Q6600 overclocking question

Ok I have been wanting to overclock my q6600 for sometime now. Currently its running at stock 2.4ghz. Now for people that have overclocked the q6600 did you just increase the volts to the cpu or did you change the FSB. Im just looking to bring my q6600 up to around 3.2 ghz area. Im using an aftermarket zelman cpu cooler so keeping the cpu cool shouldn't be an issue. Now for you guys who have overclock the q6600 what did you bring the voltage up to and did you change the FSB and if so to what. Im still a noob with overclock and have search goggle for some idea on how to do it I am still looking for a really good guide that can take me through the process. Im looking for some more tips from you guys. THANKS. Q6600 overclocking question
I set all my voltages to ''Auto'' except NorthBridge which is at 1.4v its running stable.Q6600 overclocking question
ok i got ya fast question is this kids guide on youtube risky to try out? He gives step by step instruction on how to overclock to 3.0 ghz. http://youtube.com/watch?v=-JJr2Vnfs1w I just wanna get my rig up to 3.0ghz for an extra preformance boost.
I wouldnt go with that guide because he is messing with memory timings and stuff. I wouldnt mess with memory timings or Ocing memory
[QUOTE=''skippysbro'']I wouldnt go with that guide because he is messing with memory timings and stuff. I wouldnt mess with memory timings or Ocing memory[/QUOTE]So all you did was increase the north-bridge? you didnt touch anything else? I have a cooler on my north bridge so I can overclock it easily. Do many people just oc the north-bridge rather than messing with all the other bios settings?
[QUOTE=''agallo'']Ok I have been wanting to overclock my q6600 for sometime now. Currently its running at stock 2.4ghz. Now for people that have overclocked the q6600 did you just increase the volts to the cpu or did you change the FSB. Im just looking to bring my q6600 up to around 3.2 ghz area. Im using an aftermarket zelman cpu cooler so keeping the cpu cool shouldn't be an issue. Now for you guys who have overclock the q6600 what did you bring the voltage up to and did you change the FSB and if so to what. Im still a noob with overclock and have search goggle for some idea on how to do it I am still looking for a really good guide that can take me through the process. Im looking for some more tips from you guys. THANKS. [/QUOTE]What are you temps now? use coretemps.
Yeah all I did was up my north bridge voltage and everything else auto.. Im running it stable at 3.0ghz
[QUOTE=''Bebi_vegeta''][QUOTE=''agallo''] Ok I have been wanting to overclock my q6600 for sometime now. Currently its running at stock 2.4ghz. Now for people that have overclocked the q6600 did you just increase the volts to the cpu or did you change the FSB. Im just looking to bring my q6600 up to around 3.2 ghz area. Im using an aftermarket zelman cpu cooler so keeping the cpu cool shouldn't be an issue. Now for you guys who have overclock the q6600 what did you bring the voltage up to and did you change the FSB and if so to what. Im still a noob with overclock and have search goggle for some idea on how to do it I am still looking for a really good guide that can take me through the process. Im looking for some more tips from you guys. THANKS. [/QUOTE]What are you temps now? use coretemps.[/QUOTE]my cpu cooler is a zelman 9500a my temps under normal use is 30c under load playing crysis never goes above 45c i believe. So my cpu shouldnt have an overheating issue. My northbridge has the optional overclocking fan on keeping it cool.
[QUOTE=''skippysbro'']Yeah all I did was up my north bridge voltage and everything else auto.. Im running it stable at 3.0ghz[/QUOTE]Are you running an after market cooler on your northbridge or the one that came with your motherboard if one did.
It's best not to go over 1.50 or 1.55V vcore, but don't bump it up to that right away raise the FSB then raise the voltage accordingly when it's not stable.
[QUOTE=''X360PS3AMD05'']It's best not to go over 1.50 or 1.55V vcore, but don't bump it up to that right away raise the FSB then raise the voltage accordingly when it's not stable.[/QUOTE]Im gonna try and bump up the north-bridge and not mess with all the other bios options.
CPU voltage is the most critical...........
Just try to play with FBS at the beginning untill you feel your CPU isnt stable. AT that time try to increase the CPU voltage alittle and see hows your system doing
You do realise that the main thing you increase to overclock is the FSB? Only start fiddling about with voltages when you've hit the FSB limit at that voltage, and even then its not the best idea for someone new to overclocking to do it. Increase the FSB in 10mhz intervals and then boot to windows to check stability. Use a program like prime95 to test if its stable. If it fails to boot, crashes or does anything else wierd drop the fsb by 5-10mhz and do a stability check again. You can then start increasing things like vcore voltage a little at a time to see if it can go any higher FSB wise.This is a very good beginners overclocking guide. Sorry if im sounding a little obvious, not sure how experienced you are at it, and just wanted to clear up any confusion.

