EVGA 750i FTW Overclock Thread

[10acjed]

Originally Posted by SLI_Maniac

ok i'm finally ready. got my tuniq tower and it dropped my temps 15 degrees! (thanks 10acjed) (pain in the butt to install tho)

but microsis i have all my settings for over clock here they are

Frequencies/Timings
CPU: Q6600 @ 9 x 377 FSB = 3.4GHz
RAM: 2x2GB Crucial @ 800MHz 4-4-4-12 2T
Voltages
CPU Core: 1.4375v
CPU FSB: 1.4v
Mem: 1.9v
SPP: 1.5v

I think i will try to OC a little more but at this rate its hitting around 58c which makes me weary. Thanks again guys!

Looks nice... only thin I would suggest is trying to go with an 8x multi (425x8) would give you the 3.4 and also u could link/sync the ram and run it at 850mhz, but you would probably have to loosen the timings to 5-5-5-15..
Id try both and run some super pi tests to see what the difference is.... (food for thought when you feel like messing with it again)
** Damn Micros is fast :-)


@THS

looks good. Glad its all working for you

[THEDDLE]

Originally Posted by 10acjed

@THS

looks good. Glad its all working for you

Thanks. I am going to mess with my Computer again. I was using a XP Media 32 bit program I had from my old dell. Could not get the raid to work. Not sure if because of dell or not. However I am going with Vista 64. I have the same bios as you. SZ17. My buddy bought the same board and E8600. He could not get Vista to work. Had to flash bios to SZ17h. I think. or g. Anyways. I like this bios and will try with out. Any tips on raid 0 or Vista download?

=THS= THEDDLE.

[10acjed]

Vista 64 is great.... I was anti Vista for a long while... but much like my change from dual to quad, my xp to vista has been permanent...

[SLI_Maniac]

Originally Posted by 10acjed

Looks nice... only thin I would suggest is trying to go with an 8x multi (425x8) would give you the 3.4 and also u could link/sync the ram and run it at 850mhz, but you would probably have to loosen the timings to 5-5-5-15..
Id try both and run some super pi tests to see what the difference is.... (food for thought when you feel like messing with it again)
** Damn Micros is fast :-)

i thought i read somewhere that you lose about a 12% performance boost when you drop down to x8 rather than x9. Is that true?

heres a link to the post i was talking about.
http://forums.slizone.com/index.php?...0&#entry178360
it was posted by jaafaman at the second post from the bottom.

[10acjed]

depends on circumstances... But higher FSB + Faster Ram MHz would be better i would think, unless the cas 4 your ram is running at is better....

Its somethin you need to test and try out to see if there is a difference and which is faster

for me the 1:1 ratio and 850MHz is better. but my mem wont run at 4-4-4-12 so.....

[SLI_Maniac]

hmmm i'll try it out and run some 3dmark06... see what the sweet spot is.

thanks again.

[THEDDLE]

Originally Posted by 10acjed

Vista 64 is great.... I was anti Vista for a long while... but much like my change from dual to quad, my xp to vista has been permanent...

Did you have any issues installing with the SZ17?

=THS= THEDDLE

[SLI_Maniac]

Originally Posted by THEDDLE

Did you have any issues installing with the SZ17?

=THS= THEDDLE

i know you werent asking me but i'm currently running Ultimate x64 and had no issues. what issues are you running into theddle?

[THEDDLE]

Originally Posted by SLI_Maniac

i know you werent asking me but i'm currently running Ultimate x64 and had no issues. what issues are you running into theddle?

None yet. However my buddy got the same Motherboard and Ram. The only difference I know of is Video Cards, HD, and CPU. I got the e8500 he got the e8600. He had to flash to a newer bios to get it to work. I am going to burn and ISO of a newer one just in case.

The other problem I had previously was the raid. I gave up. I could not get it to work. Not sure if user error, dell xp window program, or raid hates me. LOL. I hoping with Vista it is easier. EVGA tech support said it was so we will see.

=THS=THEDDLE

[THEDDLE]

Forgot to add I get Vista today. Would not let me edit.