failed overclock any suggestions?

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Saki630

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i couldnt seem to get my E6700 to run 3Dmark06 after making it go 9x400hmz @ 1.5625v ,DDR2-800 4-4-5-15 @2.3v. It would run windows and let me get on firefox and give me that 14sec superPI 1M score. But it would hang and shutoff about 1min into the first 3dmark test.


it wouldnt boot at 10x400 so i guess thats close to my max if not way over it.

Does this mean that my max is somewhere between 3.33ghz and 3.6ghz?
 
how about running 32m? along with some dual sp2004? 1m is hardly a stability test...
 
You should try putting it to 10x400 and changing your RAM divider...or timings if your brave, and see if it maybe isn't a ram problem rather than a processor limit problem. You should be able to get well over 3.5 atleast with that processor if not 3.8 i would imagine. Try playing with your RAM and see what you can do to try and get that thing stable.

And Eclipse is very right, 1M is hardly a stability test. Run it at 32M and if it passes, THEN its stable. If you really wanna push it though, one night before you go to bed, start a Prime95 Torture test...thats how you know its stable.
 
ya i keep thinking its the memory because its CAS5 at 1000mhz but ya i'll try and get close to 10x400 with my memory at SPD so i can rule it out

o ya i know super pi isnt a stability test but i would think their is no point in runing prime 95 if Source/3Dmark06 just makes my computer crash. Source was weird because it worked the first time and it wouldnt work any time afterwards until i went back to my 10x335 speed.
 
10x360 memory 720mhz

i just ran super pi 32M in 15m 19.063s is that any good?

I had to do it 2 times because the first attempt made super pi crash at loop 20.


Im going to try and get a 3Dmark run in right now
 
well it failed to run source/3dmark/prime95 wouldnt run longer than 4min so i just changed everything back to 333x10 and its back to normal.

If i were to get a new mobo (r600) could i see any high clocks like 3.6ghz + because i think its my mobo holding me back because other motherboards like the P5W one get higher overclocks.
 
I have a similar setup to yours and I'm pretty sure it's not your mobo holding you back. I've had mine at close to 600 fsb with a x6 multiplier. I can't get my E6700 to boot past 3.8g and I think that's close to the limit of the chip unless your using exotic cooling. Most of the oc's I've seen online have been sub 4.0g with air/water cooling.
 
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