[QUOTE=''crazytom49''] You do realise that the main thing you increase to overclock is the FSB? Only start fiddling about with voltages when you've hit the FSB limit at that voltage, and even then its not the best idea for someone new to overclocking to do it. Increase the FSB in 10mhz intervals and then boot to windows to check stability. Use a program like prime95 to test if its stable. If it fails to boot, crashes or does anything else wierd drop the fsb by 5-10mhz and do a stability check again. You can then start increasing things like vcore voltage a little at a time to see if it can go any higher FSB wise.This is a very good beginners overclocking guide. Sorry if im sounding a little obvious, not sure how experienced you are at it, and just wanted to clear up any confusion.[/QUOTE]No your not being obvious im new to overclocking. I was just going to start messing with the northbridge voltage and overclock through it, like someone else had mentioned in earlyer posts or is overclocking through the north bridge not a good idea?
It would be nice if one of my friends knew how to oc haha. Ok so i have been reading up a lot on the issue and oc sounds complicated to someone new at it like me. On one hand I have a post saying to just up your north-bridge volts to 1.4v and it will bring your cpu up to 3.0ghz about where I want it for now. And on the other hand people are telling me to bring the fsb up a bit at a time until I reach my stable point. Im not sure now on what to do just oc the NB or go the long route and bring up the fsb and cpu voltage.
[QUOTE=''agallo'']It would be nice if one of my friends knew how to oc haha. Ok so i have been reading up a lot on the issue and oc sounds complicated to someone new at it like me. On one hand I have a post saying to just up your north-bridge volts to 1.4v and it will bring your cpu up to 3.0ghz about where I want it for now. And on the other hand people are telling me to bring the fsb up a bit at a time until I reach my stable point. Im not sure now on what to do just oc the NB or go the long route and bring up the fsb and cpu voltage.[/QUOTE]Did you read the guide linked for you by crazytom? First thing you need to know is that your clockspeed = fsb*multiplier (as you can see in the guide; 9*266=2400). The multiplier on your cpu is locked, you can't raise it, so if you want to get a higher clockspeed you need to raise the fsb. You can't overclock just by raising voltages. For now, consider raising voltages kind off like a last resort that's best avoided. Now get reading! ;)
personally don't listen to these people if you want to oc the q6600 thaty lil it does not require a voltage change till u go over 3.2ghz. The gain you will be doing it practically pointless but other saying ''hey i oc'd my system'' but if you want to talk i have a vent server i dont like to type and guide you through it. somke of what these kids are telling you me and my fellow co-students are ''in ur forums lawling epicly''xfire:kaosswede
[QUOTE=''JordanCupcakes''] personally don't listen to these people if you want to oc the q6600 thaty lil it does not require a voltage change till u go over 3.2ghz. The gain you will be doing it practically pointless but other saying ''hey i oc'd my system'' but if you want to talk i have a vent server i dont like to type and guide you through it. somke of what these kids are telling you me and my fellow co-students are ''in ur forums lawling epicly''xfire:kaosswede[/QUOTE]Well I would really like some advice on oc I would like to see a nice preformance gain if that means going over 3.2ghz than having someone to guide me through it would be really cool. I have vent on my pc and laptop but im out of town till monday the 28th. Maybe we can chat after that?
[QUOTE=''BLKR4330''] [QUOTE=''agallo'']It would be nice if one of my friends knew how to oc haha. Ok so i have been reading up a lot on the issue and oc sounds complicated to someone new at it like me. On one hand I have a post saying to just up your north-bridge volts to 1.4v and it will bring your cpu up to 3.0ghz about where I want it for now. And on the other hand people are telling me to bring the fsb up a bit at a time until I reach my stable point. Im not sure now on what to do just oc the NB or go the long route and bring up the fsb and cpu voltage.[/QUOTE]Did you read the guide linked for you by crazytom? First thing you need to know is that your clockspeed = fsb*multiplier (as you can see in the guide; 9*266=2400). The multiplier on your cpu is locked, you can't raise it, so if you want to get a higher clockspeed you need to raise the fsb. You can't overclock just by raising voltages. For now, consider raising voltages kind off like a last resort that's best avoided. Now get reading! ;)[/QUOTE]So since my cpu is locked at i think 9 since most other q6600 are than I basically just need to raise the fsb little by little? should I not touch my cpu voltage than I take it?In the guild it talks a lot bout vdimm and changing the ram timing what is that all about and in the guild if I follow on his instruction with the ram timing will my pc boot properly or if the ram timings different for every pc?