utilities or go through the BIOS? Is the Asus utility that monitors CPU temperature fine to go by?

I always overclock in the bios so I have never used the Windows utilities. For me Asus Probe is fairly close to the temps I get in Core Temp but I know others have had very mixed results.

 

[n7]

Bios.

If you aren't OCing savvy:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112648
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=28&threadid=1953173&enterthread=y

And searching for P5B does bring up results here.

We're here if you need us (many of us own the same mobo).

 

[Jumpem]

Thanks guys.

What is the maximum "safe" vcore for Core 2 Duos? What about the voltage for DDR2?

I haven't overclocked anything since my P4 1.8A, which was probably four years ago.

 

[Cheex]

The mods really need to sticky this guide:
Overclocking Guide

 

[orion23]

Intel says the very maximum should be 1.55V

Some people won't go past 1.4
I've seen others using 1.6 and even 1.7

Bottom line, if you don't mind risking a $300 cpu, don't worry too much about it.

DDR2 maxes out at around 2.4 2.6V

See what your RAM is supposed to work with (RAM comes with lifetime warranty anyway)