nayden

Basically ive been trying to overclock for ages ive read millions of articles ive tried overclocking forums but i still havent managed to overclock my pc...

My system -
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600
Point of View GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 Intel X38
GeIL 2GB
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound

all i want to do is overclock my CPU to about 3ghz

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1107/picture055u.jpg
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/6471/picture061n.jpg
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3887/picture059.jpg
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/4233/picture086.jpg

those are pics of my default settings could somebody nice please write out and tell me all the settings i need to change in order to get a decent overclock on my CPU please. I play competitavely in CSS so i need my pc not to let me down.

whenever i try to overclock it it just crashes after it restart even when i overclock at 2.70ghz im sure my pc can be overclocked so i must be doing something wrong.

heres a screenshot of coretemp cpu-z and speedfan - my room is really hot so i think thats why my temps are so high

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/9491/tempsh.jpg

please i cant stress enough how much i want this to happen ive been trying for ages now plz help.

thanks guys!!!

Reviver456

Wooh. A 1.225 vid chip. It should overclock like a monster. Raise the Vcore, getting to 3ghz on 1.225 will obviously warrant you reboots.

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nayden

Hey Reviver456 so are you telling me i should be able to overclock well? What option do i need to unable to raise the vcore? Could you just explain how i do it. And what do i want to have the vcore on???

Guamon

I'll tell you what i've learnt on these forums about overclocking.

1. Set your PCI Express Frequency to 100
2. I'll have to get back to you i just need to remember some stuff

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legendor

Firstly, in http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/4233/picture086.jpg , disable full screen logo, CPU Eist, CPU Enhance Halt (C1E). And disable 2nd and 3rd boot device and change 1st to hard drive. That will enhance boot up speed and eliminate some settings which will interrupt monitor programs.

From http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1107/picture055u.jpg menu, I think when you enable CPU Host clock, the CPU freq becomes ungreyed and available for making changes. I think for 3.0GHz, you do not need to alter any voltage so just change your CPU freq to 333 with 9X clock ratio or you can change clock ratio to 8X and freq to 375 Mhz.

After that start windows normally and use the newest OCCT to test for stability.

Good luk

qaz393

i have seen some high vids clock well too

nayden

thanks for the help so far could somebody explain what these people are talking about "high vids clock well too"? what does that mean could you explain please.

nayden

hi i just tried all the options you told me and once i saved them and my pc restarted it just got to the second screen and my pc power shut down and just restart itself back and everything went back to default :S this is the problem ive been having i must be missing some option which is causing my pc to restart every time i try to overclock and its very frustrating... :@

legendor

If your comp is restarting without loading windows, that means ur oc is unstable. You need to reset CMOS according to your mobo's manual. After you reset CMOS and start your system, everything should be back to default settings.

You need to go back and do the same procedure from my previous post, but also need to increase ur Vcore.

According to http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3887/picture059.jpg , I think if you select CPU Voltage or System Voltage to manual, you might have access to change your CPU voltage. You need to set your CPU voltage to 1.3V. That should be pretty stable.

After OCCT confirms the system's stability, you can fine tune your system by decreasing the voltage a little by little.

Good Luk

Sheira

I have same CPU, with same VID. Currently running stable at 3GHz with only 1.193V.

FSB: 1336
Memory: 668

Every chip is different though.

ps: If you dont know what i am talking about, just ignore my post and listen to legendor

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