Overclocking an E6600

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Ionium

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How do you overclock an E6600 exactly? I've never done this. Thanks.
 
first you need a #2 philips screw driver. just turn the dial to 7-8.


sorry i couldnt help myself. first of all you dont overclock a chip. you need a whole computer first. what other components are you using? mobo, ram, video, power supply etc...?
 
I dont see how that question relates to my question? I Just want to know how to overclock my E6600 when I get my new computer :mad:
 
Ionium said:
I dont see how that question relates to my question? I Just want to know how to overclock my E6600 when I get my new computer :mad:
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What's your level of knowledge with computers? There's a lot involved with OCing. Give it too much voltage, and your chip is goooooooone. ;)
 
Ionium said:
I dont see how that question relates to my question? I Just want to know how to overclock my E6600 when I get my new computer :mad:
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Everything in your computer interacts witheachother, specificly the RAM and the CPU.
Now that we have established that, tell us what kind of ram, motherboard, power supply, video card, and hard drives you are getting so we can help you from there.

Heres a good, short explanation:
Your CPU and RAM talk to eachother through address buses or more recently, the Front Side Bus (FSB) which is how you will overclock your CPU. As you increase the FSB, you also overclock the RAM because everything has to play at the same level, your RAM must be in sync with your CPU. So, cheap value ram won't exceed a high FSB because it can't handle the pressure from the high clocks of your CPU as opposed to high quality ram that can. Soooo with that said, tell us what you got! (I think i explained it right, correct me if im wrong)
 
Most important, you need a motherboard that allows overclocking.
Then RAM that can be overclocked.
A good power supply so that the are no problems
A great CPU Cooler since the one provided by intel is usually not good enough
Last, you worry about your CPU handling the overclock, but the CPU happens to be the last piece in the overclocking equation.


What do you have anyway?
 
though I know his is a farily newbie question, and I like to think of myself as fairly intermediate, I can't seem to find where in the bios I can tweak my clock... I have a dg965ry mb. any hidden shortcuts like on the gigabytes?
 
orion23 said:
Most important, you need a motherboard that allows overclocking.
Then RAM that can be overclocked.
A good power supply so that the are no problems
A great CPU Cooler since the one provided by intel is usually not good enough
Last, you worry about your CPU handling the overclock, but the CPU happens to be the last piece in the overclocking equation.


What do you have anyway?
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Well here's all the parts I'm getting for my new PC:

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128012 (mobo)

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817104934 (psu)

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115003 (cpu)

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820227139 (ram)

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835103001 (cooling unit)
 
The G.SKill RAM @ newegg will cost you about the same and it is far better PC2-6400 2GBHZ
Anandtech just reviewed it and it shows what we all have known about it. It can overclock to 1000 and more.

The CPU heatsink doesn't look that good.

Try and get yourself a tuniq tower 120, Thermalright Ultra 120 or a scythe infinity. Those are the best right now!
 
orion23 said:
The G.SKill RAM @ newegg will cost you about the same and it is far better PC2-6400 2GBHZ
Anandtech just reviewed it and it shows what we all have known about it. It can overclock to 1000 and more.

The CPU heatsink doesn't look that good.

Try and get yourself a tuniq tower 120, Thermalright Ultra 120 or a scythe infinity. Those are the best right now!
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Thank you for the advice. I will do it.
 
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