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I'm just too scared to mindlessly juggle with the OC bios settings myself. I have a new system coming in the mail I'm hoping somebody with similar hardware can tell me their settings on ram timings, voltage, cpu fsb, mulitiplier, etc. My new hardware are:

e6600 c2d + Scythe Ninja Plus
OCZ 2GB PC2-8500 1066Mhz
EVGA 122-CK-NF67-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i LT SLI

Thanks(sorry) in advance
 
Hi, check out my Temps to hot! thread below.

I'd suggest leaving everything at stock speed and just upping the core CPU voltage until it idles at approx 35 and load is at 55.

Once you can have a voltage sorted (I used 1.38) you can then start playing with the processor speed.

You should be able to run at 3.2Ghz pretty easily. (hopefully) (by changing the FSB only and leaving memory linked)

:)
 
dont post if you dont know what your talking about. you dont increase voltage first. just search the forum for your motherbaord you will get tons of settings to play with. once you figure out what your hardware can do and what is stable (and what temps you are comfortable running 24/7) you dont have to juggle settings, you can set them once and forget about them. do NOT increase voltage first. you want as little voltage as possible while remaining stable. so first you find where the line is; at what speed will your computer not boot, then, if your temps are fine, increase voltage a little and try increasing speed some more. once you reach the point where more voltage would cause your temperature to climb too high (which shouldnt be a problem until around 3.3 - 3.5ghz with the ninja) drop the speed down a few mhz. if it crashes/restarts randomly drop the speed down some more to get it stable.
 
I was nervous about playing with my bios settings at first too. However, as long as you increase things a little bit at a time and monitor your temps with coretemp/speedfan/ntune, you should be fine. I upped my FSB and then increased my voltages as necessary. There is a great list of what people have achieved with various mb's/proc/hsf in the Intel processors forum. That should help. In fact, here's the link: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1138241
 
Fix Me said:
I was nervous about playing with my bios settings at first too. However, as long as you increase things a little bit at a time and monitor your temps with coretemp/speedfan/ntune, you should be fine. I upped my FSB and then increased my voltages as necessary. There is a great list of what people have achieved with various mb's/proc/hsf in the Intel processors forum. That should help. In fact, here's the link: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1138241
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Ah, just what I needed. Thanks a lot.
 
every overclock is different. people with identical setups could ppssibly see different overclocking results. that's why it's important to read up and know what you are doing than mindlessly asking for someone else's settings. heck i have a more popular setup (ds3 rev 3.3 & e4300), but i highly doubt many others are running the same settings and getting the same results as i.

btw, don't forget to check your system for stability. just because it boots up and runs cool doesn't mean the overclock is stable. run orthos for a couple hours and monitor your temps during the stress test.
 
Yes, I'll be running Orthos for 8+ hours. I noticed nobody is running the memtest86 anymore, I'm guessing it's obsolete now?

Also, is there any major difference between reaching 3.2Ghz by 400*8 or 355*9? I'm guessing they'll perform differently but what about the deterioration rate of the CPU?
 
deterioration rate of the cpu? an overclocked cpu will last a lot longer than the amount of time you probably intend to use it. as for running at 400*8 or 355*9, the main difference is obviously the affect it will have on your ram. i.e. what multiplier you will have to use to run it at your desired speed.
 
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