OC E6750--How do I begin?

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I have recently re-built my computer, and am wondering what the easiest, safest way to OC it would be.
I am looking to gain on the Processor, and perhaps the mem a little too.

Here's the build:
CPU: Intel E6750 2.66GHz
Board: MSI P6N Platinum, 650i chipset, bios rev 1.4, passively cooled.
RAM: 4 gigs (4x1gig) G.Skill DDR2 800, from what I hear, this has had some success for others all the way up to 1066.
VGA: 8800GT 512 Gigabyte.

Any input would be helpful!
 
The safest way is to read as much as possible and take as many notes as your hand can withstand. Make notes of things you change and how it affects the overall system. First thing I would do is try to see how high you can get your fsb before you have problems. Also remember, you might have to up the northbridge voltage a bit sooner than you would with 2x2gb sticks instead of 4x1gb.
 
Check out the first sticky in this section. I don't mean to sound rude, but stickies are there for a reason...and yet there are soooooo many posts with this exact same question.
 
Thanks for the input!
I'm mostly concerned with too much heat on the NB because it's passively cooled, and I would hate to have to add yet another fan to my system for a small bump in horsepower.
 
IIRC, that board has heatpipe cooling for the NB/mosfets, so you should be fine. You may need to re-seat them and re-apply the TIM, though. I had to do that with a couple P6N SLI-FI boards I used in builds for people.
 
zleuth said:
I'm mostly concerned with too much heat on the NB because it's passively cooled, and I would hate to have to add yet another fan to my system for a small bump in horsepower.
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You can usually find a way to rig an 80 or 120 mm fan (low or normal speed) to blow onto the northbridge and also get some active cooling on the ram at the same time. The noise gain tends to be minimal if you use a decent fan, since it's inside the case.
 
Good luck with the overclocking and let us know what you get tit up to stable. My e6750 runs stable @ 3.4gighrz stock volts and can bench @ 3.83gighrz but my motherboard is crazy flakey. The cpu is G0 not that it really matters as the e6600 clocked better and it was a b stepping and it hit 3.6gighrz stock voltage.


Good Day
 
An E6600 @ 3.6Ghz on stock voltage?! :eek:

My E6750 has a pretty high VID of 1.325v. It can reach 3.2Ghz on stock, and reaches 3.8Ghz on 1.5v, but never reaches 60°C. At 3.8Ghz it idles at 28°C and reaches 52°C during prime testing, 22°C ambient. I'm using an Ultima90 w/ 92mm Panaflo Hydrowave fan and MX-2. I got the same temps with my Tuniq and AS5, btw.
 
enginurd said:
IIRC, that board has heatpipe cooling for the NB/mosfets, so you should be fine. You may need to re-seat them and re-apply the TIM, though. I had to do that with a couple P6N SLI-FI boards I used in builds for people.
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What interface material would you recommend? I have AC Ceramique on hand.
Also, what method do you suggest I employ to remove said heatpipies? It looks pretty well tied together across 3 points on the board. Is there some danger of breakage?



http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/6748/p6nsliplatinumgj6.jpg
 
Back of the motherboard should have plastic push pens you can squeeze I think to pop them off.

[H] posted a link to a comparo of 33 thermal pastes today. I have always used AS5, but there are better.
 
Find out what your temps are first, before re-seating them. If they're too high, you could try a fan on the NB or mosfets. The SB doesnt typically get that hot. If they get too hot to touch, the ceramique should improve temps. I don't really have any pointers on removing the heatsink/heatpipe assembly, sorry. It shouldn't be too hard. Just be careful when removing them.
 
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