Overclocking e6600

[GuitarFreak]

I'd like to OC my e6600 to 3GHz or higher, but I seem to hit a wall at 2.7GHz and 1.36 or so v. nTune has been giving me problems lately and the BIOS has the overclocking stuff locked out. What can I use besides nTune to OC on an EVGA 680i SLI motherboard and how can I make it go past 2.7GHz?

 

[TigerLord]

You should OC directly in BIOS.
Run memory unlinked, and you will need to up voltage to at least 1.4V to get past 2.7ghz.

What cooling do you have? I also advise installing the fan on the NB HSF.

 

[GuitarFreak]

I have a Zalman 9700.

 

[killingfield1975]

whhhat my system does 3.2 ghz without increasing any voltages. what kinda motherboard and ram do you have

 

[GuitarFreak]

Everything is in my sig. I got it up to 3.3GHz now. Running fine. May try to push it a bit more later.

 

[buffbiff21]

I recommend this to all people seeking OC help:

1:1 sync. Memory exactly twice the speed of your FSB. In 680i BIOS, find Linked, and then go to Sync.

 

[GuitarFreak]

Everything seem in order? And do you think it'll hit 4GHz?

 

[TheGoat Eater]

your in need of an orthos test or have you done that... Or Super Pi 32M --- For stablity

 

[mZimm]

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Everything seem in order? And do you think it'll hit 4GHz?

If you need 1.575v to get stable at 3.6, it's not like you'll be able to hit 4ghz.

 

[GuitarFreak]

Turns out 3.6 wasn't too stable. I have it at 3.4 at 1.5562v. If I up the voltage a bit at 3.6Ghz, it should make it more stable, right?

 

[redman223]

Everything seem in order? And do you think it'll hit 4GHz?

Whoa, freaky. Other than the video card stuff, all of your settings and voltages are exactly the same as mine (3.6 ghz), my computer is fairly stable, but I think I gotta play with the voltages a bit to get it more stable.

 

[SethKinast]

I recommend this to all people seeking OC help:

1:1 sync. Memory exactly twice the speed of your FSB. In 680i BIOS, find Linked, and then go to Sync.

This is the ticket right here. I got it stable with unlinked memory but my benches are higher with link-n-sync and then tighter timings.

 

[cerebrex]

Turns out 3.6 wasn't too stable. I have it at 3.4 at 1.5562v. If I up the voltage a bit at 3.6Ghz, it should make it more stable, right?

your voltage is too high for air cooling, you want higher you better go water. The more you increase voltage, the lower you need to keep the temp.

 

[SoCalDJ]

Everything seem in order? And do you think it'll hit 4GHz?

Someone just beat me to the punch, I wouldn't be going over 1.5v on your CPU with air cooling. You run the risk of damaging it. To answer your question about more voltage though yes more voltage should stabilize it at 3.6, "should". Sometimes no matter what voltage you put on a core it woln't stabilize.

Imho, I'd recommend dropping down to about 1.5 and running 3.5ghz, should be pretty stable around there, or damn close to it. Not worth running the risk of killing your proc with extreme voltages on air.

Oh and I really dobut your proc will do 4ghz, MAYBE it'll boot 4ghz with some heavy voltage, but you'd have to get pretty darn lucky AND it wouldn't be stable for squat.

 

[Mansize_tissue]

Use Core Temp and see what your load temperature is at those voltages, i'm betting it's going to be pretty high.