Well, it's been a while (years, in fact) since I've had reason to do an overclock on my system, but I thought that running an E6400 at 3.x GHz sounded like a good idea, so I went out and bought that, a Gigabyte 965P-DS3, 2GB OCZ Platinum Revision 2 (DDR2 800), and a Scythe Ninja (with what turned out to be a broken LGA775 bracket, so I'm running on stock air until Scythe ships me out a replacement part). I know, I know, OCing mostly has to do with luck, and not all setups, even those that are the same, overclock the same way, but I just wanted to hear some advice/suggestions from those who are more wise in the ways of the overclock.
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New to Intel overclocks: E6400 help
- Thread starter adg1034
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Install your hardware properly, enter the bios, hit <crtl>F1 to get to the hidden Gigabyte BIOS options, set your FSB to 375, set your Memory voltage to whatever it needs to run at and off you go. Then repeat the same with FSB 400.
There really is not much to do with the Intel E6XXX overclocks.
Just make sure that you don't go crazy with overvolting and you'll be fine. The Gigabyte is a terrific board to o/c the E6400. Make sure you get at least Bios F7 (i think it's even better than the later ones).
There really is not much to do with the Intel E6XXX overclocks.
Just make sure that you don't go crazy with overvolting and you'll be fine. The Gigabyte is a terrific board to o/c the E6400. Make sure you get at least Bios F7 (i think it's even better than the later ones).
I actually already have the F7, but I just downloaded the F9. Anyone have any experience with both? Also, thanks for the <ctrl>F1 information. I will try that as soon as I get home.
One other thing: by "...and off you go", I assume you mean that as the starting point for the overclocking process, rather than the entirety of the process, correct?
One other thing: by "...and off you go", I assume you mean that as the starting point for the overclocking process, rather than the entirety of the process, correct?
Actually i was very disappointed that this really was all that was needed for me to get my E6400 to 3.2GHZ.
No tweaking, no nothing. Just changing the FSB and that was it. Running it ever since on 3.2GHZ without any stability problems. The DS3 really is that easy.
No tweaking, no nothing. Just changing the FSB and that was it. Running it ever since on 3.2GHZ without any stability problems. The DS3 really is that easy.
Actually i was very disappointed that this really was all that was needed for me to get my E6400 to 3.2GHZ.
No tweaking, no nothing. Just changing the FSB and that was it. Running it ever since on 3.2GHZ without any stability problems. The DS3 really is that easy.
On stock?