Overclocking E6600/BadAxe2

[GamingDaemon]

Well, I built a new rig last Friday, and decided to see how she would overclock. I have a BadAxe2 mobo, an E6600 with a Zalman CNPS 9700 cooler, G.Skill 2x1GB DDR2-800 memory and an eVGA 8800GTX video card.

I went into the BIOS, set the FSB to 333 with a multipleir of 9 (so a 3.0GHz clock speed) and the memory to 333 as well. Re-booted. All went well.

It was scary easy. Now I'd like to go to 3.4. What should my memory timings be? I know you can't tell me exactly, but what should I expect? What should I tinker with first?

Thanks!

 

[PCTC2]

The C2D's are really easy to overclock on stock voltages. My first OC with one, i got up to 3.2GHz no problem on a E6400.
If you want to go up to 3.6GHz (401*9), then you can run the RAM and FSB at a 1:1 divider. The RAM would be at 400MHz (800 DDR2) and you could probably set the timings to 4-4-4-10 or 4-4-4-11. If unstable, you can try 5-4-4-11 or so. If it becomes unstable (aka it crashes), then you can up the vCore to 1.4v or even up to 1.5v if need be or until it becomes stable.
The vDimm (mem voltage) should be at the stock voltage (check specs). Some boards don't put the vDimm at the right setting.
Make sure you disable C1E, Speedstep, Virtualization technology, and any Linkboost, and set your PCIe to 100 locked (manually).
OC Forum Guide
This guide is pretty informative so check it out.
Hope that helps.

 

[GamingDaemon]

Originally posted by: PCTC2
The C2D's are really easy to overclock on stock voltages. My first OC with one, i got up to 3.2GHz no problem on a E6400.
If you want to go up to 3.6GHz (401*9), then you can run the RAM and FSB at a 1:1 divider. The RAM would be at 400MHz (800 DDR2) and you could probably set the timings to 4-4-4-10 or 4-4-4-11. If unstable, you can try 5-4-4-11 or so. If it becomes unstable (aka it crashes), then you can up the vCore to 1.4v or even up to 1.5v if need be or until it becomes stable.
The vDimm (mem voltage) should be at the stock voltage (check specs). Some boards don't put the vDimm at the right setting.
Make sure you disable C1E, Speedstep, Virtualization technology, and any Linkboost, and set your PCIe to 100 locked (manually).
OC Forum Guide
This guide is pretty informative so check it out.
Hope that helps.

Cool! I wil lgive that a shot. Thanks dude!