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Change the Multiplier or FSB?

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Yaemish

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I just got a Q6600 and have my Zalman 9700 attached. I have PC2-6400 RAM in the computer. I'm not looking for a huge overclock, I just want to hit 2.8 -3.0 GHz.

I'm just unsure of what the best way to try and hit it is. Should I back the multiplier down to 7, SPD of 2, and FSB 400?

Right now its all set to auto and it seems slower then the O/Ced E6300 it replaced. I guess I don't understand what the optimal way to O/C this chip is and the optimal SPD setting.
 
increasing the FSB also OC's your mem too so if your mem can handle the extra OC, then +FSB is the way to go
 
beardawnwood said:
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and a memory mulitplier of 2.4 (fairly standard value your board probably has it or something close as you want to run your ram at or just over 800MHz, its rated speed. )

(this is also sometimes expressed as a 5/4 ratio if my memory serves, you mother board usually will tell you what the memory speed will end up being as you change the value of the memory mulitplier. )
 
you should be able to hit 3ghz on stock volts.... just change fsb to 333 with x9 multiplier.

@ 3ghz like above my DFI has the fsb:dram ratio as 5:6 and the ram is running at 399.7 so in ddr2 terms its running at just under 800mhz which is what you want ideally.
 
I agree with everyone else on the 9x333for 3ghz. Most every G0 Q6600 will do this with stock volts - I have two G0s and a B3 - all run at 9x333 with stock volts, even the B3!

For the ram, two P35 boards run the ram at 5:6 ratio (400mhz -- like nightwalker). My Asus P965 runs ram at either 1:1 or 5:4, so I get either 333 or 417 on the ram - slight overclock on the ram not hurting anything. The nice thing about 9x333 on a P35 board is you're not really overclocking anything except the processor.
 
I can't remember what board I have now, its a gigabyte P35 I think. I was unsure about the whole ratio thing. Thanks for all the replies.
 
up your FSB. You'll see more of a gain.

This is coming from an AMD user, so I don't know too much about Intel chips.
 
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