As the title says, the overclock I've performed on my cpu has no effect on benchmark scores (geekbench, passmark etc) and no perceptible difference in games. I went from 2.40 ghz to 3.0 ghz, and CPU-Z reports the frequency as such (although Windows 8 Task Manager still thinks it's 2.4....). I have had absolutely no experience with overclocking in the past, but since I have a G0 stepping q6600, I thought I'd try to eke out some more performance.
I bought a Zalman CNPS9700 to replace the stock intel cooler and read loads of guides off the internet (though I still don't understand overclocking 100%). I am currently running the following set up:
g41mt-s2p mobo(terrible, I know! I read that the g41 chipset mobos didn't make great overclockers, but I wasn't planning on getting crazy 3.6+ speeds!)
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 ram 4gb (2x2gb, 1333mhz, latency of 9-9-9-24); I performed memtest86 on it for 2 hours
Core 2 quad q6600
Radeon hd6950
Corsair TX650 psu
Windows 8 64 bit
I set the multiplier to 9x and the FSB to 333mhz, and kept the PCI frequency locked to 100mhz. I also switched the ram to the manufacturer's settings (9 9 9 24) and kept voltage stuck at 1.5v. I think the FSB to DRAM ratio was 1:2 (is this "synchronous"?). Up until this point I kept the CPU voltage on "automatic" because I only want to start decreasing it when I know I have a working overclock. I turned off C1E, but I couldn't turn off Intel speedstep because I couldn't find the option in my bios. I raised the fsb in small increments and prime95'd each time (for 5 minutes). At the 3.0ghz point I performed the benchmarks and noticed no improvement. Infact, speedfan seemed to be showing abnormally high CPU usage even though I wasn't doing anything. On that note, speedfan temps were fine; ~25 for all cores at stock speed (~35 at load), and ~38 at 3.0ghz (~45 at load).
I apologise for the information dump and for how much of it will sound wrong; it is my first overclock! It would be amazing if someone could tell me where I've gone wrong and fix everything! Thanks in advance
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I bought a Zalman CNPS9700 to replace the stock intel cooler and read loads of guides off the internet (though I still don't understand overclocking 100%). I am currently running the following set up:
g41mt-s2p mobo(terrible, I know! I read that the g41 chipset mobos didn't make great overclockers, but I wasn't planning on getting crazy 3.6+ speeds!)
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 ram 4gb (2x2gb, 1333mhz, latency of 9-9-9-24); I performed memtest86 on it for 2 hours
Core 2 quad q6600
Radeon hd6950
Corsair TX650 psu
Windows 8 64 bit
I set the multiplier to 9x and the FSB to 333mhz, and kept the PCI frequency locked to 100mhz. I also switched the ram to the manufacturer's settings (9 9 9 24) and kept voltage stuck at 1.5v. I think the FSB to DRAM ratio was 1:2 (is this "synchronous"?). Up until this point I kept the CPU voltage on "automatic" because I only want to start decreasing it when I know I have a working overclock. I turned off C1E, but I couldn't turn off Intel speedstep because I couldn't find the option in my bios. I raised the fsb in small increments and prime95'd each time (for 5 minutes). At the 3.0ghz point I performed the benchmarks and noticed no improvement. Infact, speedfan seemed to be showing abnormally high CPU usage even though I wasn't doing anything. On that note, speedfan temps were fine; ~25 for all cores at stock speed (~35 at load), and ~38 at 3.0ghz (~45 at load).
I apologise for the information dump and for how much of it will sound wrong; it is my first overclock! It would be amazing if someone could tell me where I've gone wrong and fix everything! Thanks in advance
!
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