Final overclock check I think I'm happy

[Born_2_Kill]

O.k this is it, this is how its going to stay unless you guys and point out where a can sqeeze a little extra speed or point out something I'm doing wrong. Although the Ram is underclocked @ 710Mhz with the tighter timings it appears the same if not a little fast than stock (using Super PI) than 800MHZ. Temps seem fine and system is 100% tested and stable.
Would just like to say thank-you for all the people that have helped an amature overclocker get to this point, you are my cumputing gods :D


http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/2239/cpu1du5.jpg


http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/6720/mem1tx2.jpg


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is 355x9 the highest you can go stable if so that fine . Whta voltage are you ruuning on your cpu ?
witht he ram do they have d9 ic's ? More than likely you can run a divider and up your mem to over 400 while still keeping your fsb @ 355

[Born_2_Kill]

is 355x9 the highest you can go stable if so that fine . Whta voltage are you ruuning on your cpu ?
witht he ram do they have d9 ic's ? More than likely you can run a divider and up your mem to over 400 while still keeping your fsb @ 355

I could post 366 quite well but 377 was a no no.
CPU voltage is on Auto posting 1.392V
What d9 ic's?
Ill tried my ram @ 4:5 888MHZ(444) and isnt stable with high voltage even, so i gave that up as a bad job.

[FeuerFrei]

you could maybe up that voltage a tad, that would give you a few extra Mhz

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Dont use Auto for the Cpu volts it changes , set it to 1.4

[Born_2_Kill]

Dont use Auto for the Cpu volts it changes , set it to 1.4

O.k will do Thanks

[jimmsch]

I am willing to bet that you can get 400 X 8 out of that chip at 1.4vcore (or close to that, maybe a notch lower or higher). I would try this because htan you can run your RAM 1:1 at its rated speeds and probably still get the 4-4-4- timings from it. I would try that if I was you.

P.S. NEVER use auto settings on vcore.

[OnDborder]

Also, it doesn't help running 4 sticks of ram.. A little hard on the nb. What is your nb voltage at?
Do you have active cooling on the nb and ram?

[Born_2_Kill]

I am willing to bet that you can get 400 X 8 out of that chip at 1.4vcore (or close to that, maybe a notch lower or higher). I would try this because htan you can run your RAM 1:1 at its rated speeds and probably still get the 4-4-4- timings from it. I would try that if I was you.

P.S. NEVER use auto settings on vcore.


I can post 400X8 4-4-4-12 fine but my CPU temps climb to 65*C plus, a little hotter than I would like. Plus the system isnt stable for some unknown reason. Orthos and Prime95 will only run for a couple of mins, Ive tired varied Volts and timing combos.

[Born_2_Kill]

Also, it doesn't help running 4 sticks of ram.. A little hard on the nb. What is your nb voltage at?
Do you have active cooling on the nb and ram?

Yes the NB is very hot to touch and is only running stock P5B heatsink, Ive been advised that this normally runs hot though when running 4 Dimms. Nb is also set to auto not sure on the volts and temp, any surgestions on that?

[jimmsch]

I can post 400X8 4-4-4-12 fine but my CPU temps climb to 65*C plus, a little hotter than I would like. Plus the system isnt stable for some unknown reason. Orthos and Prime95 will only run for a couple of mins, Ive tired varied Volts and timing combos.
It ran hot because the vcore was set to auto. Try locking it at 1.4 and see what happens. Run Orthos small fft's so it isn't stressing the RAM. As another poster said filling all DIMM slots is hard on the NB. Or remove 2 sticks and see if it is more stable. I bet it is.

[Born_2_Kill]

It ran hot because the vcore was set to auto. Try locking it at 1.4 and see what happens. Run Orthos small fft's so it isn't stressing the RAM. As another poster said filling all DIMM slots is hard on the NB. Or remove 2 sticks and see if it is more stable. I bet it is.


O.k Vcore is set @1.4V this also seems to have brought the NB temp down, I can now keepmy fingure on it longer than 3 sec's, thanks for pointing that out!

Any ideas why on my boot screen it displays my ram as PC4200? is this becourse I'm running 1:1 ratio?

