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Need help with Overclocking on P5E Board

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Currently I have a Q9650 with a Asus P5E board with 8 gig of Corsair memory. I have currently changed the FSB to 400 in the bios to get the CPU from 3.0 to 3.6. I would like to take it higher but have no idea what other settings I need to change (and please be specific as I have no idea about most of this). If anyone has this setup any bios screenshots would be greatly appreciated.

I also have installed a Tuniq Tower (so heat shouldn't be a huge deal). Thanks in advance and Merry Christmas!

Below are links to the specific items I purchased:
Q9650: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115130
P5E: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131219
Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145214
 
1st thing should be flashing your board to a Rampage Formula like I did (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=179580)

RF bios has more options and the all important Trd timing settings. You also get a drop down list of voltages color coded to warn you when its getting to high. Start with loose timing and then raise the CPU and/or northbirdge voltage till stable (with temp you are ok with). Than squeeze the timings and raise mem voltage is needed and retest till stable.

Important thing to note is that forget about reading ram voltages from the bios or everest. The sensors simply aren't there on the P5E PCB and any number you get is fake.
 
looks like 4.2ghz should be a piece of cake.. under 1.3v.. id say raise your voltage in bios to 1.3v and then slowly raise up your FSB from the current 400mhz FSB you have right now.... stress test for an hour each time you raise it.... if its stable and feels stable.. go up a little more.. 470-480mhz FSB seems to be able the limit before you have to go nuts messing with the vcore to get it higher.. so far every overclock on forums is that its stable up to 4.2ghz under 1.3v.. if yours becomes unstable before that.. you might need to raise the voltage on your northbridge or VTT..
 
sirmonkey1985 said:
looks like 4.2ghz should be a piece of cake.. under 1.3v.. id say raise your voltage in bios to 1.3v and then slowly raise up your FSB from the current 400mhz FSB you have right now...
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Which voltage are you referring to with this? VCore? Also is this assuming I have changed the bios from the P5E to the Rampage?
 
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