- Joined
- Oct 31, 2011
System specs
Motherboard - Foxconn P35AX-S http://www.foxconnchannel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?T=motherboard&U=en-us0000339
CPU - Q6600 http://ark.intel.com/products/29765/Intel-Core2-Quad-Processor-Q6600-(8M-Cache-2_40-GHz-1066-MHz-FSB
RAM - Kingmax DDR2 1066mhz 2x2GB 1,8-2v
GPU - Club3D HD6770 http://www.club-3d.com/index.php/products/reader.en/product/radeon-hd-6770.html
PSU - Xilence 550w http://www.xilence.net/en/products/power-supplies/red-wing-series/redwing-series-550w-r3.html
CPU OC 380 x 9 = 3420mhz @1,45v
FSB : DRAM 1:1
GPU OC 885MHZ core 1255mhz memory
I am a little worried about my power supply and also the motherboard. I think i might be pushing both a little too far with my current overclock.
I used this http://extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine to calculate my PSU needs and the results were close to 500w recommended with the cpu taking a massive 182w.
Another thing is the system temperatures are a little higher than they used to be before i upgraded from my E6420 to Q6600 and the NB heatsink is really hot to the touch, i don't have anything to measure it precisely but i'm guessing it must be arround 70C.
While a NB heatsink + fan upgrade is cheap what i'm really worried about is the PSU that tends to get rather warm under load. Back before i even started overclocking anything i had a Zalman PSU die on me and since then i'm a little paranoid...
If i am to get a new PSU what would you recommend? I would want something with 2pci connectors in case i decide to upgrade my GPU or go for another 5770/6770 and crossfire them.
TY in advance!
OT
My bios is kinda buggy, i have the options to change my NB and RAM voltages, but when i do there's just no effect both the bios hardware health screen reports stock voltages and HWMonitor Everest FoxOne all report them being stock, atleast i can change my vcore which allowed me to overclock the cpu, but i can't get a stable overclock with just a vcore bump, the motherboard is rated @ 1333mhz FSB and it gets unstable when i push it beyond 1525mhz on stock volts. I can however use the FoxOne utility to overvolt things in windows but i'd rather do it via bios if it allowed me to...
Motherboard - Foxconn P35AX-S http://www.foxconnchannel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?T=motherboard&U=en-us0000339
CPU - Q6600 http://ark.intel.com/products/29765/Intel-Core2-Quad-Processor-Q6600-(8M-Cache-2_40-GHz-1066-MHz-FSB
RAM - Kingmax DDR2 1066mhz 2x2GB 1,8-2v
GPU - Club3D HD6770 http://www.club-3d.com/index.php/products/reader.en/product/radeon-hd-6770.html
PSU - Xilence 550w http://www.xilence.net/en/products/power-supplies/red-wing-series/redwing-series-550w-r3.html
CPU OC 380 x 9 = 3420mhz @1,45v
FSB : DRAM 1:1
GPU OC 885MHZ core 1255mhz memory
I am a little worried about my power supply and also the motherboard. I think i might be pushing both a little too far with my current overclock.
I used this http://extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine to calculate my PSU needs and the results were close to 500w recommended with the cpu taking a massive 182w.
Another thing is the system temperatures are a little higher than they used to be before i upgraded from my E6420 to Q6600 and the NB heatsink is really hot to the touch, i don't have anything to measure it precisely but i'm guessing it must be arround 70C.
While a NB heatsink + fan upgrade is cheap what i'm really worried about is the PSU that tends to get rather warm under load. Back before i even started overclocking anything i had a Zalman PSU die on me and since then i'm a little paranoid...
If i am to get a new PSU what would you recommend? I would want something with 2pci connectors in case i decide to upgrade my GPU or go for another 5770/6770 and crossfire them.
TY in advance!
OT
My bios is kinda buggy, i have the options to change my NB and RAM voltages, but when i do there's just no effect both the bios hardware health screen reports stock voltages and HWMonitor Everest FoxOne all report them being stock, atleast i can change my vcore which allowed me to overclock the cpu, but i can't get a stable overclock with just a vcore bump, the motherboard is rated @ 1333mhz FSB and it gets unstable when i push it beyond 1525mhz on stock volts. I can however use the FoxOne utility to overvolt things in windows but i'd rather do it via bios if it allowed me to...