1st time overclocking (e6300, p5b-e), any guides?

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Hey guys, I recently put a new pc together, and I'd like to mess around with overclocking.
A few months ago I saw a sticky on this forum that explained overclocking in great detail... now that I got this new pc, I tried to look for the thread but I cant find it.
Do you guys have any websites that explain the basics of overclocking?

My new pc is a E6300 on a p5b-e motherboard (unfortunately its vevision one :( ) with 2gigs of Gskill memory ps2 6400, 4-4-4-12, voltage 2.0-2.1 (thats how the specs were listed on newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231087)

Any help would be really appreciated!
Thank you in advance guys!
 
google "conroe overclocking guide" and you will find a ton.

Id link you some but I am about to head to class. WIll try to later if you dont find any.
 
I wrote one, awhile ago... but I can't seem to find it :D

Basic rules:

Set the FSB overclock to manual.
Lock PCI and PCIe busses (33 and 101mhz respectively)
Set the DDR Frequency (this is under Northbridge settings, not jumperfree) to DDR533
Set all the voltages to their LOWEST (NOT AUTO!!!) values
Turn off anything you dont need (spread spectrum, any other devices not in use etc.)

Increase the FSB as needed.
 
Arcygenical said:
I wrote one, awhile ago... but I can't seem to find it :D

Basic rules:

Set the FSB overclock to manual.
Lock PCI and PCIe busses (33 and 101mhz respectively)
Set the DDR Frequency (this is under Northbridge settings, not jumperfree) to DDR533
Set all the voltages to their LOWEST (NOT AUTO!!!) values
Turn off anything you dont need (spread spectrum, any other devices not in use etc.)

Increase the FSB as needed.
Click to expand...

This would in my case result in a complete desaster. My DS3 mobo's lowest voltages are so low that it would not ever even boot at stock speeds. Also the DDR frequency can't always be set to 533, depending on your mobo, not even talking about not WANTING 533 mem speed most of the time (but higher, e.g. 667 or 800 or even 1033).

Take his quick rundown with a grain of salt. I'm sure he meant well but rather don't use the advice literally.
 
Well i am overclocking my C2D E6600, and have it ATM only @ 2.7ghz but only couse i dont like my AC7 Pro 2500RPM noise and i run it atm @ 800rpm optimall speed!
What about FSB: DRAM 1:1 , if i follow these dividers which as i heard are recommended to run sistem ,i can get it only up 333:666 that means only 3Ghz, becouse if i go higher with my procesor up to 3.4,3.6 Ghz i cant get 1:1
equal dividers,if i try to change my RAM freq. higher sistem wont boot!

My Ram Model is OCZ Pc5400 dual channel gold GX XTC series EL-DDR2(OCZ26672048ELGEGXT-K)

So the questions are:
1) Is it becouse i run everything @ stock voltage?
btw, when i tryed my ram @ 2.1 V with 3ghz c2d run orthus i crushed every 30 seconds, not couse of temps not couse of too hight overclock, becouse when i tryed same test @ stock volts everything worked fine!
2)Or is that the max frequency i can get out of my ram?Or shall i try different timmings? atm i got 4-4-4-12 @ stock volt
3)Can i make damage to my sistem if later i decide run my sistem @ 3.4 when i get less noisy Fan ,with not equal FSB;DRAm!

Any suggestions would be highly appreciated ,or maybe someone has same Ram, and could share hes results with us!


Edited: tryed 5-5-5-15 nothing ,and i am having problems with booting if i set DRAm freq higher than 666mhz @auto volts! Then when i put some more voltage and add some more freq. i can boot in windows but when i start running Orthus it crashes in 5 seconds , it doesnt happen when i run Orthus @ my max stable settings 3Ghz-666mhz and i think i have to keep FSB and DRAM equal to get best performance ?
 
Nuer,

I have the almost exact same setup as you. I have the p5b-e with gskill 6400ram. I am able to overlcok my e6400 to 3.4ghz. Here is what I did in the bios.

-Set cpu multiplier to manual and leave at default
-Leave pci-e and pci clocks in auto
-go into chip set and change the memory timing to manual but leave the settings as they are.
-set the FSB to 400 (for starters)
-set the memory to 800 (when you change the FSB it will change you memory speeds, just make sure your memory is running at 800, so your memory multiplier is 2 if that makes any sense)

I know some of these things are unnessary, but thats what got me to 3.4 on my e6400. Good luck
 
Thank you so much for all the responses!
I'll try to mess with it over the weekend :)
I'll post up some results soon hopefully, and i'll snap some pics of my comp (first watercooled setup)
 
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