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Hi Everyone,
I recently updated my bios and lost my settings and I have a couple of overclocking questions.
Sorry if they're novice but I would appreciate any help. I've posted my hardware below.
1. What are healthy idle and load temperatures?
2. In my bios, I see a setting for:
SPP<->MCP REF Clock, MHz [300]
What is this and do you have any ballpark numbers for me to use?
3. In my bios the setting for the FSB seems to be:
FSB (QDR), MHz [1500]
Is 1500 crazy for me to run my CPU at (@ 1.36v)?
4. This is really novice, but is it better to enable or disable the System Bios Cache?
5. Finally, does anyone have this MB/CPU combo too or similar and have any advice for BIOS settings or overclocking it?
Thank you for any help.
Sincerely,
Paul
Chandler, AZ
MY SYSTEM
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe 2.13GHz
Motherboard: EVGA 122-CK-NF63-TR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI
Bios: Phoenix Technologies, LTD version 6.00 PG 09/28/2007
Graphics Card: EVGA e-GeForce 8800Ultra Superclocked 768MB
Memory: OCZ Gold 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (X2)
Hard Drive: SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM
Optical Drive: LITE-ON 20X DVD±R Model LH-20A1S
Power Supply: SILVERSTONE OP650 ATX12V
Display: Acer AL2016WBbd Black 20" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
Sound Card: onboard 7.1 HD
Speakers: Logitech X-530 70 watts RMS 5.1
Headphones: Plantronics headset
Mouse: Logitech G5 2-Tone 6 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired L
Mouse pad: XTRAC XTRAC ZOOM V2 Mouse Pad
Keyboard: Microsoft Natural 4000 B2M-00012 Black
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Ultimate
BACKUP DRIVE: AMS VENUS DS-2316B2BK / Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKB 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100
I recently updated my bios and lost my settings and I have a couple of overclocking questions.
Sorry if they're novice but I would appreciate any help. I've posted my hardware below.
1. What are healthy idle and load temperatures?
2. In my bios, I see a setting for:
SPP<->MCP REF Clock, MHz [300]
What is this and do you have any ballpark numbers for me to use?
3. In my bios the setting for the FSB seems to be:
FSB (QDR), MHz [1500]
Is 1500 crazy for me to run my CPU at (@ 1.36v)?
4. This is really novice, but is it better to enable or disable the System Bios Cache?
5. Finally, does anyone have this MB/CPU combo too or similar and have any advice for BIOS settings or overclocking it?
Thank you for any help.
Sincerely,
Paul
Chandler, AZ
MY SYSTEM
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe 2.13GHz
Motherboard: EVGA 122-CK-NF63-TR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI
Bios: Phoenix Technologies, LTD version 6.00 PG 09/28/2007
Graphics Card: EVGA e-GeForce 8800Ultra Superclocked 768MB
Memory: OCZ Gold 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (X2)
Hard Drive: SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM
Optical Drive: LITE-ON 20X DVD±R Model LH-20A1S
Power Supply: SILVERSTONE OP650 ATX12V
Display: Acer AL2016WBbd Black 20" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
Sound Card: onboard 7.1 HD
Speakers: Logitech X-530 70 watts RMS 5.1
Headphones: Plantronics headset
Mouse: Logitech G5 2-Tone 6 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired L
Mouse pad: XTRAC XTRAC ZOOM V2 Mouse Pad
Keyboard: Microsoft Natural 4000 B2M-00012 Black
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Ultimate
BACKUP DRIVE: AMS VENUS DS-2316B2BK / Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKB 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100