I'm looking for some advice from someone who has this motherboard that can point me in the right direction on what to change and what to start with. I've read through the stickies and such and have a genral idea but they are also several years old and with the way technologu changes i don't want to make things worst than they are instead of better. I've built many systems but i've never overclocked any of them. This time i went all out and would like to see how bad i can realy make my rig this time. I've pretty much went off of Tom's hardware's test platform with a little tweeking when i put this system together.
My Rig:
MB: EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR NF680i 775
CPU: Intel e6600 2.4G 775 4M R
RAM: Corsair XMS2 PC2 8500 C5 (2G atm soon to be 4G)
Video: BFG Gforce 8800GTX
HD: 150G Raptor 10k RPM
Case: Thermaltake Armon V8000B BTX
PS: OCZ 700GXSSLI
Cooling: Zalman CNPS9500 and Artic Silver 5
OS:Win XP Pro x64
Some Questions:
1. Where do i start? I've tried a few things that did'nt work out so i'm coming here for advice. Tell me what to do and i'll report back what happened.
2. What programs are best for testing? I'm DLing 3dmark06 atm and i have CPUmark2 atm. I'm looking for the fastest gaming preformance in games like Counter-Strike:Source.
3. Should i have my ram in sync with my FSB or should i use the ratios. Like i've said before it's hard to understand 2 year old advice on settings that i don't understand.
Thanks for any help you guys can provide. I posted here cause i have seen system specs similar to my own.
My Rig:
MB: EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR NF680i 775
CPU: Intel e6600 2.4G 775 4M R
RAM: Corsair XMS2 PC2 8500 C5 (2G atm soon to be 4G)
Video: BFG Gforce 8800GTX
HD: 150G Raptor 10k RPM
Case: Thermaltake Armon V8000B BTX
PS: OCZ 700GXSSLI
Cooling: Zalman CNPS9500 and Artic Silver 5
OS:Win XP Pro x64
Some Questions:
1. Where do i start? I've tried a few things that did'nt work out so i'm coming here for advice. Tell me what to do and i'll report back what happened.
2. What programs are best for testing? I'm DLing 3dmark06 atm and i have CPUmark2 atm. I'm looking for the fastest gaming preformance in games like Counter-Strike:Source.
3. Should i have my ram in sync with my FSB or should i use the ratios. Like i've said before it's hard to understand 2 year old advice on settings that i don't understand.
Thanks for any help you guys can provide. I posted here cause i have seen system specs similar to my own.