Is my E6600 O.k to cook at 65*C underload? (400*8)

Does it matter is I dont test the ram using Orthos, Isnt this cheating? :confused:

[freakdiablo]

Does it matter is I dont test the ram using Orthos, Isnt this cheating? :confused:
I don't consider it cheating. Orthos testing=cpu, memtest86=ram

[jimmsch]

I think 65 is probably too hot. I usually try to keep it under 60. Sorry about that, I guess that Silent Knight isn't up to the task. You can always try same clock and a bit less vcore and see if it is stable/cool enough.

My P5B Dlx doesn't display the RAM correctly on POST either..I don't know why.

[Elluzion]

the max fsb you could use is 400 x 9, would get you 3.6.

but you would need Better Cooling and you might need to pop the voltage up to 1.5. but for now keep it set at 1.4 is good :D

[deathman20]

Yes NB does get warm with the 4 sticks of ram. I know that for a fact since I run it and the P5B did run warm but not nearly as warm as my P5W that I have now.

As well at least at that voltage for the CPU it seems to be over the norm for said CPU speed. As in it seems high for the speed your running. You might want to check into that and see if you can drop the Voltage if you intend to running it at that speed, might help shaving a few C off the CPU under load.

As well at least my experiance with the P5B-Deluxe, 1.45V on the NB did more than plenty with 4 sticks of ram to push it upwards of 475Mhz on the NB. Any more and it didn't seem to be as stable at the high settings as well didn't gain me anymore room to OC from my experiance. Just a note when upping the NB voltage more that it might not help out in the long run.

As well make sure you take off that metal cover on the NB, it just allows less cooling to the NB, which of course isn't good. As well you might want to up your SB voltage to 1.6V as well make sure you get some cooling on the SB. Even at default voltages that SB could easily surpass the amount of heat coming off the NB by far. I've read 60C on the heatsink of the SB without a fan blowing on it 45C with a fan blowing on it, so only imagine how warm the actual chip itself is getting. As well active cooling on the NB (just a 120mm fan blowing over the vid card onto the SB and NB) dropped its temp from 45-50C Idle easy to a stable 35-38C under full load.

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BTW have you tryed reseating your HSF as you might have a bad mount causing the high temps

[jason4207]

Any ideas why on my boot screen it displays my ram as PC4200? is this becourse I'm running 1:1 ratio?


Yes, your stock FSB is 266, so to run 1:1 you need to run your RAM at 533MHz or PC4200. What happens, though, is that when you increase your FSB you are also increasing your RAM speed. This gives you more headroom w/ your RAM. If you start with 800 you can't go as high as if you start w/ 533. If you can get your FSB up to 400 then your RAM will be running at 800MHz even though the POST screen says PC4200. It is actually just telling you that your running your RAM at 1:1, but it just has a funny way of saying it.

[Born_2_Kill]

Yes NB does get warm with the 4 sticks of ram. I know that for a fact since I run it and the P5B did run warm but not nearly as warm as my P5W that I have now.

As well at least at that voltage for the CPU it seems to be over the norm for said CPU speed. As in it seems high for the speed your running. You might want to check into that and see if you can drop the Voltage if you intend to running it at that speed, might help shaving a few C off the CPU under load.

As well at least my experiance with the P5B-Deluxe, 1.45V on the NB did more than plenty with 4 sticks of ram to push it upwards of 475Mhz on the NB. Any more and it didn't seem to be as stable at the high settings as well didn't gain me anymore room to OC from my experiance. Just a note when upping the NB voltage more that it might not help out in the long run.

As well make sure you take off that metal cover on the NB, it just allows less cooling to the NB, which of course isn't good. As well you might want to up your SB voltage to 1.6V as well make sure you get some cooling on the SB. Even at default voltages that SB could easily surpass the amount of heat coming off the NB by far. I've read 60C on the heatsink of the SB without a fan blowing on it 45C with a fan blowing on it, so only imagine how warm the actual chip itself is getting. As well active cooling on the NB (just a 120mm fan blowing over the vid card onto the SB and NB) dropped its temp from 45-50C Idle easy to a stable 35-38C under full load.

