Want to overclock my E6600

[nedney]

What parameters should I be paying attention to? Do the kinds of other parts I'm using have an effect on my ability to overclock? Basically, I know nothing about overclocking, except that, if done wrong, I'll have a rather large paperweight on my floor. Any help at all is appreciated.

 

[CalvinHobbes]

http://forumz.tomshardware.com...-v1-ftopict240001.html

 

[Zardnok]

Originally posted by: nedney
What parameters should I be paying attention to? Do the kinds of other parts I'm using have an effect on my ability to overclock? Basically, I know nothing about overclocking, except that, if done wrong, I'll have a rather large paperweight on my floor. Any help at all is appreciated.

Invest some money in a decent cooler for your chip and don't go overboard with your voltage and you will be fine. Tuniq Tower seems to be always get rave reviews, so it would probably be a decent choice.

Have you already decided on your other system components other than the e6600? If so, list the motherboard, RAM, and PSU so we can give better assistance.

 

[nedney]

Yeah, I built the PC already, just trying to explore my OC options. Parts are as follows:

Abit Fata1ity F-I90HD
2 GB Crucial RAM (unsure of the speed and I'm at work right now)
Ultra PSU, 400W

If you need other parts or more specific specs, let me know.

Originally posted by: Zardnok

Invest some money in a decent cooler for your chip and don't go overboard with your voltage and you will be fine. Tuniq Tower seems to be always get rave reviews, so it would probably be a decent choice.

Isn't the Tuniq Tower really big? Because I have a SFF PC with an Ultra Microfly, and I don't know if that would fit.

Upon further review, the TT will definitely not fit. Any other recommendations?

 

[MarcVenice]

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...t_key=y&keyword1=yoxxy

good c2d overclocking guide. And usually it's recommended to try OC-ing your old rig instead of your new one But not to much can go wrong ...

 

[MrMajestyk]

http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=103676

 

[buddhatb]

Originally posted by: MrMajestyk
http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=103676

Thank You for the link.

Very useful when I get my Asus P5K Deluxe and start to overclock.

 

[Trevante]

Originally posted by: nedney
Yeah, I built the PC already, just trying to explore my OC options. Parts are as follows:

Abit Fata1ity F-I90HD
2 GB Crucial RAM (unsure of the speed and I'm at work right now)
Ultra PSU, 400W

If you need other parts or more specific specs, let me know.

Originally posted by: Zardnok

Invest some money in a decent cooler for your chip and don't go overboard with your voltage and you will be fine. Tuniq Tower seems to be always get rave reviews, so it would probably be a decent choice.

Isn't the Tuniq Tower really big? Because I have a SFF PC with an Ultra Microfly, and I don't know if that would fit.

Upon further review, the TT will definitely not fit. Any other recommendations?

I think the Zalman CNPS-7700cu should fit in your microfly. It's a pretty good cooler and should give you much more room to overclock. Are you running the stock cooler right now?

Also, good luck with that Abit board. I don't know if you read up on it before getting it, but that board seems to die randomly for some people, especially when overclocking. Some theorize that it might have to do with increasing memory voltages.

If you can, I'd return that board and get a Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R. Not only will it overclock better, but it's probably less likely to die on you than the Abit.

 

[Zardnok]

Originally posted by: nedney
Yeah, I built the PC already, just trying to explore my OC options. Parts are as follows:

Abit Fata1ity F-I90HD
2 GB Crucial RAM (unsure of the speed and I'm at work right now)
Ultra PSU, 400W

If you need other parts or more specific specs, let me know.

Originally posted by: Zardnok

Invest some money in a decent cooler for your chip and don't go overboard with your voltage and you will be fine. Tuniq Tower seems to be always get rave reviews, so it would probably be a decent choice.

Isn't the Tuniq Tower really big? Because I have a SFF PC with an Ultra Microfly, and I don't know if that would fit.

Upon further review, the TT will definitely not fit. Any other recommendations?

If you have an SFF box, I am unsure of what will fit for an efficient cooling solution. I have never built an SFF and have always gone with big and burly. I have also never built a system using that Abit board, so I would follow some of the guides linked by other posters and see what you can come up with.

Good luck and remember to watch your temps! Try not to go over 60C under load.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Zardnok
Good luck and remember to watch your temps! Try not to go over 60C under load.

Why not? Or why 60C specifically?

I have an E4400 on a Conroe865PE running at stock volts (actually slightly undervolted by the mobo), @ 2.80Ghz, and with Orthos small FFTs, I reach 69C in CoreTemp 0.94.
Nothing has died thus far, and things appear stable. Is that high a temp a real issue? I'm using the stock cooler/paste btw.

 

[trOver]

Although it is stable, those temps are slowly decreasing the life of your cpu...

 

[nedney]

Originally posted by: Trevante

I think the Zalman CNPS-7700cu should fit in your microfly. It's a pretty good cooler and should give you much more room to overclock. Are you running the stock cooler right now?

Also, good luck with that Abit board. I don't know if you read up on it before getting it, but that board seems to die randomly for some people, especially when overclocking. Some theorize that it might have to do with increasing memory voltages.

If you can, I'd return that board and get a Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R. Not only will it overclock better, but it's probably less likely to die on you than the Abit.

Yeah, I'm running the stock cooler right now.

This is why I bought the Abit board (see Zap's first post):
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...031141&highlight_key=y

And though I don't really want to bother returning the board again (the problem turned out to be the PSU, not the motherboard), if it really is that bad then I guess I have no choice. Strangely enough, the onboard audio isn't working right now. I don't know what to do about that, but I'm calling Abit tomorrow.

 

[Zardnok]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry

Originally posted by: Zardnok
Good luck and remember to watch your temps! Try not to go over 60C under load.

Why not? Or why 60C specifically?

I have an E4400 on a Conroe865PE running at stock volts (actually slightly undervolted by the mobo), @ 2.80Ghz, and with Orthos small FFTs, I reach 69C in CoreTemp 0.94.
Nothing has died thus far, and things appear stable. Is that high a temp a real issue? I'm using the stock cooler/paste btw.

60C is just sort of a base line temp. Anything higher than that will begin to drastically decrease the life-span of your chip. Once you are more comfortable with OC and don't mind risking your chip, push away.

From someone that has done it a couple times, I highly recommend investing in whatever the best cooler you can fit inside your case is if you want to push things much farther.