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- Sep 27, 2007
I just built a new system...
Intel E6550 Core2 Duo CPU (2.33Ghz stock, 7 x 333 FSB)
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard
ATI HD2600XT PCIe gfx card
WinTec AmpX PC2-6400 DDR2 800 Memory (2x1GB) 1.9V CL4-4-4-12
Corsair HX520W PSU
Anyway so it's all up and running and I got it overclocked to 7 x 430, or 3.0Ghz. I have the system voltages set on auto in the BIOS. The memory timings are set to 6-6-6-12 and running at 2.0 volts. The CPU shows 1.360V in CPU-Z and the Gigabyte EasyTune program shows 1.380V. The core temp is 28 degrees, I have a Thermaltake Big Typhoon heatsink installed with a 120mm fan.
So I'm sort of confused by the BIOS settings for the memory because there is a setting for "System Memory Multiplier" and I have it set to "2.0" which makes the memory run at 860Mhz. The only other settings for the multiplier are 2.5; 3.0; 3.5; 4.0 but nothing lower than 2.0
So I don't get it, I thought I could somehow lower the multiplier so that I can keep the memory under 800Mhz but keep the FSB up higher so I can keep overclocking the processor. It seems like this is stopping me from overclocking any higher than 430Mhz because if I try to set the FSB to 435Mhz I get errors loading WindowsXP. I don't think this memory is capable of running at 870Mhz, it's only rated at 800Mhz.
So what are my options here? Is 3Ghz as far as I can push it? I thought I could reach 3.2Ghz at least, I have seen many sites online reach 3.6Ghz on air cooling.
Also I used the EasyTune program in Windows from Gigabyte to try to overclock it and I got it to 3.2Ghz but then when I reboot the system clears the BIOS because it can't boot three times in a row.
Intel E6550 Core2 Duo CPU (2.33Ghz stock, 7 x 333 FSB)
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard
ATI HD2600XT PCIe gfx card
WinTec AmpX PC2-6400 DDR2 800 Memory (2x1GB) 1.9V CL4-4-4-12
Corsair HX520W PSU
Anyway so it's all up and running and I got it overclocked to 7 x 430, or 3.0Ghz. I have the system voltages set on auto in the BIOS. The memory timings are set to 6-6-6-12 and running at 2.0 volts. The CPU shows 1.360V in CPU-Z and the Gigabyte EasyTune program shows 1.380V. The core temp is 28 degrees, I have a Thermaltake Big Typhoon heatsink installed with a 120mm fan.
So I'm sort of confused by the BIOS settings for the memory because there is a setting for "System Memory Multiplier" and I have it set to "2.0" which makes the memory run at 860Mhz. The only other settings for the multiplier are 2.5; 3.0; 3.5; 4.0 but nothing lower than 2.0
So I don't get it, I thought I could somehow lower the multiplier so that I can keep the memory under 800Mhz but keep the FSB up higher so I can keep overclocking the processor. It seems like this is stopping me from overclocking any higher than 430Mhz because if I try to set the FSB to 435Mhz I get errors loading WindowsXP. I don't think this memory is capable of running at 870Mhz, it's only rated at 800Mhz.
So what are my options here? Is 3Ghz as far as I can push it? I thought I could reach 3.2Ghz at least, I have seen many sites online reach 3.6Ghz on air cooling.
Also I used the EasyTune program in Windows from Gigabyte to try to overclock it and I got it to 3.2Ghz but then when I reboot the system clears the BIOS because it can't boot three times in a row.