Ive changed my setting on the NB from auto to 1.25V this seems to have brought the temps down a little, Is this o.k at this setting and how much more could I turn it up if I wanted to get them down a little more without damaging or stressing anything?
Thanks for your informative help btw

[Born_2_Kill]

Yes, your stock FSB is 266, so to run 1:1 you need to run your RAM at 533MHz or PC4200. What happens, though, is that when you increase your FSB you are also increasing your RAM speed. This gives you more headroom w/ your RAM. If you start with 800 you can't go as high as if you start w/ 533. If you can get your FSB up to 400 then your RAM will be running at 800MHz even though the POST screen says PC4200. It is actually just telling you that your running your RAM at 1:1, but it just has a funny way of saying it.


Great that explains it thankx

[deathman20]

Ive changed my setting on the NB from auto to 1.25V this seems to have brought the temps down a little, Is this o.k at this setting and how much more could I turn it up if I wanted to get them down a little more without damaging or stressing anything?
Thanks for your informative help btw

I was able to get roughly 400Mhz out of the NB from 1.25V before upping the voltage to 1.45V which was good til something topped out on my board (don't know what).

Oh nudge FSB term to 1.3V, adds little to no heat but it corrects some stability issues where you have no clue where its coming from.

Just don't crank voltages way out of whack on the NB (1.55V+) unless you have active cooling on it for sure. SB I'd keep it at 1.5V if not hoop it to 1.6V for stability, no higher unless you replace that heatsink. CPU Voltage well thats depends on your cooling. Ram voltage I've never taken mine above 2.25V.

[Born_2_Kill]

I was able to get roughly 400Mhz out of the NB from 1.25V before upping the voltage to 1.45V which was good til something topped out on my board (don't know what).

Oh nudge FSB term to 1.3V, adds little to no heat but it corrects some stability issues where you have no clue where its coming from.

Just don't crank voltages way out of whack on the NB (1.55V+) unless you have active cooling on it for sure. SB I'd keep it at 1.5V if not hoop it to 1.6V for stability, no higher unless you replace that heatsink. CPU Voltage well thats depends on your cooling. Ram voltage I've never taken mine above 2.25V.

Great Running 1.4V Vcore 400FSH*8. 1.25V NB. Auto SB. 2.1V on the ram 4-4-4-12 400MHZ.
Everything seems to be coolish now, funny how change NB from auto to 1.25V cooled it nearly by half its orginal heat. How does it do that?

BTW system temp 40/41*C underload, is this o.k?

[Saints 26]

Those temps are fine. Less voltage less heat.

[OnDborder]

Great Running 1.4V Vcore 400FSH*8. 1.25V NB. Auto SB. 2.1V on the ram 4-4-4-12 400MHZ.
Everything seems to be coolish now, funny how change NB from auto to 1.25V cooled it nearly by half its orginal heat. How does it do that?

BTW system temp 40/41*C underload, is this o.k?
Yay.. :beer:
Good for you!

[jason4207]

Great Running 1.4V Vcore 400FSH*8. 1.25V NB. Auto SB. 2.1V on the ram 4-4-4-12 400MHZ.
Everything seems to be coolish now, funny how change NB from auto to 1.25V cooled it nearly by half its orginal heat. How does it do that?

BTW system temp 40/41*C underload, is this o.k?


I just read the other day (not sure who posted) that increasing frequency increases heat linearly, but increasing voltage increases heat exponentially.

[Born_2_Kill]

I just want to thank you all for your help and your posts.
I've come from barely understanding what a FSB is to overclocking my whole system, ram cpu gpu, keeping all 3 stable and cool. Couldnt have done it without you guys. You lot make this a great forum, keep up the good help! :beer:

[billt]

This works for me.

Intel E6600 (8 x 400FSB); vCore 1.375; FSB 1.400; NB 1.450; SB 1.50; ICH auto; vDRAM 2.1v.

[Hazaro]

Grats to both of you :)

My E6600 is still defective, should of gotten a E6420 :/