xfx 680i & q6600 overclocking

[farmer13]

I have had no luck with this board. I bought it used replaced the mainboard battery and cant overclock more 2.6 ghz. I have no idea what voltages to run to if someone could tell me what voltages for the cpu & memory it would greatly be appreciated. Any help is welcome. TIA

 

[manimal]

Read the sticky above. Once you get started then ask some questions. What I will tell you all 7 of my 680i boards-dont ask-had a huge fsb hole. If you dont know what that is then read the sticky.

 

[spdfreak]

Your board should support the 1333 fsb, so just go into the bios and set the fsb to 1333 and you will get 3GHz. You might need to bump the Vcore a little bit. My 650i board will do 1333 but that's about it. The Nvidia chipsets are not known for their overclocking prowess... BTW, make sure you have the latest bios for your board.

 

[Duvie]

I avoided 680i boards for just that reason...terrible ocing luck and huge fsb hole...The 780i versions were better....I have a QX6700 so I mainly clock with multiplier anyways....

 

[caboob]

680 boards were good for dual core oc but not quad core oc. Be happy with what you can get.

 

[yh125d]

Your board should support the 1333 fsb, so just go into the bios and set the fsb to 1333 and you will get 3GHz. You might need to bump the Vcore a little bit. My 650i board will do 1333 but that's about it. The Nvidia chipsets are not known for their overclocking prowess... BTW, make sure you have the latest bios for your board.

By "set to 1333 FSB" you mean "set to 333 FSB"

 

[Shmee]

you wont get very far, MB 2.8 or 3 if you are lucky and know what you are doing with settings. I would recommend a new, cheap intel board, or, if you want nvidia nforce, get an evga 780i FTW. Or some high end 7xx board.

My 780i FTW replaced an xfx 680i LT, and the new board with a Q6600 will do 3.5 GHz, more with better cooling. I would recommend getting a P45 board though.