Recent content by tomglenn

Well i've been running my Q6600 at 3.2GHz seemingly stable for ages, PRIME95 ran for 6 hours without error. But I was saving a few pics in Photoshop and I bluescreened?! I've upped my vcore to 1.5 from about 1.48, hoping it will sort it out... I've also put my ram back to auto... So now its at...

Hi all, When I purchased my RAM it stated it was 1600MHz DDR3 with 8-8-8-26 timings. During overclocking my CPU, I ended up changing my RAM timings to 5-5-5-15. Not checking what my RAM showed as in CPU-Z before overclocking, I have just realised CPU-Z reports it as DRAM Frequency 500MHz...

Ok, ive been having a very very hard time overclocking my Q6600, and have resorted to sticking it back down to a stable 3.2Ghz (400x8). However, I just went into the SPD tab of CPU-Z and noticed that my RAM speeds look messed up... Slot 2 ------ Module Size: 2048 MBytes Max Bandwidth...

Hey all, Just got my new rig setup this afternoon, and got Vista Ultimate 64bit installed and a few bits of software (Like drivers, anti-virus etc). So I decided I wanted to overclock my Q6600, since I have an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro for it and thought I might as well put it to good use! The...

Hey all, Over the next month or so I'm planning on building a new rig (As my old one was built 3 years ago and is now so ancient, i use a dell laptop instead!). My plans for hardware are the following, but I want your input as this will be my first REAL GAMING rig. My old rig was budget (and...

Hey all, Been a reader of OC3D for some time now, but only just realised there was a forum, thanks to the competition on the homepage! Silly me! I am just about to build myself a new rig and am looking for some advice. I will be posting my "Project" thread soon over at the Project Logs...