asus maximus 2 + q6600 oc any advice?

[rlzla]

hi everyone new here and was told this was the best and freindliest place to get advice and help from so here i am looking for advice on my build.
i have done some small overclocking in the past but would like to go all the way on this new rig no expense spared all the best parts used now for the best advice . ill post my system specs below but ide like to overclock my q6600 quad as far as i can ive had a play with it and using the cpu level up it will match a q6850 but ide prefer to do the work myself. it should overclock very well (depending on cpu) with the asus maximus 2 formula mobo and corsair h50 cooler both ive heard are excellent products and this is my second h50 and the first proved to be a beast at cooling. thanks for any info look forward to some pro advice

system specs:
cpu: q6600
cooler: corsair h50
mobo: asus maximus 2 formula
ram: ocz platinum edition 4gig 4x1gig sticks
vga: radeon hd 4870 x2 crossfire

the ram is also cooled by a dominator fan cooler, if theres any advice on better parts please let me no.thanks

 

[Grnfinger]

MIIF is better with duals than quads but still an excellent choice.

Depending on your chip 450x8 will yeild the best bandwidth and I would recommend it

Need your ram specs it will help but no reason you cant run 1:1 and tighten timings if your kits is not up to 1080MHz


So lets start off here if your chip wont do 3.6GHz drop the FSB Frequency to 425 for 3.4GHz

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 8.0
FSB Frequency : 450
CPU Clock Skew : Normal
North Bridge Clock Skew : Normal
FSB Strap to North Bridge : AUTO
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-900
Dram Clock Skew CH1 A1 : Normal
DRAM Clock Skew CH1 A2 : Normal
Dram Clock Skew CH1 B1 : Normal
Dram Clock Skew CH1 B2 : Normal


DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : 3
Row Refresh Cycle Time : 55
Write Recovery Time : 6
Read to Precharge Time : 3

Read to Write Delay (S/D) : 8
Write to Read Delay (S) : 3
Write to Read Delay (D) : 5
Read to Read Delay (S) : 4
Read to Read Delay (D) : 6
Write to Write Delay (S) : 4
Write to Write Delay (D) : 6

Write to PRE Delay : 14
Read to PRE Delay : 5
PRE to PRE Delay : 1
ALL PRE to ACT Delay : 5
ALL PRE to REF Delay : 5

DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled
Dram Read Training : Enabled
MEM OC Charger : Disabled
Ai Clock Twister : Stronger
Transaction Booster : Manual

Common Performance Level [10]

Pull-In of CHA PH1 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH2 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH3 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH4 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH5 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH1 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH2 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH3 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH4 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH5 Disabled

PCIE Frequency : 101

CPU Voltage : will vary depending on your chip maybe 1.45 to start
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.60
FSBT : 1.33850
DRAM Voltage : 2.12
North Bridge Voltage : 1.39150 ( 4 sticks migh need more)
South Bridge Voltage 1.5 : 1.5
South Bridge Voltage 1.1 : 1.1

CPU GTL Reference 0 : +20mv
CPU GTL Reference 1 : +10mv
CPU GTL Reference 2 : +10mv
CPU GTL Reference 3 : +20mv
North Bridge GTL Reference : AUTO
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : AUTO
North Bridge DDR Reference : AUTO

Load Line Calabration : Enabled
CPU Sread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

 

[Grnfinger]

oh and to the forums

 

[rlzla]

thanks very much for the info by MIIF do u mean maximus 2 formula? because that is what im using. my ram is ocz platinum 4gig (4x1gig) its 800mhz set at 5-5-5-15 timings the part number is ocz2p800r21g if that helps. ram timings has always been my downfall as i dont fully understand it i no how to lower and increase it but i dont understand how to work it out ive never looked to much into ram timings on my old board i was using the same ram but if kept overclocking with the cpu i havnt checked if that is happeining now with the maximus board, i also fitted a dominator air cooler over the ram because i havnt checked the temps for the ram but they get very hot to the touch when overclocked but ide prefer to avoid oc the ram. thanks for the help.

 

[rlzla]

oh and according to cpu-z it says fsb:dram 2:3 if that helps at all

and without trying to sound to stupid why would you set the ram to ddr-900?

thanks.

 

[Grnfinger]

Yes I'm lazy so I use MIIF for Maximus II Forumla. Try the setting and see how you make out, I'll look your ram up now and see what they can do, I have the board running a 8400 now but I have a q6600 in the drawer I can test setups with if needed

 

[rlzla]

is that a q8400 quad or a e8400 dual because i have a e8400 dual in another system and was wondering what would perform better in the maximus 2 board

 

[Grnfinger]

you toss the dual E8400 in the MIIF and and you'll be very pleased

 

[rlzla]

would it make a huge difference to improve my ram to 1066 modules or is 800mhz ok as these are dual channel 400mhz i believe but they will take 450 mhz overclocked and they run stable?

