Want to speed up my E6600

[trOver]

I have a #L632A393 e6600 ( i assume it has the A stepping?)

currently, I have it set to 333x9=3ghz, and bios is set to 1.125v (lowest it goes)

CPUZ says my voltage is 1.192v (actual)

Motherboard: Asus p5w-dh deluxe

RAM: 2x1gb Crucial Ballistix PC2-8000

My question is, what steps do i need to take to take this baby up to 3200mhz?

I assume I should up the voltage a little (how much?)

Also- should i drop the multiplier down to 8x, and up the fsb to 400 to hit 3200mhz?

Then, (if that works) should i go 1:1 w/ ram (800mhz, slower than stock) or 3:5 or something?


Please help! The only time i have to do this is tonight!

 

[trOver]

anyone?

 

[HopJokey]

So you are undervolting the part and getting a 600 Mhz overclock??? If so, that is pretty good.

Try setting the voltage to 1.25V and then bumping the FSB to 355 (355 x 9 is about 3.2 Ghz). Leave the ram at 1:1 (it will be about 710 Mhz effective).

 

[trOver]

Originally posted by: HopJokey
So you are undervolting the part and getting a 600 Mhz overclock??? If so, that is pretty good.

Try setting the voltage to 1.25V and then bumping the FSB to 355 (355 x 9 is about 3.2 Ghz). Leave the ram at 1:1 (it will be about 710 Mhz effective).

that worked great!

only problem is, i would like to get my memory a little higher

 

[Matt2]

Originally posted by: trOver

Originally posted by: HopJokey
So you are undervolting the part and getting a 600 Mhz overclock??? If so, that is pretty good.

Try setting the voltage to 1.25V and then bumping the FSB to 355 (355 x 9 is about 3.2 Ghz). Leave the ram at 1:1 (it will be about 710 Mhz effective).

that worked great!

only problem is, i would like to get my memory a little higher

If your temps are ok, why not push it further?

 

[trOver]

Originally posted by: Matt2

Originally posted by: trOver

Originally posted by: HopJokey
So you are undervolting the part and getting a 600 Mhz overclock??? If so, that is pretty good.

Try setting the voltage to 1.25V and then bumping the FSB to 355 (355 x 9 is about 3.2 Ghz). Leave the ram at 1:1 (it will be about 710 Mhz effective).

that worked great!

only problem is, i would like to get my memory a little higher

If your temps are ok, why not push it further?

everytime i try to go faster, it crashs and wont post. It seems that when i try to get my memory around 1ghz like its supposed to be at, it craps out on me.

I also tried 8x400 with 1ghz ram, and that didtn work either.

my temps are high 30's

What could i do to keep it from crashing? its definately not temp, and i dont think its voltage


In my bios, there was something about a fsb termination voltage? i set this to "auto". could this be giving me problems?

 

[CloE]

use core temp 0.94 to find the VID number. should be around 1.2xx - 1.3xx, use that number in bios the OC the chip till it won't go any higher. that's the higher speed the chip capable to run at stock voltage = VID

 

[trOver]

Originally posted by: CloE
use core temp 0.94 to find the VID number. should be around 1.2xx - 1.3xx, use that number in bios the OC the chip till it won't go any higher. that's the higher speed the chip capable to run at stock voltage = VID

thanks! great info

 

[trOver]

how high do you guys think i could go? my temps are still not in the 40's

 

[Accord99]

Originally posted by: trOver
how high do you guys think i could go? my temps are still not in the 40's

With Core Temp or with Asus' program?

 

[trOver]

Originally posted by: Accord99

Originally posted by: trOver
how high do you guys think i could go? my temps are still not in the 40's

With Core Temp or with Asus' program?

Core temp and TAT

 

[Accord99]

You've got a lot of headroom then. On my E6600, it doesn't begin to throttle until it reaches ~85C as measured by Core Temp and TAT.

 

[ineedaname]

You should probably stop when the load temps get past 55-60C.
I notice most conroe's start pulling errors at this temperature when they're oc'd very high.

I've seen some results with the week 32 that you have there. Many of them can hit 3ghz at less than 1.4v

As for your ram you didn't state what voltage it is at and what your NB voltage is at.
You can safely take your ram to 2.35v for 24 hour use. I wouldn't take it above that for 24 hour use personally though many other people would say otherwise.

I don't know why you want to drop your multiplier down to 8x unless you can't oc your ram to the next divider up while at 355fsb.

Also you didn't tell us what latencies your ram is at. Try 5-5-5-12 then move to 4-4-4-12.

Oh and finally don't trust CPU-Z for your voltages. There's a few glitches for it where the voltage is reported incorrectly. You're better off using PCProbe for the asus board.