Should I OC?

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jratzo

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I recently build a new rig and want to know if I should OC or not.

Specs:
Conroe E6600
Crucial Ballistic (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800
EVGA 8800GTX
EVGA 680i
Seagate 320GB
Zalman 9500

I've never OCed before so I would need step by step instructions. I would like to get it to somewhere around 2.6 - 2.8.

Thank you in advanced.
 
you should definantly oc if you have the right cooling to do so now if your worried about burning your chip or w/e i would still oc just not raise the voltage or v-core or w/e you should be ok and very important read the ocing stickys do your homework beforehand
 
Google your motherboard with the word overclock and you should be able to find all the info you want/need. You should be able to get 3.0ghz with stock cooling and up to 3.4+ with aftermarket cooling
 
Go into the bios (F2 or delete)

Disable C1E, Speedstep And Thermal Control

Also disable All Spectrum / Throttle settings.

Under FSB and Memory configuration:

Set FSB and Memory to Unlinked

Set FSB to 330 ( EVGA settings is 1320 ) and your RAM to 660mhz

Set memory timings to advertised.

Under system voltages set your RAM to the advertised voltage.

CPU Voltage to 1.375V
FSB Voltage to 1.3V

All other can remain as auto

If it works, test it for stability with orthos (google it).

Run that for @ least 30 minutes. Late on try to run it for 8 hours or so.

If it fails, try upping the CPU Voltage a bit. 1.4V or so.

Don't exceed 1.55V

Watch your temperatues. Don't go over 65c during LOAD.
 
I don't really want to change any voltages... so would i be able to use the other settings that you said without changing voltages?
 
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