 

[Grnfinger]

would it make a huge difference to improve my ram to 1066 modules or is 800mhz ok as these are dual channel 400mhz i believe but they will take 450 mhz overclocked and they run stable?

no if your ram can do 900MHz it will be fine, if not we can use 9x400.
No need to buy new ram unless you want to spend money
if you do run the E8400 tho it might be something to consider down the road

lmk how you make out with teh settings

 

[rlzla]

yea im working on the oc settings now as we speak i couldnt get the printer to work with the new system and couldnt remember all the settings but got it printed now so im gonna give those settings a try now thanks.

 

[DJDevaux]

MIIF is better with duals than quads but still an excellent choice.

Depending on your chip 450x8 will yeild the best bandwidth and I would recommend it

Need your ram specs it will help but no reason you cant run 1:1 and tighten timings if your kits is not up to 1080MHz


So lets start off here if your chip wont do 3.6GHz drop the FSB Frequency to 425 for 3.4GHz

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 8.0
FSB Frequency : 450
CPU Clock Skew : Normal
North Bridge Clock Skew : Normal
FSB Strap to North Bridge : AUTO
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-900
Dram Clock Skew CH1 A1 : Normal
DRAM Clock Skew CH1 A2 : Normal
Dram Clock Skew CH1 B1 : Normal
Dram Clock Skew CH1 B2 : Normal


DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : 3
Row Refresh Cycle Time : 55
Write Recovery Time : 6
Read to Precharge Time : 3

Read to Write Delay (S/D) : 8
Write to Read Delay (S) : 3
Write to Read Delay (D) : 5
Read to Read Delay (S) : 4
Read to Read Delay (D) : 6
Write to Write Delay (S) : 4
Write to Write Delay (D) : 6

Write to PRE Delay : 14
Read to PRE Delay : 5
PRE to PRE Delay : 1
ALL PRE to ACT Delay : 5
ALL PRE to REF Delay : 5

DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled
Dram Read Training : Enabled
MEM OC Charger : Disabled
Ai Clock Twister : Stronger
Transaction Booster : Manual

Common Performance Level [10]

Pull-In of CHA PH1 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH2 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH3 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH4 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH5 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH1 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH2 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH3 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH4 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH5 Disabled

PCIE Frequency : 101

CPU Voltage : will vary depending on your chip maybe 1.45 to start
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.60
FSBT : 1.33850
DRAM Voltage : 2.12
North Bridge Voltage : 1.39150 ( 4 sticks migh need more)
South Bridge Voltage 1.5 : 1.5
South Bridge Voltage 1.1 : 1.1

CPU GTL Reference 0 : +20mv
CPU GTL Reference 1 : +10mv
CPU GTL Reference 2 : +10mv
CPU GTL Reference 3 : +20mv
North Bridge GTL Reference : AUTO
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : AUTO
North Bridge DDR Reference : AUTO

Load Line Calabration : Enabled
CPU Sread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

Hi, I know this thread is old but I wanted to let you know that I tried out the above profile (without changing "CPU Ratio Control : Manual" as it did not appear in the BIOS for me) and I am getting a CPU speed of 4.05 Ghz!!! Is this bad???

My rig is as follows:

Asus Maxiums II Formula
Intel Q6600
8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport PC2-6400 (DDR2-800)
2x Sapphire Radeon R7 260X OC in Crossfire configuration
Asus Xonar DGX
3x Seagate SSHD 1TB in RAID 5 configuration
750w Power supply
Scythe Mine CPU Cooler
Zalman Z9 Plus case with 4x 120mm fans

It's stable as I had it run overnight doing a download and I can confirm after I put the OC Profile in I had it under load playing Diablo 3 on high settings, the internal temp did not go over 23 Degrees Celcius. Hottest the CPU got to was 44.

Any help would be great as I've never really done any overclocking before so I'm new to this....

 

[Johan45]

Welcome to OCF DJDevaux:
I would recommend starting a thread of your own. Resurrecting a 5+ year old thread may not get the attention it needs to help you.
I'm curious though if it's working fine at the current settings what exactly are you after. A higher OC ?

 

[DJDevaux]

Hi Johan45 and thank you for the Welcome.
No, it was just for interest sake as the original poster said this profile was for a clock speed of 3.6 Ghz and I was just a bit shocked when I got 4.05 Ghz so it was just basically asking if I might have done something wrong and if I am at risk of burning out or damaging my rig with the results I got.

 

[Johan45]

Most likely you have your multi at x9 where in the OP it was suggested to drop it to x8. If everything is working fine and you're stable. Temps in check etc... then you should be good to go.

 

[DJDevaux]

No, I'm pretty sure I set it to x8 as I followed the profile to the letter. Anyway, as you said, as long as it's stable and the Temps are good then I should be fine then. Thanks for your help.

 

[Johan45]

Maybe it's still on auto? 450*8=3.6, 450*9= 4050.