Gonna try OC'ing again.

[Silvers24]

I got a Q6600 *G0 version*
Also got a GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 & a Tuniq Tower 120.
With 4 GB of Gskill ram

I tried my hand at OC'ing my PC back in 2007, but got no where.
But I also found BIOS updates from this year. Which took me from F6 to F9.
So, I am looking at trying to OC again, this time at 3.0 Ghz, instead of 3.6.

Also, do I HAVE to OC my RAM? Or can it be the same, and what would it be worth to OC ram anyway?


*BTW, I should note I am noob at OC'ing.*


EDIT: So, I tried OC to 3.0, and OMG, it worked!
Here is what I set it to to test it. It loaded up Windows 7, and everything seems to be okay.
So now, I am just looking for tuts, or suggestions on how to pimp it out. Or is the PC A-OK with this MB settings?
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff350/Silvers24/100_2263.jpg

I put everything back on default untill I get some info on what to really do. Thank God I can OC now with the new BIOS update.

 

[Leon_Solitario]

just be sure to monitor your temps, run a few benchmarks to test the system's stability, I'm not quite sure which you'll want to use to stress test the system. I'm still reading over all the overclocking info myself, but you gotta remember OC numbers are going to vary from machine-to-machine and chip-to-chip (just because 2 chips are exactly the same doesn't make them equal, lol), just take baby steps and look up some info on it.