Re: OT: Overclocking info req'd for gaming rig...

Sorry, should also have added that this pc is using Win XP Home.

Thanx

P Gagg wrote:
Hi... I know this is off topic, and I apologise, but you guys are just so well informed I couldn't NOT ask in here.....and this pc will be used as my main gaming rig, so Sims will be played on it, so its sort of relevant....

Anyway my question...

During the last couple of days I have just built myself a nice new Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 based pc, and I have it working great, but I would like clarification of the settings needed to overclock the pc.

I have already got the cpu to 2.7Ghz using 9x multiplier and 300 FSB (stock setting is 9 x 272 = 2.4Ghz) and have tested it ok (using Sandra Lite, and CPU Stress Tester) and the max temp for the cpu never goes above 50 degrees C.

Then I tried using 8 x multiplier with 350 FSB = 2.8Ghz and the pc also worked great (tested again with Sandra and CPU Stress Tester) and temp never got above 51 degrees C.

However, CPU-Z and Sandra Lite and Speedfan all report the cpu speed as 3.1Ghz using these settings from the bios?

Now I know that this is a very new M/B and therefore some programs may not be reporting the speeds / settings correctly, so I just wanted to clarify what settings other overclockers are using?

I've read many reports that this sort of set-up should easily get over 3Ghz speeds. But what settings should I set in the bios, specifically for the cpu multiplier? the FSB? the memory (so far I have NOT changed any memory settings) and the DRam spec? and the core voltage? (so far I have not cahnged any voltages).

NB: It looks like this M/B uses a 2:3 ratio for the cpu:Dram (eg: cpu clock = 300, so DRam = 300 / 2 = 150 x 3 = 450) and this is the bit thats confusing me, I think my Ram is rated at DDR2 800Mhz (400 x 2 ) so how come its running at faster than 400?

Any info and advice would be welcomed..... thanx

The complete PC spec is as follows:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 cpu (4Mb cache)
Arctic Cooling Pro 7 fan and heatsink (also used arctic silver thermal compound)
Abit AB9 Pro (WiFi) M/B
2 x Gb crucial Ballistix DDR2 ram ( 2 x 1Gb chips running in dual channel mode)
Nvidia 8800GTS graphics card (320Mb)
Arctic 600w (modular) PSU
Hitachi Deskstar 320Gb SATA H/D
LG SATA DVD/CD writer
LG 19" TFT (widescreen)
Sony 1.44Mb FDD


*Peter* - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/petergagg/

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