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HI all. been lurking here for a while now that i just built my first computer which was actually pretty easy now i need help OC it if i can. doesn't have to be over the top. my system is E6600 core 2 duo on a Asus P5Nsli. 1gig of ram DDR2 4200 (533 mhz). EVGA 7600gt, Antec Sonata II case with 500w PSU. cooling for the CPU is 9500 zalman. so if anyone can help me OC it i'll really appreciate it..

good day,
Bry
 
Your RAM is probably going to hold you back, since it's running at 266Mhz (the same as the CPU). If you can overclock the RAM then your set. What voltage is it set at right now? Also, that kind of temperatures are you getting with your PSU during load?
 
everything should be in stock cuz i haven't messed with it. so what does it mean when i raised the voltage of my ram, what does it do? i think the voltage of my ram is on auto.

thanks for replying.
 
When you raise the voltage, it allows you to 'push' the RAM further than its stock settings since it requires more 'juice'. Are you familiar with your BIOS? If so, find what voltage the RAM is set at, then try raising it by 0.1v. You'll also need to raise your CPU voltage, initially, to give you some head room- stock is 1.375v i believe, raise that up to the next increment. There are probably going to be a lot of BIOS settings you'll need to disable. Unfortunately, i have no experience with this board so you'll have to do some searches or see if anyone else here can give you more specific overclocking information for your motherboard and CPU setup. Once you've increased those voltages, you should be set to go; but you may need to increase the FSB voltage, too. Again, i can't provide any specifics. You'll be best to have the RAM on a 1:1 ratio with the FSB, so if you increase the FSB to 300Mhz (1200), the RAM will also be running at 300MHz. Anyway, those are the basics. Hopefully someone else can elaborate and give you some more specific information.
 
Yeah, give the ram about 2.1v and try to push the FSB up.

You should hit 350 FSB or so before bottlenecking the RAM.

So a good 3ghz or so.
 
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