Pls. Help a Newbie OC!

[Majin]

Hi,
I am looking for someone to help me OC my Q6600.
I want to get to 3.0Ghz, 2.7 at least!
But I haven't OCed in a long time and have never OCed an Intel CPU let alone a Multicore.

My Rig is in the sig and I know this bad boy can go faster so I hope someone will walk me through the sets I need to do to get this thing to OC.

 

[orion23]

For a mild overclock, you just need to change 3 things:

1: FSB from 266mhz to whatever your target is. Try 300mhz and see how that goes.
Later, you can try going higher...320, 350...

2: RAM speed needs to be @ least 2X your FSB or higher if your RAM can handle it. (For now stick to 2 X FSB) 600mhz

3: Raise your CPU Voltage or Vcore to 1.35V

4: Watch your temperatures.

 

[Majin]

Okay
I set the Vcore to 1.356
My FSB is running at 1200 Mhz
1200/4=300
DDR2 is running at 900Mhz
CPU is at 2700MHZ
(300Mhz FSB x 9 = 2700Mhz)

I'm a bit unsure on the following
Should I let the BIOS AUTO adjust the Ram to FSB ratio, or should I set it manually.
Right now it's Linked on Auto and setting the FSB to 1200 set the ram to 900.
I'm not sure what to do next.

 

[orion23]

If it were linked, it should be running @ 600mhz.

Change it manually to unlinked, 600mhz.

Try setting your FSB to 1400, same Vcore, RAM running 2XFSB (700mhz) for a 3.1ghz overclock.

It might just work!

 

[Majin]

If it were linked, it should be running @ 600mhz.

Change it manually to unlinked, 600mhz.

Try setting your FSB to 1400, same Vcore, RAM running 2XFSB (700mhz) for a 3.1ghz overclock.

It might just work!

I went a bit shy of that first.

FSB = 335Mhz (1340Mhz)
Multiplyer = 9
CPU = 3015Mhz (3.01Ghz)

Now I am going to stress the bastard... see if she holds.

I might go for FSB 350Mhz (14000Mhz) x 8 = 2800MHz
Which should be faster then trying for 3.1Ghz