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 Posted: Wed, 24th Nov 2010 23:57 Post subject: Overclocking help |
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So, I thought I would try and squeeze a little extra juice out of my rapidly aging system
At the moment I have a Q6600(2.4 @ stock), 2gb ram (1066 speed), and an 8800 GTX. Now its a modest system by todays standards but to be honest I can run pretty much anything on high (albeit turning off vsync and turning shadows down)
So I read the manual for my mobo (evga 680i) and followed the guide, fucking no luck.
My Q6600 is the g0 stepping model which apparently is "easy as fuck" to overclock, infact most sites are saying with that mobo and the stepping model you can "easily" overclock to 3ghz on stock cooling.
well I tried 3ghz on stock cooling and it gets to the windows loading screen and then reboots, Ive tried so many combinations and it does this 99% of the time, gets to starting windows screen and then will reboot.
The only combination I have found that is fairly stable is setting is as follows
FSB set to 1200 with a x9 multiplyer (= 2.7)
cpu voltage at 1.3000
cpu fsb voltage at: 1.3
others on Auto
memory unlinked and running at 1066
this is stable(ish) I ran prime95 for 20 mins and it never crashed (though it did go from 55c up to 87c during the tests, seemed kind of hot but it held out) Im never using full mem and 100% on all four cores during anything so I hope it holds out.
believe me if i try anything than those settings It reboots at the windows loading screen. So anyone got any tips on how to push this to the "easy" 3ghz, its pissing me off.
any help appreciated
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Nov 2010 01:23 Post subject: |
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dont use prime95. it's only good for benching your heat temps. The code isn't optimized to stress your CPU. Under full load you notice your system doesn't bog. This is like sending easy code like 1+1 to your cpu infinity times thus giving you full load.
Run intel burn test. It was designed to bring your cpu to your knees to make sure you're stable.
Run it 20 passes on high. If you fail. You're not stable.
And even if you do run prime95, you'll want to run it 4hours minumum.
Also take small steps. Are you getting blue screens? What are the codes.
if you get something like 00000000000000000x000000000000000124 take note of the 124, that's an unstable cpu.
Anthing that ends in numbers and letters are generally memory faults.
I strongly suggest you join overclock.net and post here http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/
OCN has some of the best OCers on the net. They'll get you going in no time. Plenty of information to read there as well.
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Nov 2010 01:41 Post subject: |
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| SpykeZ wrote: | dont use prime95. it's only good for benching your heat temps. The code isn't optimized to stress your CPU. Under full load you notice your system doesn't bog. This is like sending easy code like 1+1 to your cpu infinity times thus giving you full load.
Run intel burn test. It was designed to bring your cpu to your knees to make sure you're stable.
Run it 20 passes on high. If you fail. You're not stable.
And even if you do run prime95, you'll want to run it 4hours minumum.
Also take small steps. Are you getting blue screens? What are the codes.
if you get something like 00000000000000000x000000000000000124 take note of the 124, that's an unstable cpu.
Anthing that ends in numbers and letters are generally memory faults.
I strongly suggest you join overclock.net and post here http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/
OCN has some of the best OCers on the net. They'll get you going in no time. Plenty of information to read there as well. |
I'm giving up, specially since the Q6600 is "easy as fuck" to overclock to 3 on stock, its total fucking bullshit, Ive now crashed and rebooted so many times at the windows loading screen that my welcome screen now gets stuck for about 4-5 mins before booting into windows.
gonna try that website |
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Nov 2010 02:02 Post subject: |
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well don't give up bud. OC'ing isn't something you generally jump into and start changing number. You want to read about each component and how it relates to your OC and why. Know about your hardware.
It's not something that should be achieved in a simple hour or so. To do it properly takes hours. I spent about 20 hours worth of time testing and changing numbers and so forth on my system.
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| Posted: Sun, 28th Nov 2010 04:20 Post subject: |
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| SpykeZ wrote: | well don't give up bud. OC'ing isn't something you generally jump into and start changing number. You want to read about each component and how it relates to your OC and why. Know about your hardware.
It's not something that should be achieved in a simple hour or so. To do it properly takes hours. I spent about 20 hours worth of time testing and changing numbers and so forth on my system. |
+1
It takes weeks to reach a nice stable OC. Back in January it took me 2 weeks (everyday morning till night) to reach 4.0Ghz with a AMD Phenom 965. Once you get it stable, its so worth the time and effort!!
Im currently on my quest to reach 4.5Ghz. Have been trying for days but having very little luck. ONE DAY I achieve this!!! 
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| Posted: Sun, 28th Nov 2010 07:27 Post subject: |
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A trick I like to do when I become desperate is (this is probably not recommended) I like to crank everything up. As in I crank up ALL voltages (for everything) slightly above my comfort zone. I run stability test (making sure CPU doesn't reach critical temp). If stability test passes, start turning down voltages one by one and keep testing until you come across the one voltage decrease that causes instability. Turn that back up and decrease something else. Repeat this process until you can't lower anything anymore without causing instability
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| Posted: Sun, 28th Nov 2010 07:44 Post subject: |
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| timechange01 wrote: | | A trick I like to do when I become desperate is (this is probably not recommended) I like to crank everything up. As in I crank up ALL voltages (for everything) slightly above my comfort zone. I run stability test (making sure CPU doesn't reach critical temp). If stability test passes, start turning down voltages one by one and keep testing until you come across the one voltage decrease that causes instability. Turn that back up and decrease something else. Repeat this process until you can't lower anything anymore without causing instability |
that's stupid and can damage your hardware. Don't recommend shit like that especially to people who are new to overclocking |
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| Posted: Sun, 28th Nov 2010 08:02 Post subject: |
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| SpykeZ wrote: | | timechange01 wrote: | | A trick I like to do when I become desperate is (this is probably not recommended) I like to crank everything up. As in I crank up ALL voltages (for everything) slightly above my comfort zone. I run stability test (making sure CPU doesn't reach critical temp). If stability test passes, start turning down voltages one by one and keep testing until you come across the one voltage decrease that causes instability. Turn that back up and decrease something else. Repeat this process until you can't lower anything anymore without causing instability |
that's stupid and can damage your hardware. Don't recommend shit like that especially to people who are new to overclocking |
Lol I did write "this is probably not recommended"
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